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2 Kings 17:31-33
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2 Kings 17:31-33
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31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak,[a] and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech,[b] the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 At the same time they worshiped[c] the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.[d] 33 They were worshiping[e] the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.
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- 2 Kings 17:31 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
- 2 Kings 17:31 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
- 2 Kings 17:32 tn Heb “feared.”
- 2 Kings 17:32 tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”
- 2 Kings 17:33 tn Heb “fearing.”
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