2Kgs.17.16

2 Kings 17:16

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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.

Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

Why Israel Fell

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19

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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

A Warning against Idolatry

Israel Urged to Obey God’s Law

Deuteronomy 16:21

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¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

The Feasts of Passover, of Weeks, and of Booths

1 Kings 12:28

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Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

1 Kings 14:15

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For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.

Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam

Ahijah Prophesies against the King

1 Kings 14:23

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For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

Rehoboam Misleads Judah

1 Kings 16:31

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And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel

The Israelite Kings

2 Kings 21:3

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For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

Jeremiah 19:13

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And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

The Broken Jar

Jeremiah 44:17

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But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

The Stubbornness of the People

Conquest of Egypt Predicted

Ezekiel 23:8