2 Kings 16:3 
Context| NET © | He followed in the footsteps of 1 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 2 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 3 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. |
| NIV © | He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. |
| NASB © | But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel. |
| NLT © | Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his own son in the fire. He imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites. |
| MSG © | Instead he followed in the track of the kings of Israel. He even indulged in the outrageous practice of "passing his son through the fire"--a truly abominable act he picked up from the pagans GOD had earlier thrown out of the country. |
| BBE © | But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel. |
| NRSV © | but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even made his son pass through fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. |
| NKJV © | But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed he made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel. |
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| NASB © | But he walked <01980> in the way <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> , and even <01571> made his son <01121> pass <05674> through the fire <0784> , according to the abominations <08441> of the nations <01471> whom <0834> the LORD <03068> had driven <03423> out from before <06440> the sons <01121> of Israel .<03478> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | |
| NET © | He followed in the footsteps of 1 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 2 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 3 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he walked in the way of.” 2 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67. 3 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.” |
