2 Kings 23:11
2 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.”2 Kings 23:11
What Does 2 Kings 23:11 Mean?
2 Kings 23:11 is found in the book of 2 Kings, chapter 23, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to 2 Kings 23:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Chronicles 26:18“At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.”Deuteronomy 4:19“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.”Job 31:26“If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;”Ezekiel 8:16“And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.”Ezekiel 23:38“Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.”2 Kings 23:5“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.”2 Chronicles 14:5“Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.”2 Chronicles 33:3“For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.”2 Chronicles 34:4“And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.”Jeremiah 19:4“Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;”Ezekiel 7:20“As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.”Ezekiel 16:24“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.”Ezekiel 40:17“Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.”Ezekiel 43:8“In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.”
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