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The menוְאַנְשֵׁיof BabylonבָבֶלmadeעָשׂוּSuccoth-benoth,אֶת סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹתthe menוְאַנְשֵׁיof CuthכוּתmadeעָשׂוּNergal,אֶת נֵרְגַלand the menוְאַנְשֵׁיof HamathחֲמָתmadeעָשׂוּAshima;אֶת אֲשִׁימָא
2 Kings 17:30
Study it in the app“The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima;”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:30, word by word
- The menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- Succoth-benothסֻכּוֹתsukot
Succoth-benoth
Succoth-benoth. The name of what the men of Babylon made in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30). The Hebrew words mean "booths of daughters"; it may be the name of an idol or of a place of worship. It appears only here.
Where else “sukot” appears- of Cuthכוּתchut
Cuth, Cuthah
Cuthah (also "Cuth"). A region or city from which the king of Assyria brought people to settle Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 30).
Where else “chut” appears- Nergalנֵרְגַלnergal
Nergal
Nergal. The name of the god of the men of Cuthah (2 Kings 17:30). It also appears within names of people from Babylon, such as Nergal-sharezer (Jeremiah 39:3). The Bible names him as another people's idol.
Where else “nergal” appears- of Hamathחֲמָתchamat
Hamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appears- Ashimaאֲשִׁימָאashima
Ashima
Ashima. The name of the god the men of Hamath made for themselves when they were brought to live in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30). Named only here; an idol of a foreign people.
Where else “ashima” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
29But each nation was making its own gods, and they put them in the house of the high places that the Samaritans had made, each nation in their cities where they were living.
30 · This verse (above)
31and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.