2 Chronicles 28:2

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

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In Context

1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

2 Kings 10:26And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

Isaiah 2:8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

Hosea 2:13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:2-6

The Wickedness of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord , like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He… Read the whole commentary →

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