31 Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were a trivial matter, he married Jezebel,(A) the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,(B) and then proceeded to serve Baal and worship him.(C) 32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal(D) that he had built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole.(E) Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.(F)

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26 But you have taken up[a] Sakkuth[b][c] your king[d] and Kaiwan[e] your star god, images you have made for yourselves.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or you will lift up
  2. Amos 5:26 LXX, Sym, Syr, Vg read the tent; Ac 7:43
  3. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian war god also called Adar or Ninurta
  4. Amos 5:26 LXX reads up the tent of Molech and Rephan; Ac 7:43
  5. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian god identified with Saturn

those who bow in worship on the rooftops(A)
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord(B)
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Some LXX mss, Syr, Vg; MT, other LXX mss read their king

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