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2 Chronicles 28:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals. "
2 Chronicles 28:2
Verse in Context
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1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, like David his father,
2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals.
3 Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
4 He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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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. He didn’t do that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, like David his father,"
2 Chronicles 28:3
"Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
2 Chronicles 28:4
"He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree."
2 Chronicles 28:5
"Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter."
2 Chronicles 28:6
"For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers."
2 Chronicles 28:7
"Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king."
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