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# what was evil in the sight of Yahweh

Here "sight" refers to Yahweh's thoughts or opinion. Alternate translation: "what Yahweh considers to be evil" or "what is evil in Yahweh's judgement" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# but not like his father and his mother

This compares how much evil he did to being less that the amount that his parents did. Alternate translation: "but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])

# the sacred stone pillar of Baal

This pillar was used in the worship of Baal, though it is unknown what the pillar looked like. Alternate translation: "the sacred stone pillar for worshiping Baal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-possession]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# what was evil in the sight of Yahweh`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "sight" refers to Yahweh's thoughts or opinion. Alternate translation: "what Yahweh considers to be evil" or "what is evil in Yahweh's judgement" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# but not like his father and his mother`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This compares how much evil he did to being less that the amount that his parents did. Alternate translation: "but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# the sacred stone pillar of Baal`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This pillar was used in the worship of Baal, though it is unknown what the pillar looked like. Alternate translation: "the sacred stone pillar for worshiping Baal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-possession]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00