2 Chronicles 28:2
and walks in the ways of the kings of Israel, and has also made molten images for Ba‘alim,
Literal Standard Version
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 19:4You do not turn to the idols, and you do not make a molten god for yourselves; I [am] your God YHWH.
Judges 2:13indeed, they forsake YHWH, and do service to Ba‘al and to Ashtaroth.
2 Kings 10:26and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Ba‘al, and burn them,
2 Chronicles 22:3he has also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother has been his counselor to do wickedly.
Isaiah 2:8And its land is full of idols, || It bows itself to the work of its hands, || To that which its fingers have made,
Hosea 2:13And I have charged on her the days of the Ba‘alim, || To whom she makes incense, || And puts on her ring and her ornament, || And goes after her lovers, || And forgot Me,” a declaration of YHWH.
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 →