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Sforno on Exodus 23:24/ספורנו על שמות כ״ג:כ״ד
אלֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם. שֶׁלֹּא תַעֲשֶׂה כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה אֲמַצְיָהוּ אַחַר שֶׁכָּבַש אֶת שֵׂעִיר, "וַיָּבֵא אֶת אֱלֹהֵי בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר וְלִפְנֵיהֶם יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה" (דברי הימים ב כה:יד), שֶׁאוּלַי חָשַׁב לְרַצּוֹתָם שֶׁלֹּא יִקְצְפוּ עָלָיו עַל שֶׁהָרַג אֶת עוֹבְדֵיהֶם.
1לא תשתחוה לאלוהיהם, do not do what King Amatziah is reported to have done after he had conquered the land of Se-ir. It is reported in Chronicles II 25,14 that after having defeated the Edomites he installed their deities in Jerusalem bowed to them and offered sacrifices to them. He may have wanted to appease their feelings for having defeated the Edomites.