Quotes about Religion

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.