2 Chronicles 28:2

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,—yea, even molten images, made he to the Baalim;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1Twenty years old, was Ahaz when he began to reign, and, sixteen years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—but he did not that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;

3and, he, burned incense, in the valley of the son of Hinnom,-and burnt his sons, in the fire, according to the abominable ways of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:4Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves,—I—Yahweh, am your God.

Judges 2:13Yea, they forsook Yahweh,—and did service unto the Baal and unto Ashtaroth.

2 Kings 10:26and brought forth the idolatrous pillars that were in the house of Baal, and then burned it;

2 Chronicles 22:3He too, walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,—for, his mother, became his counselor, to work lawlessness.

Isaiah 2:8And filled is their land with idols,—To the work of their own hands, do they bow themselves down, To that which they made with their own fingers.

Hosea 2:13So will I visit upon her the days of the Baals, unto whom she used to burn incense, and decked herself with her nose-ring and her jewelry, and went her way after her lovers,—whereas, me, she forgat, Declareth Yahweh.

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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