2 Chronicles 28:2

For he walked in the ways of the melachim of Yisroel, and made also massekhot for Ba'alim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

1Achaz was 20 when he began to reign, and he reigned 16 years in Yerushalayim; but he did not that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, like Dovid Aviv,

3Moreover he burned ketoret in the Gey Ben Hinnom, and burned his banim in the eish, after the to'avot of the Goyim whom Hashem had driven out before the Bnei Yisroel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:4Turn ye not unto elilim, nor make to yourselves elohei massekhah (cast metal g-ds); I am Hashem Eloheichem.

Judges 2:13And they forsook Hashem, and served Ba'al and Ashtarot.

2 Kings 10:26And they brought forth the matzevot out of the bais of Ba'al, and burned them.

2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the darkhei Bais Ach'av (Ahab); for immo (his mother) was his counselor to do rah.

Isaiah 2:8Their land also is full of elilim; 1 they worship the work of their own hands, 1 that which their own etzbe'ot have made; 1

Hosea 2:13I will also cause all her masos (exultation, joy) to cease, 1 her Chag (feast), her Chodesh (New Moons), and her Shabbatot, 1 and all her Mo'adim (appointed feasts). 1

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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