New English Translation
2 Chronicles 28:2
2He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.
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 began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals. 3He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. 4He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּדַרְכֵ֖י מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְגַ֧ם מַסֵּכ֛וֹת עָשָׂ֖ה לַבְּעָלִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:2
- 2 Chronicles 21:6He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.
- 1 Kings 16:31As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.
- 2 Kings 10:26They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
- Exodus 34:17You must not make yourselves molten gods.
- Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.
- Judges 2:11The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.
- Hosea 2:13“I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says 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
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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
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