2 Chronicles 28:2

but he went in the ways of the kings of Israel. Furthermore and he melted out images to Baalim (or And furthermore he cast metal images of the Baalim).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

1Ahaz was of twenty years, when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; he did not rightfulness in the sight of the Lord, as David, his father, did, (or he did not go rightfully before the Lord, like his forefather David did);

3He it is that burnt incense in the valley of Ben-hinnon, and purged his sons by fire, (or It was he who burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnon, and who burned his sons in the fire), (as) by the custom of heathen men, whom the Lord (had) killed in the coming of the sons of Israel from Egypt /in the coming of the sons of Israel to the land of promise.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:4Do not ye be turned to idols, neither ye shall make to you molten gods; I am your Lord God. (Do not ye turn to idols; nor make ye gods out of metal for yourselves; I am the Lord your God.)

Judges 2:13and they forsook him, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

2 Kings 10:26and they brought forth the image from the temple of Baal, and burnt it, (and they brought forth the sacred pillar from the temple of Baal, and burned it,/and they brought forth the images, or the idols, from the temple of Baal, and burned them,)

2 Chronicles 22:3But he entered by the way of the house of Ahab (or But he went in the ways of the house of Ahab); for his mother compelled him to do evil.

Isaiah 2:8And the land thereof is filled with idols, and they worship the work of their hands, which their fingers made;

Hosea 2:13And I shall visit on it + 2:13 In Chapters 2 and 3 of Hosea, where the “Later Version” uses ‘it’ and ‘thereof’, the “Early Version” and other translations use ‘she’ and ‘her’. (for) the days of (the) Baalim, in which it burnt incense, and was adorned with her earring (s), and her brooch, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord. (And I shall punish her for the days in which she burned incense to the Baalim, and was adorned with her earrings, and her brooches, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith 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 →

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