2 Kings 17:16
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
5800 [e]וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ
way-ya-‘az-ḇū,
So they leftConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
3605 [e]כָּל־
kāl-
allN-msc
4687 [e]מִצְוֺת֙
miṣ-wōṯ
the commandmentsN-fpc
3068 [e]יְהוָ֣ה
Yah-weh
of YahwehN-proper-ms
430 [e]אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם
’ĕ-lō-hê-hem,
their GodN-mpc | 3mp
6213 [e]וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ
way-ya-‘ă-śū
and madeConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
  לָהֶ֛ם
lā-hem
for themselvesPrep | 3mp
4541 [e]מַסֵּכָ֖ה
mas-sê-ḵāh
a molded imageN-fs
  [שנים]
[šə-nêm
twoNumber - mdc Number-mdc
 
ḵ]
 
8147 [e](שְׁנֵ֣י)
(šə-nê
[and] twoNumber-mdc
 
q)
 
5695 [e]עֲגָלִ֑ים
‘ă-ḡā-lîm;
calvesN-mp
6213 [e]וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ
way-ya-‘ă-śū
and madeConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
842 [e]אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה
’ă-šê-rāh,
a wooden imageN-fs
7812 [e]וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙
way-yiš-ta-ḥă-wū
and worshipedConj-w | V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp
3605 [e]לְכָל־
lə-ḵāl
allPrep-l | N-msc
6635 [e]צְבָ֣א
ṣə-ḇā
the hostN-csc
8064 [e]הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
haš-šā-ma-yim,
of heavenArt | N-mp
5647 [e]וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ
way-ya-‘aḇ-ḏū
and servedConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
1168 [e]הַבָּֽעַל׃
hab-bā-‘al.
BaalArt | N-proper-ms





















Hebrew Texts
מלכים ב 17:16 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם מַסֵּכָ֖ה [שְׁנֵים כ] (שְׁנֵ֣י ק) עֲגָלִ֑ים וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ לְכָל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־הַבָּֽעַל׃

מלכים ב 17:16 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ויעזבו את־כל־מצות יהוה אלהיהם ויעשו להם מסכה [שנים כ] (שני ק) עגלים ויעשו אשירה וישתחוו לכל־צבא השמים ויעבדו את־הבעל׃

מלכים ב 17:16 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ויעזבו את־כל־מצות יהוה אלהיהם ויעשו להם מסכה [שנים כ] (שני ק) עגלים ויעשו אשירה וישתחוו לכל־צבא השמים ויעבדו את־הבעל׃

מלכים ב 17:16 Hebrew Bible
ויעזבו את כל מצות יהוה אלהיהם ויעשו להם מסכה שנים עגלים ויעשו אשירה וישתחוו לכל צבא השמים ויעבדו את הבעל׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

King James Bible
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They abandoned all the commands of the LORD their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

molten images

Exodus 32:4,8 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a engraving …

1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and …

Psalm 106:18-20 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked…

Isaiah 44:9,10 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable …

a grove

2 Kings 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, …

1 Kings 14:15,23 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, …

1 Kings 15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, …

1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God …

worshipped

Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, …

Jeremiah 8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all …

Baal

2 Kings 10:18-28 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab …

2 Kings 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down…

1 Kings 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk …

1 Kings 22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the …

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