Study it in the app“because they have abandoned me and bowed down to Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my eyes, and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.”
becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרthey have abandoned meעֲזָבוּנִיand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto Astarte,לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶתthe godאֱלֹהֵיof the Sidonians,צִדֹנִיןto Chemosh,לִכְמוֹשׁthe godאֱלֹהֵיof Moab,מוֹאָבand to Milcom,וּלְמִלְכֹּםthe godאֱלֹהֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand have notוְלֹאwalkedהָלְכוּin my ways,בִדְרָכַיdoingלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיand keeping my statutesוְחֻקֹּתַיand my rules,וּמִשְׁפָּטַיas Davidכְּדָוִדhis father did.אָבִיו
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavu” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsAshtoreth
Ashtoreth: goddess of the Sidonians and of other peoples of Canaan, worshiped together with Baal. The Hebrew calls her "god of the Sidonians" because it has no word for "goddess." In the plural, "the Ashtaroth," her images.
Where else “ashtoret” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsSidonian
Sidonian: an inhabitant of Sidon, a city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsidonin” appearsChemosh
Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."
Where else “chemosh” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsMilcom
Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; he is also called Malcam, "their king".
Where else “milkom” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearswalk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
32but the one tribe shall be his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel;
33 · This verse (above)
34Yet I will not take all the kingdom from his hand, but I will make him chief all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
