17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship 3 the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave 4 the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.
1 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ 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 tn Or “served.”
3 tn Heb “fear.”
4 tn Heb “commanded.”