2 Kings 3:27

3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, ¹  so they broke off the attack ²  and returned to their homeland.

2 Kings 5:17

5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, ³  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. ⁴ 

2 Kings 13:3

13:3 The Lord was furious with ⁵  Israel and handed them over to ⁶  King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years. ⁷ 

2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ⁸  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ⁹  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ¹⁰  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:17

17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, ¹¹  and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. ¹² 

[3:27]  ¹ tn Heb “there was great anger against Israel.”

[3:27]  ² tn Heb “they departed from him.”

[5:17]  ³ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

[5:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”

[13:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days.”

[16:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ⁸ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[17:17]  ⁹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.

[17:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”