2 Chronicles 28:2
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.
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In The King James Version
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:4Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.
Judges 2:13And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes.
2 Kings 10:26And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
2 Chronicles 22:3He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing.
Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.
Hosea 2:13And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says 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 →