New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Kings 21:5-7
5He builtH1129 altarsH4196 for 1allH3605 the heavenlyH8064 2lightsH6635 in 3the twoH8147 courtyardsH2691 of the houseH1004 of the LordH3068.
6And 4he made his sonH1121 passH5674 through the fireH784, 5interpretedH6049 signsH6049, practicedH5172 divinationH5172, and usedH6213 mediumsH178 and spiritistsH3049. He didH6213 greatH7235 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068, provokingH3707 Him toH3707 angerH3707.
7Then 6he putH7760 the carvedH6459 imageH6459 of AsherahH842 that he had madeH6213 in the houseH1004 of whichH834 the LordH3068 had saidH559 to DavidH1732 and to his sonH1121 SolomonH8010, “7In thisH2088 houseH1004 and in JerusalemH3389, whichH834 I have chosenH977 from allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, I will putH7760 My nameH8034 foreverH5769.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 21:5 2 Kin 23:4, 5 ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 21:5 Lit host ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 21:5 1 Kin 7:12; 2 Kin 23:12 ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 21:6 Lev 18:21; 2 Kin 16:3; 17:17 ↩
- 5. 2 Kings 21:6 Lev 19:26, 31; Deut 18:10-14 ↩
- 6. 2 Kings 21:7 Deut 16:21; 2 Kin 23:6 ↩
- 7. 2 Kings 21:7 1 Kin 8:29; 9:3; 2 Chr 7:12, 16 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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