2 Chronicles 28:2

2 Chronicles 28:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
• New International Version (NIV)He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals.

Context of 2 Chronicles 28:2

1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals. 3Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 28:2 word by word

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּדַרְכֵ֖י מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְגַ֧ם מַסֵּכ֛וֹת עָשָׂ֖ה לַבְּעָלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Instead, he walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• in the waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and evenגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• cast imagesמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• of the Baalsבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:2

• 2 Chronicles 21:6And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
• 1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
• 2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
• Exodus 34:17You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
• Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
• Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Images for Baalim - Or, to serve as Baalim, i. e as representatives of the different forms or characters of the chief Phoenician deity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-212Ch 28:1-21. Ahaz, Reigning Wickedly, Is Afflicted by the Syrians. 1-4. Ahaz was twenty years old--(See on 2Ki 16:1-4). This prince, discarding the principles and example of his excellent father, early betrayed a strong bias to idolatry. He ruled with an arbitrary and absolute authority, and not as a theocratic sovereign: he not only forsook the temple of God, but embraced first the symbolic worship established in the sister kingdom, and afterwards the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 28:2

• Ahaz
• Baal
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ahaz
• Baal
• Offend
• Reach
• Ruin
• Trespass
• Apostasy; Apostate

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings