Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even
King James Version
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Holman Bible
They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images
International Standard Version
They abandoned all of the commands given by the LORD their God, crafted for themselves cast images of two calves, constructed an Asherah, worshipped all of the stars in heaven, and served Baal.
A Conservative Version
And they forsook all the commandments of LORD their God, and made for them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
American Standard Version
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Amplified
They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast images of two calves; and they made an Asherah [idol] and worshiped all the [starry] host of heaven and served Baal.
Bible in Basic English
And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.
Darby Translation
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal.
King James 2000
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an idol pole and worshiped all the army of heaven, and served Baal.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They abandoned all the commands of Yahweh their God and made for themselves two molten calf-shaped idols; they made a pole of Asherah worship and bowed down to the army of the heavens and served Baal.
Modern King James verseion
And they left all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made molten images, two calves, for themselves. And they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they left the commandments of the LORD their God and made them Images of metal, even two calves: and made groves and bowed themselves unto all the Host of heaven, and served Baal.
NET Bible
They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.
New Heart English Bible
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
The Emphasized Bible
But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten - two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;
Webster
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
World English Bible
They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,
Themes
Assyria » Israelites carried captive into
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » By the kingdom of israel
Fear » The reward for fearing other gods
Following » The reward for following vanity
Groves » Worshiped by israelites
Groves » For idol worship planted » By israelites
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Captivity of israel on account of
Images » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
Judgments » Delivered » Into the hands of the assyrians
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » In permitting baal-worship
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Vanity » The reward for following vanity
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
Topics
Interlinear
`azab
'elohiym
do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,
Usage: 0
Sh@nayim
Tsaba'
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 17:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deported To Assyria And The Reasons It Fell
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:28
So the king
1 Kings 14:15
“For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves
1 Kings 16:31
It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that
Deuteronomy 4:19
And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars,
1 Kings 15:13
1 Kings 16:33
Ahab also made
1 Kings 22:53
2 Kings 11:18
All the people of the land went to
2 Kings 21:3
For
Exodus 32:4
He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a
Exodus 32:8
They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them.
2 Kings 10:18-28
Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “
2 Kings 17:10
Psalm 106:18-20
The flame consumed the wicked.
Isaiah 44:9-10
Those who fashion
Jeremiah 8:2
They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and to all the