2 Chronicles 28:23 BSB

2 Chronicles 28:23

Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

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ASV

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

KJV

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

His adoption of the Syrian gods, Hadad, Rimmon, and others, as objects of worship, no doubt preceded the destruction of Damascus by the Assyrians 2Ki 16:9. Israel - i. e. “Judah;” so in 2Ch 28:27. Compare 2Ch 28:19.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This sin provoked God to bring judgments upon them, to cut him off in the midst of his days, when he was but thirty-six years old; and it debauched the people so that the reformation of the next reign could not prevail to cure them of their inclination to idolatry, but they retained that root of bitterness till the captivity in Babylon plucked it up.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2565: “Ruins” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1898)

I HAVE a little to say about the condition of Judah under Ahaz before I come to personal dealing with souls from this text. God had given to His people a very simple mode of worship. He was the invisible and only living God and they were to worship Him in spirit and in truth. There was to be one altar and that was to be at Jerusalem. But all the rest of the world was given up to idolatry and the Israelites were not a very spiritual people, so, by-and-by, they wanted something to see, some image, some symbol.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּזְבַּ֗ח	vai.yiz.Bach	and he sacrificed	H2076 →
לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י	le.lo.Hei	to [the] gods of	H430 →
דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮	dar.me.Sek	Damascus	H1834 →
הַמַּכִּ֣ים	ha.ma.Kim	which had defeated	H5221 →
בּוֹ֒	bo	<in> him
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
כִּ֠י	ki	that	H3588 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] gods of	H430 →
מַלְכֵֽי־	mal.khei-	[the] kings of	H4428 →
אֲרָם֙	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
הֵ֚ם	hem	they	H1992 →
מַעְזְרִ֣ים	ma'.ze.Rim	[are] helping	H5826 →
אוֹתָ֔ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
לָהֶ֥ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
אֲזַבֵּ֖חַ	'a.za.Be.ach	I will sacrifice	H2076 →
וְיַעְזְר֑וּנִי	ve.ya'.ze.Ru.ni	and they will help me	H5826 →
וְהֵ֛ם	ve.Hem	and they	H1992 →
הָֽיוּ־	ha.yu-	they became	H1961 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	for him
לְהַכְשִׁיל֖וֹ	le.hakh.shi.Lo	<into> causing overthrow his	H3782 →
וּלְכָל־	u.le.khol-	and <to> all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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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
Jeremiah 10:5
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any…
leads to
- Isaiah 46:7
  They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not…
- 1 Corinthians 12:2
  You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- Isaiah 41:23–24
  Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
- Psalms 115:5–8
  They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
- Revelation 13:14–15
  Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had…
Through
Hosea 13:9
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:17
  Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Jeremiah 2:19
  Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
Through
Isaiah 1:28
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
  in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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

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