Verse 31

2 Kings 17:31

Noah Webster Bible

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31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הָ/עַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְ/אֶת תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְ/הַ/סְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת בְּנֵי/הֶם֙ בָּ/אֵ֔שׁ לְ/אַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽ/עֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אלה אֱלֹהֵ֥י ספרים סְפַרְוָֽיִם

English Translation

And the wicked made haste, and the storytellers burned their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the storytellers.

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Chapter 17 Context

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Isra... Focus ↗

2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were be... Focus ↗

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him present... Focus ↗

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt,... Focus ↗

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it th... Focus ↗

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria,... Focus ↗

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God (Elohim), who had b... Focus ↗

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel... Focus ↗

9 And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God (Elohi... Focus ↗

10 And they set up for themselves images and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree: Focus ↗

11 And there they burnt incense on all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away b... Focus ↗

12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing. Focus ↗

13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers,... Focus ↗

14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that... Focus ↗

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonie... Focus ↗

16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim), and made for themselves molten im... Focus ↗

17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enc... Focus ↗

18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none lef... Focus ↗

19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim), but walked in the statutes of I... Focus ↗

20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand o... Focus ↗

21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jerobo... Focus ↗

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from t... Focus ↗

23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So... Focus ↗

24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, an... Focus ↗

25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the... Focus ↗

26 Wherefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed... Focus ↗

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from th... Focus ↗

28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taugh... Focus ↗

29 Yet, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Sa... Focus ↗

30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath m... Focus ↗

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adram...

32 So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, wh... Focus ↗

33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried a... Focus ↗

34 To this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their st... Focus ↗

35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor... Focus ↗

36 But the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an out-stretched arm, hi... Focus ↗

37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye sh... Focus ↗

38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. Focus ↗

39 But the LORD your God (Elohim) ye shall fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your en... Focus ↗

40 Yet they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. Focus ↗

41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their chi... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 17 (41 verses)
Version: Noah Webster Bible

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