He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD — the phrase 'in the two courts of the house of the LORD' indicates that altars to the host of heaven were erected in the outer court and inner court (חַצְרֵי בֵית־יְהוָה, *chatzrei bet YHWH*), encompassing the entire sacred precinct. The systematic placement of foreign altars throughout the temple represents institutional capture: the temple becomes a site of syncretic worship rather than exclusive Yahwistic devotion.

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