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2 Kings 17:11

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17:11 They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the Lord had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the Lord angry. 1 

2 Kings 17:31

Context
17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, 2  and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 3  the gods of Sepharvaim.

2 Kings 23:20

Context
23:20 He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:9

Context
25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 4 

1 tn Heb “and they did evil things, angering the Lord.”

2 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

3 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.

4 tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”



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