2 Chronicles 32:12 (KJV)

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Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying Ye shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it

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Cross-references

Hath not. 2Ch 31:1 2Ki 18:4 2Ki 18:22 Isa 36:7

Ye shall worship. De 12:13 De 12:14 De 12:26 De 12:27

one altar. 2Ch 4:1 Ex 27:1-8 Ex 30:1-6 Ex 40:26-29 1Ki 7:48

taken away.This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places, (ch. 31:1;) and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.

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