³¹ the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak,^[a] and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech,^[b] the gods of Sepharvaim. ³² At the same time they worshiped^[c] the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.^{[d] 33} They were worshiping^[e] the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.