2 KINGS 17:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.”

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2 Kings 17:31 Translation & Meaning

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And the Avites וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים An Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural) Avites
made עָשׂ֥וּ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application made
Nibhaz נִבְחַ֖ז Nibchaz, a deity of the Avites Nibhaz
and Tartak, תַּרְתָּ֑ק Tartak, a deity of the Avvites Tartak
and the Sepharvites וְהַֽסְפַרְוִ֗ים A Sepharvite or inhabitant of Sepharvain Sepharvites
burnt שֹֽׂרְפִ֤ים To be (causatively, set) on fire burnt
their children בְּנֵיהֶם֙ 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
in fire בָּאֵ֔שׁ Fire (literally or figuratively) fire
to Adrammelech לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib Adrammelech
and Anammelech, וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ Anammelek, an Assyrian deity Anammelech
the gods אֱלֹהֵ֥ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative gods
of Sepharvaim. סְפַרְיִם׃ Sepharvites Sepharvaim

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  • 29  Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

  • 30  And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

  • 31  And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

  • 32  So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

  • 33  They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.




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