Bible Cross References
he built
2 Chronicles 33:15
He removed from the Temple the foreign gods and the image that he had placed there, and the pagan altars that were on the hill where the Temple stood and in other places in Jerusalem; he took all these things outside the city and threw them away.
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year that Josiah was king, while he was still very young, he began to worship the God of his ancestor King David. Four years later he began to destroy the pagan places of worship, the symbols of the goddess Asherah, and all the other idols.
2 Chronicles 34:4
Under his direction the altars where Baal was worshiped were smashed, and the incense altars near them were torn down. They ground to dust the images of Asherah and all the other idols and then scattered the dust on the graves of the people who had sacrificed to them.
2 Kings 21:4
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped.
2 Kings 21:5
In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.
Jeremiah 7:30
"The people of Judah have done an evil thing. They have placed their idols, which I hate, in my Temple and have defiled it.
In Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.' "
2 Chronicles 7:16
because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
2 Chronicles 32:19
They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.
Deuteronomy 12:11
The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.
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.