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 sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done. But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals. 3Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel. 4He 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

• But he walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• in the waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• he alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• moltenמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• imagesמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• for the Baalsבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:2

• 2 Chronicles 21:6He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab’s daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
• 1 Kings 16:31It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.
• 2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.
• Exodus 34:17You shall make for yourself no molten gods.
• Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the Lord your God.
• Judges 2:11Then the sons of Israel 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 used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” 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