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2 Kings 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

KJV

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּVai.ya.'a.vi.ruand they made passH5674 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֤םbe.nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙be.no.tei.Hemdaughters theirH1323 →
בָּאֵ֔שׁba.'Eshin the fireH784 →
וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּvai.yik.se.Muand they divinedH7080 →
קְסָמִ֖יםke.sa.MimdivinationsH7081 →
וַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּvay.na.Che.shuand they practiced divinationH5172 →
וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּvai.yit.ma.ke.Ruand they sold themselvesH4376 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
הָרַ֛עha.Ra'the evilH7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.Soto provoke to anger himH3707 →

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2 Kings 21:6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.2 Kings 16:3Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.Deuteronomy 18:10–12Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.Psalms 106:37–38They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.Ezekiel 16:21You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.Deuteronomy 18:10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Jeremiah 19:5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.Micah 5:12I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Ezekiel 20:26And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.2 Kings 17:31the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

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