2 Kings 17:16

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They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Places in this passage

2 Kings 17:16 mentions Assyria, Avva, Babylon, Bethel, Cuth, Egypt, Gozan, Habor, Halah, Hamath and Samaria.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky