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Amos 5:26-27
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
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Deuteronomy 4:16-18
lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
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2 Kings 17 6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Kings 18 11
The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
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Deuteronomy 5:8-9
“ You shall not make a carved image for yourself— any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
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Leviticus 18:21
“‘ You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
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2 Kings 17 16-2 Kings 17 18
They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
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2 Kings 21 6
He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
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Leviticus 20:2-5
“ Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel,‘ Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person with stones.I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death,then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
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Exodus 20:4-5
“ You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,