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2 Kings 17:16

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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וַיַּעַזְב֗וּvai.ya.'az.Vuand they forsookH5800 →
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כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
מִצְוֹת֙mitz.Vot[the] commandments ofH4687 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430 →
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they madeH6213 →
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemfor themselves
מַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.Khaha molten imageH4541 →
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.neimtwoH8147 →
עֲגָלִ֑ים'a.ga.LimcalvesH5695 →
וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they madeH6213 →
אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה'a.shei.Rahan Asherah poleH842 →
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙vai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they bowed downH7812 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
צְבָ֣אtze.Va'[the] host ofH6635 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.Duand they servedH5647 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →

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1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”1 Kings 14:15For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.1 Kings 22:53Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.1 Kings 16:33Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.2 Kings 11:18So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.1 Kings 15:13He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.Judges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.2 Kings 18:6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.Psalms 106:18–20Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

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