2 Chronicles 28:24

And Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, and brake away the fittings of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Yahweh,—and made for himself altars at every corner in Jerusalem;

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In The King James Version

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

In Context

23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus who had smitten him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria are helping them, unto them, will I sacrifice, that they may help me. But, they, served to seduce him and all Israel.

25and, in every several city of Judah, made he high places, for burning incense unto other gods,—and provoked Yahweh, God of his fathers.

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:17And King Ahaz cut off the side walls of the stands, and took away from off them the laver, and, the sea, took he down from off the oxen of bronze, which were under it,—and set it on a pavement of stones.

2 Chronicles 29:3He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.

2 Chronicles 29:19And, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign rejected when he acted unfaithfully, have we made ready and hallowed,—and, there they are, before the altar of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 33:3And he again built the high places, which Hezekiah his father had thrown down,—and set up altars to the Baalim, and made Sacred Stems, and bowed in prostration unto all the army of the heavens, and served them;

Jeremiah 2:28Where then are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy calamity,—For according to the number of thy cities, have become thy gods O Judah.

Acts 17:16But, while, in Athens, Paul was expecting them, his spirit within him was being urged on, seeing how the city was given to idols.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:17-27

The Death of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Judah low because of… Read the whole commentary →

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