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2 Kings 16:3-5
English Standard Version
2 Kings 16:3-5
English Standard Version
3 but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. (A)He even burned his son as an offering,[a] (B)according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 4 (C)And he sacrificed and made offerings (D)on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
5 (E)Then Rezin king of Syria and (F)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz (G)but could not conquer him.
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- 2 Kings 16:3 Or made his son pass through the fire
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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