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The practice of consulting images of household gods (teraphim) for advice (Ezekiel 21:21; Zechariah 10:2 ). Zechariah encouraged his contemporaries to pray to God since the teraphim were “utter nonsense.”

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Idolomacy'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/i/idolomacy.html. 1991.

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