2 Kings 17:16 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Kings 17:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 17:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 17:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.”
2 Kings 17:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 17:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 17:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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,”
2 Kings 17:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 17:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah theirGod, 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 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 17:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Finally they left all the commandements of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, euen two calues, and made a groue, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen, and serued Baal.”
2 Kings 17:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 17:16 in Context — 2 Kings 17
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
16 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.
17 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.
18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
What Does 2 Kings 17:16 Mean?
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