Bible Cross References
he built
2 Kings 16:10-16
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When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details.
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So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned.
12
On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished,
13
so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it.
14
The bronze altar dedicated to the LORD was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar.
15
Then he ordered Uriah: "Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination."
16
Uriah did as the king commanded.
Jeremiah 32:34
They even placed their disgusting idols in the Temple built for my worship, and they have defiled it.
In Jerusalem
Exodus 20:24
Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you.
Deuteronomy 12:5
Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.
2 Samuel 7:13
He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.
1 Kings 8:29
Watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.
1 Kings 9:3
The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
Psalm 78:68
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.
Psalm 78:69
There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.
Psalm 132:13
The LORD has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:
Psalm 132:14
"This is where I will live forever; this is where I want to rule.