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2 Kings 21:5–7

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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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From verse 5

  1. 1 Kings 7:12Rank 1 from verse 5
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    12And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.

  2. 1 Kings 6:36Rank 2 from verse 5
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    36¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  3. 2 Kings 23:12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

  4. 2 Kings 23:4Rank 4 from verse 5
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    4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

  5. 2 Chronicles 33:15Rank 5 from verse 5
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    15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

  6. 2 Chronicles 33:5Rank 6 from verse 5
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    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

  7. 2 Kings 23:6Rank 7 from verse 5
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    6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

  8. Ezekiel 40:28Rank 8 from verse 5
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    28And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

  9. Ezekiel 40:32Rank 9 from verse 5
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    32¶ And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

  10. Ezekiel 40:37Rank 10 from verse 5
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    37And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

  11. Ezekiel 40:47Rank 11 from verse 5
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    47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

  12. Ezekiel 42:3Rank 12 from verse 5
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    3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

  13. Ezekiel 43:5Rank 13 from verse 5
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    5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

  14. Ezekiel 44:19Rank 14 from verse 5
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    19And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

From verse 6

  1. 2 Kings 17:17Rank 1 from verse 6
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    17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  2. Leviticus 18:21Rank 2 from verse 6
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    21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

  3. Leviticus 19:31Rank 3 from verse 6
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    31¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

  4. 2 Kings 16:3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

  5. Leviticus 19:26Rank 5 from verse 6
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    26¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

  6. 2 Chronicles 33:6Rank 6 from verse 6
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    6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  7. Deuteronomy 18:10–14Rank 7 from verse 6
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    10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

    11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

    13Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

    14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

  8. 1 Chronicles 10:13Rank 8 from verse 6
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    13¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

  9. 2 Chronicles 28:3Rank 9 from verse 6
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    3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

  10. 2 Kings 24:3–4Rank 10 from verse 6
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    3Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

    4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

  11. Acts 16:16Rank 11 from verse 6
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    16¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

  12. Genesis 13:13Rank 12 from verse 6
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    13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  13. Isaiah 19:3Rank 13 from verse 6
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    3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

  14. Isaiah 8:19Rank 14 from verse 6
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    19¶ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

  15. Leviticus 20:2–3Rank 15 from verse 6
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    2Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

    3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

  16. Micah 6:7Rank 16 from verse 6
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    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

From verse 7

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:16Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  2. 1 Kings 8:29Rank 2 from verse 7
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    29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  3. 1 Kings 9:3Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  4. 2 Chronicles 7:12Rank 4 from verse 7
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    12¶ And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

  5. 2 Samuel 7:13Rank 5 from verse 7
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    13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

  6. 2 Chronicles 33:15Rank 6 from verse 7
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    15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

  7. 2 Chronicles 33:7Rank 7 from verse 7
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    7And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  8. 2 Chronicles 7:20Rank 8 from verse 7
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    20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  9. 2 Kings 21:4Rank 9 from verse 7
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    4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

  10. 2 Kings 23:27Rank 10 from verse 7
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    27And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

  11. 2 Kings 23:6Rank 11 from verse 7
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    6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

  12. Deuteronomy 16:21Rank 12 from verse 7
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    21¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

  13. Jeremiah 32:34Rank 13 from verse 7
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    34But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

  14. Nehemiah 1:9Rank 14 from verse 7
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    9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

  15. Psalms 132:13–14Rank 15 from verse 7
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    13For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

    14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  16. 1 Kings 8:44Rank 16 from verse 7
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    44¶ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

  17. 1 Kings 9:7Rank 17 from verse 7
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    7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  18. Psalms 74:2Rank 18 from verse 7
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    2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

  19. Psalms 78:68–69Rank 19 from verse 7
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    68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

    69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Kings 21:5

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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host

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Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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courts

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1. Enclosed yards. 2. Royal residences or attendants. 3. Places where judgment is given.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Kings 21:6

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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observed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of observe. Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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used

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of use, meaning to employ or be accustomed.

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dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

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wizards

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Persons who practise occult arts or seek hidden knowledge through spirits, divination, or consultation with the dead.

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wrought

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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Kings 21:7

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

image

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A likeness, resemblance, representation, figure, or corresponding form.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grove

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A planted group or place of trees; a grove or image associated with idolatrous worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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tribes

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Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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21:1MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah.

21:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

21:3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

21:4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

21:5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

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21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

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21:7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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21:8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

21:9But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

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