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2 Kings 17:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Kings 17:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 They rejected all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast images of two calves; they made a sacred pole,[a] worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.(A) 17 They made their sons and their daughters pass through fire, used divination and augury, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.(B) 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.(C)
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- 17.16 Or Asherah
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