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2 Kings 17:16

King James Version (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.

Translations

2 Kings 17:16 - Amplified Bible

And they forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the [starry] hosts of the heavens and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - 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.

2 Kings 17:16 - 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.

2 Kings 17:16 - Darby Bible

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;

2 Kings 17:16 - English Standard Version

And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - 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.

2 Kings 17:16 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y abandonaron todos los mandamientos del SEÑOR su Dios, y se hicieron imágenes fundidas de dos becerros; hicieron una Asera, adoraron a todo el ejército de los cielos y sirvieron a Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - The Message

They threw out everything God, their God, had told them, and replaced him with two statue-gods shaped like bull-calves and then a phallic pole for the whore goddess Asherah. They worshiped cosmic forces—sky gods and goddesses—and frequented the sex-and-religion shrines of Baal. They even sank so low as to offer their own sons and daughters as sacrificial burnt offerings! They indulged in all the black arts of magic and sorcery. In short, they prostituted themselves to every kind of evil available to them. And God had had enough.

2 Kings 17:16 - New American Standard Bible

They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, {even} two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y abandonaron todos los mandamientos del SEÑOR su Dios, y se hicieron imágenes fundidas de dos becerros; hicieron una Asera (deidad femenina), adoraron a todo el ejército de los cielos y sirvieron a Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - 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 worshipped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:16 - Young's Living 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,

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