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; 17:8 they observed the practices 3 of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. 4
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 Heb “walked in the customs.”
4 tn Heb “and [the practices of] the kings of Israel which they did.”