2 Kings 17:8
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8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.[a](A)
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- 17.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Kings 17:8
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8 and followed the practices of the nations(A) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced.
2 Kings 16:3
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3 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 had driven out before the people of Israel.(A)
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2 Kings 16:3
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3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(A) and even sacrificed his son(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 18:9
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Child-Sacrifice, Divination, and Magic Prohibited
9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.(A)
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Deuteronomy 18:9
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Occult Practices
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(A) the detestable ways(B) of the nations there.
Leviticus 18:3
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3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.(A)
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Leviticus 18:3
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3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A)
Micah 6:16
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16 For you have kept the statutes of Omri[a]
and all the works of the house of Ahab,
and you have followed their counsels.
Therefore I will make you a desolation and your[b] inhabitants an object of hissing,
so you shall bear the scorn of my people.(A)
Micah 6:16
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Hosea 5:11
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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after vanity.[a]
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- 5.11 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hosea 5:11
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- Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Jeremiah 10:2
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2 Thus says the Lord:
Do not learn the way of the nations
or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens,
for the nations are dismayed at them.(A)
Jeremiah 10:2
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2 This is what the Lord says:
Psalm 106:35
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35 but they mingled with the nations
and learned to do as they did.(A)
Psalm 106:35
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35 but they mingled(A) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
2 Kings 21:2
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2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.(A)
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2 Kings 21:2
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2 He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(B) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Kings 17:19
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19 Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.
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2 Kings 17:19
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19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(A)
2 Kings 16:10
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10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. King Ahaz sent to the priest Uriah a model of the altar and its pattern exact in all its details.(A)
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2 Kings 16:10
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10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah(A) the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction.
1 Kings 21:26
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26 He acted most abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.)(A)
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1 Kings 21:26
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26 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites(A) the Lord drove out before Israel.)
1 Kings 16:31-33
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Ahab Marries Jezebel and Worships Baal
31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.(A) 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.(B) 33 Ahab also made a sacred pole.[a] Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than had all the kings of Israel who were before him.(C)
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- 16.33 Or Asherah
1 Kings 16:31-33
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31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married(A) Jezebel daughter(B) of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal(C) and worship him. 32 He set up an altar(D) for Baal in the temple(E) of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(F) and did more(G) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
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