but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.(A) He even sacrificed his son in the fire,[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)

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  1. 16:3 Lit even made his son pass through the fire

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.

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But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

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19 Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God(A) but lived according to the customs Israel had practiced.(B)

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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)

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19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

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