2 Raja-raja 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ¹  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ²  other gods;

2 Raja-raja 17:12

17:12 They worshiped ³  the disgusting idols ⁴  in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command. ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 17:17

17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, ⁶  and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “feared.”

³ tn Or “served.”

⁴ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

⁵ tn Heb “about which the Lord had said to them, ‘You must not do this thing.’”

⁶ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.

⁷ tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”