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2 Chronicles 7:22

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7:22 Others will then answer, 1  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 2  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Chronicles 24:18

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24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 4  and worshiped 5  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:30

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29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms 6  of David and Asaph the prophet. 7  So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 33:3

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33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 8  and worshiped 9  them.

2 Chronicles 33:22

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33:22 He did evil in the sight of 10  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped 11  them.

1 tn Heb “and they will say.”

2 tn Heb “fathers.”

3 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

4 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

5 tn Heb “served.”

6 tn Heb “with the words.”

7 tn Or “seer.”

8 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿvahashamayim), 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.

9 tn Or “served.”

10 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

11 tn Or “served.”



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