Bible Cross References
cut in pieces
2 Kings 16:17
King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation.
2 Kings 16:18
And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.
2 Kings 25:13-17
13
The Babylonians broke in pieces the bronze columns and the carts that were in the Temple, together with the large bronze tank, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14
They also took away the shovels and the ash containers used in cleaning the altar, the tools used in tending the lamps, the bowls used for catching the blood from the sacrifices, the bowls used for burning incense, and all the other bronze articles used in the Temple service.
15
They took away everything that was made of gold or silver, including the small bowls and the pans used for carrying live coals.
16
The bronze objects that King Solomon had made for the Temple---the two columns, the carts, and the large tank---were too heavy to weigh.
17
The two columns were identical: each one was 27 feet high, with a bronze capital on top, 4 1/2 feet high. All around each capital was a bronze grillwork decorated with pomegranates made of bronze.
shut up
2 Chronicles 29:3
In the first month of the year after Hezekiah became king, he reopened the gates of the Temple and had them repaired.
2 Chronicles 29:7
They closed the doors of the Temple, let the lamps go out, and failed to burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the Temple of the God of Israel.
he made
2 Chronicles 33:3-5
3
He rebuilt the pagan places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for the worship of Baal, made images of the goddess Asherah, and worshiped the stars.
4
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped forever.
5
In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.
Jeremiah 2:28
"Where are the gods that you made for yourselves? When you are in trouble, let them save you---if they can! Judah, you have as many gods as you have cities.
Hosea 12:11
Yet idols are worshiped in Gilead, and those who worship them will die. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal, and the altars there will become piles of stone in the open fields."
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy, he was greatly upset when he noticed how full of idols the city was.
Acts 17:23
For as I walked through your city and looked at the places where you worship, I found an altar on which is written, 'To an Unknown God.' That which you worship, then, even though you do not know it, is what I now proclaim to you.