2 KINGS 16:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.”

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2 Kings 16:3 Translation & Meaning

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But he walked וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walked
in the way בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb way
of the kings מַלְכֵ֣י A king kings
of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
yea, וְגַ֤ם Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and yea
and made אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) made
his son בְּנוֹ֙ A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son
to pass through הֶֽעֱבִ֣יר To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) pass through
the fire, בָּאֵ֔שׁ Fire (literally or figuratively) fire
according to the abominations כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ Properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol according abominations
of the heathen, הַגּוֹיִ֔ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts heathen
whom אֲשֶׁ֨ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc whom
the Lord יְהוָה֙ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
cast out הוֹרִ֤ישׁ To occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin cast out
from before מִפְּנֵ֖י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the children בְּנֵ֥י A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) children
of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel

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  • 1  In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2  Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.

  • 3  But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • 4  And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 5  Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.




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