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2 Kings 17

2 Kings 17:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they caused their sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
and their daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
to pass
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
t through the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, and used
qacam (Hebrew #7080)
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
KJV usage: divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
Pronounce: kaw-sam'
Origin: a primitive root
divination
qecem (Hebrew #7081)
a lot: also divination (including its fee), oracle
KJV usage: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
Pronounce: keh'-sem
Origin: from 7080
and enchantments
nachash (Hebrew #5172)
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
KJV usage: X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.
Pronounce: naw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
u, and sold
makar (Hebrew #4376)
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV usage: X at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Pronounce: maw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
v themselves to do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
in the sight
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, to provoke him to anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
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they caused.
2 Kings 16:3• 3{i}but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even caused his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.{/i} (2 Kings 16:3)
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2 Kings 21:6• 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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Lev. 18:21• 21And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, nor shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 18:21)
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2 Chron. 28:3• 3{i}and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.{/i} (2 Chron. 28:3)
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Psa. 106:37‑38• 37And they sacrificed their sons{HR}And their daughters to the demons;
38And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood.
(Psa. 106:37‑38)
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Ezek. 20:26,31• 26{i}and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.{/i}
31For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, Ο house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
(Ezek. 20:26,31)
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Ezek. 23:37,39• 37{i}For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also passed over unto them their children, whom they bore unto me, to be devoured.{/i}
39{i}For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols, they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it;{/i} Lo! thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
(Ezek. 23:37,39)
used.
2 Kings 21:6• 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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Deut. 18:10‑12• 10{i}There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,{/i}
11{i}or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead{/i}.
12For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
(Deut. 18:10‑12)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6{i}He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead. (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 47:9,12‑13• 9But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, loss of children, and widowhood: in full measure shall they come upon thee, in spite of the multitude of thy sorceries, of the great abundance of thine enchantments.
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest terrify.
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [the things] that shall come upon thee.
(Isa. 47:9,12‑13)
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Jer. 27:9• 9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: (Jer. 27:9)
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Mic. 5:12• 12{i}And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.{/i} (Mic. 5:12)
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Acts 16:16• 16And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations. (Acts 16:16)
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Gal. 5:26• 26Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. (Gal. 5:26)
sold.
in the sight.

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)