2 Chronicles 28:24 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

2 Chronicles 28:24

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And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this {is that} king Ahaz.

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, {therefore} will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. {Damascus: Heb. Darmesek}

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.

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. {to burn: or, to offer}

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they {are} written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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2 Chronicles 28:1

"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 Chronicles 28:2

"For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim."

2 Chronicles 28:3

"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. {burnt...: or, offered sacrifice}"

2 Chronicles 28:4

"He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree."

2 Chronicles 28:5

"Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought {them} to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. {Damascus: Heb. Darmesek}"

2 Chronicles 28:6

"For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, {which were} all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. {valiant...: Heb. sons of valour}"

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