2 Kings 17:11
Context17:11 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
Context17:31 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
Context23:20 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
Context25:9 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
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.”