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2 Kings 16:3-5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Kings 16:3-5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even burned his son as an offering,[a] according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.[b] 4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali′ah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.
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- 2 Kings 16:3 Or made his son to pass through the fire
- 16.3 Human sacrifice to Moloch was practiced in Phoenicia.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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