2 Kings 17:17
2 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“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 the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”2 Kings 17:17
What Does 2 Kings 17:17 Mean?
2 Kings 17:17 is found in the book of 2 Kings, chapter 17, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Kings 17:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Leviticus 19:26“Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.”2 Kings 21:6“And 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 the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”2 Kings 16:3“But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.”Psalms 106:37“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,”Deuteronomy 18:10“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.”1 Kings 21:20“And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.”Psalms 51:4“Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.”Jeremiah 7:31“And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.”Ezekiel 23:37“That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.”Romans 7:14“For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.”Jeremiah 19:5“They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:”Ezekiel 16:21“That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?”Leviticus 18:21“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.”2 Kings 17:31“And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.”Ezekiel 20:26“And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.”Micah 5:12“And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:”Leviticus 19:31“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.”1 Kings 21:25“But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.”2 Chronicles 28:3“Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.”2 Chronicles 33:6“And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
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