Discovery Box2 Kings 17:16 
Context17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, 1 and worshiped 2 Baal.
2 Kings 19:15
Context19:15 Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: “Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubs! 3 You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky 4 and the earth.
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 sn This refers to the cherub images that were above the ark of the covenant.
4 tn Or “the heavens.”
