2 Kings 21:4
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Cross-reference
2 Kings 16:10-16 records Ahaz building a pagan-style altar in the temple — a precedent for Manasseh's similar act of placing altars in the Lord's house here.
In 2 Kings 23:5, Josiah removes the idolatrous priests and altars that Manasseh had set up in the temple, reversing the defilement.
In 2 Kings 23:27, God declares He will reject Jerusalem because of Manasseh's sins, including the temple altars — the judgment for that defilement.
Deuteronomy 12:5 commands worship only at the place God chooses — Manasseh's altars in the temple violate this directly.
2 Samuel 7:13 promises a house for God's name — Manasseh defiles that very house by building altars in it.
1 Kings 8:29 records Solomon's prayer that God's name be in the temple — Manasseh's altars profane that sacred place.
1 Kings 9:3 has God saying He put His name in the temple forever — Manasseh's actions disregard this consecration.
Exodus 20:24 gives God's instruction for making altars — contrasting with Manasseh's unauthorized altars built in the temple here.
Jeremiah 32:34 condemns setting up abominations in the temple — the very defilement Manasseh committed here by building altars in the Lord's house.
Psalm 132:14 says this is God's resting place forever — Manasseh's altars violate that promise of permanence.
In Ezekiel 43:8, placing idols near God's threshold echoes Manasseh building altars inside the temple.
In Ezekiel 23:39, child sacrifice followed by entering the sanctuary matches Manasseh's practices and temple defilement.
In Ezekiel 23:38, defiling the sanctuary is a direct parallel to Manasseh building altars inside the temple.
In Ezekiel 7:20, the temple's ornaments become idols, mirroring Manasseh's defilement of the temple with altars.
In Ezekiel 5:11, God declares judgment because His sanctuary was defiled with detestable things, directly echoing Manasseh's act.
Jeremiah 19:4 says the people profaned this place by offering to other gods, just as Manasseh did in the temple.
Jeremiah 7:30 states Judah set detestable things in the Lord's house to defile it, directly echoing Manasseh's actions.
2 Chronicles 33:4 gives the parallel account of Manasseh building altars in the temple, directly echoing the same event.
In 2 Chronicles 7:16, God consecrates the temple for His Name — the very standard Manasseh violated by building altars there.
In Jeremiah 7:10, the people trust the temple while sinning — similar to Manasseh's defilement, but Jeremiah warns the temple won't protect them.
In Jeremiah 11:13, altars to Baal are set up in Judah, connecting to Manasseh's altar-building in the temple.
Psalm 132:13 declares God chose Zion as His dwelling — Manasseh's altars defile that chosen dwelling.
Psalm 78:69 describes the sanctuary God built — Manasseh corrupts this holy dwelling with his altars.
Psalm 78:68 says God chose Mount Zion as His beloved — Manasseh's altars in the temple show contempt for that choice.
1 Kings 11:13 shows God kept Jerusalem because He chose it — Manasseh's altars abuse that chosen city.