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2 Reyes 21:7

Listen to 2 Reyes 21:7
7 Tomó la imagen de la diosa Aserá que él había hecho y la puso en el templo, lugar del cual el SEÑOR había dicho a David y a su hijo Salomón: «En este templo en Jerusalén, la ciudad que he escogido de entre todas las tribus de Israel, he decidido habitar[a] para siempre.

2 Reyes 21:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the
house
Which was either an image that had been placed in a grove planted by him, and now removed into the house or temple of the Lord; or, as some think, this was a representation of a grove, a carved grove of gold or silver, in the midst of which an image was placed in the temple; though what Selden observes F2, seems best of all, that this was an image of Asherah, as in the original text; that is, of Astarte or Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, ( 1 Kings 11:5 ) , the same the Phoenicians are said to call Astroarche, and affirm it to be the moon F3: in ( 2 Chronicles 33:7 ) it is called a carved image the idol he had made; and an Arabic writer F4 says, it had four faces, which seems to be a figure of the cherubim; but, according to Suidas F5, it was the statue of Jupiter, who also says it had four faces:

of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son:
that is, of which house or temple:

in this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
see ( 1 Kings 8:29 ) ( 9:3 ) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:3).


FOOTNOTES:

F2 De Dis Syris, Syntagm. 2. c. 2. p. 233.
F3 Herodian. l. 5. c. 15.
F4 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 66.
F5 In voce (manasshva) .
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2 Reyes 21:7 In-Context

5 En ambos atrios del templo del SEÑOR construyó altares en honor de los astros del cielo.
6 Sacrificó en el fuego a su propio hijo, practicó la magia y la hechicería, y consultó a nigromantes y a espiritistas. Hizo continuamente lo que ofende al SEÑOR, provocando así su ira.
7 Tomó la imagen de la diosa Aserá que él había hecho y la puso en el templo, lugar del cual el SEÑOR había dicho a David y a su hijo Salomón: «En este templo en Jerusalén, la ciudad que he escogido de entre todas las tribus de Israel, he decidido habitar para siempre.
8 Nunca más dejaré que los israelitas anden perdidos fuera de la tierra que les di a sus antepasados, siempre y cuando tengan cuidado de cumplir todo lo que yo les he ordenado, es decir, toda la ley que les dio mi siervo Moisés».
9 Pero no hicieron caso; Manasés los descarrió, de modo que se condujeron peor que las naciones que el SEÑOR destruyó delante de ellos.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "habitar" . Lit. "poner mi nombre" .
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