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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel. He cast metal images for the worship of Baal.

Context of 2 Chronicles 28:2

1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. 3He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 4He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

2 Chronicles 28:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For he walked inיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• the waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• also molten imagesמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• for Baalimבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:2

• 2 Chronicles 21:6He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 22:3He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.
• 1 Kings 16:31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
• 2 Kings 10:26They brought the sacred stone out of the temple of Baal and burned it.
• Exodus 34:17“Do not make any idols.
• Leviticus 19:4“ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
• Judges 2:11Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals.
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked 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