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2 Kings 17:30-31

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17:30 The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth,¹ the people from Cuth made Nergal,² the people from Hamath made Ashima,³ 17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak,⁴ and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech,⁵ the gods of Sepharvaim.

¹sn No deity is known by the name Succoth Benoth in extant Mesopotamian literature. For speculation as to the identity of this deity, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211.

²sn Nergal was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld.

³sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12.

⁴sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

⁵sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

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