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2 Kings 17:16-18
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16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky,[a] and worshiped[b] Baal. 17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire,[c] and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry.[d]

18 So the Lord was furious[e] with Israel and rejected them;[f] only the tribe of Judah was left.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:16 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsevaʾ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.
  2. 2 Kings 17:16 tn Or “served.”
  3. 2 Kings 17:17 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.
  4. 2 Kings 17:17 tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”
  5. 2 Kings 17:18 tn Heb “very angry.”
  6. 2 Kings 17:18 tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”
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