2 Kings 17:16

Which verses does 2 Kings 17:16 point to?

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1. 1 Kings 12:285 votes

   After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

2. 1 Kings 14:155 votes

   For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

3. 1 Kings 14:235 votes

   They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

4. 1 Kings 16:315 votes

   And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

5. Deuteronomy 4:194 votes

   When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

6. 1 Kings 15:133 votes

   He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

7. 1 Kings 16:333 votes

   Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

8. 1 Kings 22:533 votes

   Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.

9. 2 Kings 11:183 votes

   So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.

10. 2 Kings 21:33 votes

    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

11. Exodus 32:42 votes
12. Exodus 32:82 votes
13. 2 Kings 10:18–282 votes
14. 2 Kings 17:102 votes

    They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

15. Psalm 106:18–202 votes
16. Isaiah 44:9–102 votes

    All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

17. Jeremiah 8:22 votes

Which verses point to 2 Kings 17:16?

The 10 strongest of 65.

• Hosea 4:6 12
• Deuteronomy 4:19 8
• 1 Kings 16:31 6
• Deuteronomy 12:31 5
• Deuteronomy 16:21 5
• 1 Samuel 15:23 5
• 1 Kings 12:28 5
• 2 Kings 21:3 5
• Nehemiah 9:30 5
• Acts 7:42 5