2 Kings 17:12

17:12 They worshiped ¹  the disgusting idols ²  in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command. ³ 

2 Kings 21:21

21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father ⁴  and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols ⁵  which his father had worshiped. ⁶ 

2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ⁷  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ⁸  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ⁹  and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law ¹⁰  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

[17:12]  ¹ tn Or “served.”

[17:12]  ² sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[17:12]  ³ tn Heb “about which the Lord had said to them, ‘You must not do this thing.’”

[21:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”

[21:21]  ⁵ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”

[23:24]  ⁷ tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.

[23:24]  ⁸ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

[23:24]  ⁹ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[23:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”