1 Raja-raja 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Raja-raja 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ²  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Raja-raja 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ³  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ⁴  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 13:6

13:6 When they had crossed over ⁶  the whole island as far as Paphos, ⁷  they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

² tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁵ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁶ tn Or “had passed through,” “had traveled through.”

⁷ sn Paphos. A city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. It was the seat of the Roman proconsul.

⁸ sn Named Bar-Jesus. “Jesus” is the Latin form of the name “Joshua.” The Aramaic “bar” means “son of,” so this man was surnamed “son of Joshua.” The scene depicts the conflict between Judaism and the emerging new faith at a cosmic level, much like the Simon Magus incident in Acts 8:9-24. Paul’s ministry looks like Philip’s and Peter’s here.