2 Kings 17:31
17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, 1 and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 2 the gods of Sepharvaim.
2 Kings 17:33
17:33 They were worshiping 3 the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.
2 Kings 17:37
17:37 You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.
2 Kings 18:35
18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” 4
2 Kings 19:12
19:12 Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? 5
1 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
2 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
3 tn Heb “fearing.”
4 tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?
5 tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”