2 Kings 17:16 (WEB)
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“For thus, in the later times in which kings were governing them, did they again, in conjunction with Jeroboam, worship golden kine, and groves, and enslave themselves to Baal.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Kings xii. 25–33; 2 Kings xvii. 7–17 (in LXX. 3 and 4 Kings). The Eng. ver. speaks of “calves;” the LXX. call them “heifers.”
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Augustine of Hippo
“Again, let the Prophet’s trumpet cry aloud, “Take away too, ye princes of the air, the gates, which ye have in the minds of men who ‘worship the host of heaven.’”” — editor's note: 2 Kings xvii. 16.
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Cross-references · 1
2 Kings 17:16 and 2 Chronicles 33:3 share the same wording (10 words).