2 Chronicles 28:2 BSB

2 Chronicles 28:2

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.

KJV

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Images for Baalim - Or, to serve as Baalim, i. e as representatives of the different forms or characters of the chief Phoenician deity.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 gross idolatry practised by the Canaanites.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he walked	H1980 →
בְּדַרְכֵ֖י	be.dar.Khei	in [the] ways of	H1870 →
מַלְכֵ֣י	mal.Khei	[the] kings of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְגַ֧ם	ve.Gam	and also	H1571 →
מַסֵּכ֛וֹת	ma.se.Khot	molten images	H4541 →
עָשָׂ֖ה	'a.Sah	he made	H6213 →
לַבְּעָלִֽים׃	la.be.'a.Lim	for the Baals	H1168 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 2:13
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares…
leads to
- Judges 3:7
  So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Through
Judges 2:11
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
leads to
- Judges 10:6
  And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 4:1
  After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Through
Hosea 2:17
For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
leads to
- Exodus 23:13
  Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
- Psalms 16:4
  Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
- Joshua 23:7
  So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or…
Through
Exodus 34:17
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:4
  Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Chronicles