2 Chronicles 28:3
in 2 Chronicles 28Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
KJV
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBurnt his children in the fire - There is a most remarkable addition here in the Chaldee which I shall give at length: “Ahaz burnt his children in the fire; but the Word of the Lord snatched Hezekiah from among them; for it was manifest before the Lord that the three righteous men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were to proceed from him; who should deliver up their bodies that they might be cast into a burning fiery furnace, on account of the great and glorious Name, (יהוה) and from which they should escape.
This site's exposition
unlike David his father
on 2 Chronicles 28:1-3
Verse 2 adds “cast images of the Baals”. Verse 3 has him sacrifice “his sons in the fire”, plural, in the Valley of Hinnom, where 2 Kings 16:3 names one son. Chronicles builds its catalogue past the Kings account, naming the valley Josiah will later defile in 2 Kings 23:10.
This site's exposition
burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom
The Valley of Hinnom lies south of Jerusalem. The law forbids the practice at Leviticus 18:21 and Deuteronomy 18:10 as one of the abominations of the nations. Clarke reports a Targum tradition that the Word of the LORD rescued the young Hezekiah from among his father's victims.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Wretchedly spoiled and made a prey of. When he forsook God, and at a vast expense put himself under the protection of false gods, God, who of right was his God, delivered him into the hands of his enemies,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְה֥וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הִקְטִ֖יר | hiktir | he made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| בְּגֵ֣יא | begei' | in [the] valley of | H1516 → | 59 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | Ben | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הִנֹּ֑ם | hinom | Hinnom | H2011 → | |
| וַיַּבְעֵ֤ר | vaiyaver | and he burned | H1197 → | 94 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּנָיו֙ | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּאֵ֔שׁ | baesh | in the fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ | ketoavot | according to [the] abominations of | H8441 → | 117 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֹרִ֣ישׁ | horish | he dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | hashem | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֖י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְה֥וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
הִקְטִ֖ירhe made smoke
hiktirH6999 →116 times
בְּגֵ֣יאin [the] valley of
begei'H1516 →59 times
בֶן־Ben
ven-H1121 →4930 times
הִנֹּ֑םHinnom
hinomH2011 →
וַיַּבְעֵ֤רand he burned
vaiyaverH1197 →94 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בָּנָיו֙sons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
בָּאֵ֔שׁin the fire
baeshH784 →378 times
כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙according to [the] abominations of
ketoavotH8441 →117 times
הַגּוֹיִ֔םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֹרִ֣ישׁhe dispossessed
horishH3423 →231 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
hashemH3068 →6520 times
מִפְּנֵ֖יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:33
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a…
- Jeremiah 19:6
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
- Leviticus 18:21
Through
Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as…
- Deuteronomy 18:10
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- Leviticus 20:2–5
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Leviticus 19:12
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:31
Through
Joshua 15:8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…
it leads to
- Joshua 18:16
Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the…
- Joshua 18:16
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.