2 Kings 17:17

17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, ¹  and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. ² 

2 Kings 17:31

17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, ³  and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, ⁴  the gods of Sepharvaim.

¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.

² tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”

³ sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

⁴ sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.