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2 Chronicles 33:6

in 2 Chronicles 33

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

KJV

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 33

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down

on 2 Chronicles 33:3-6

The list matches 2 Kings 21:3-6 point for point: high places rebuilt, altars for Baalim, groves, the host of heaven worshipped, and altars raised inside the house of the Lord itself, the one place the name was promised to dwell. Manasseh also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of Hinnom and turned to enchantment, witchcraft, and a familiar spirit, the same catalogue Deuteronomy 18 forbids by name. Chronicles keeps every item; its own contribution is the sentence still to come.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהוּא֩and he

    vehu'H19311879 times

  • הֶעֱבִ֨ירhe made pass

    heevirH5674556 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • בָּנָ֤יוsons his

    banavH11214930 times

  • בָּאֵשׁ֙in the fire

    baeshH784378 times

  • בְּגֵ֣יin [the] valley of

    begeiH151659 times

  • בֶן־Ben

    ven-H11214930 times

  • הִנֹּ֔םHinnom

    hinomH2011

  • וְעוֹנֵ֤ןand he practiced soothsaying

    veonenH6049

  • וְנִחֵשׁ֙and he practiced divination

    venicheshH5172

  • וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ףand he practiced sorcery

    vekhishefH3784

  • וְעָ֥שָׂהand he dealt with

    veasahH62132628 times

  • א֖וֹבnecromancer

    ʾovH178

  • וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑יand soothsayer

    veyideoniH3049

  • הִרְבָּ֗הhe increased

    hirbahH7235227 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתto do

    laasotH62132628 times

  • הָרַ֛עthe evil

    hara'H7451662 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869887 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃to provoke to anger him

    lehakhisoH370754 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 19:26

    You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 18:10–14

      Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 17:17

      They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Leviticus 19:31

    You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 21:6

      He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 8:19

      When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

    • Leviticus 20:27

      A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

    • Leviticus 20:6–7

      Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

  • Through

    2 Kings 21:6

    He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

    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.

  • Through

    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.

    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…

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About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.