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2 Chronicles 28:2

New English Translation

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

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He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

You must not make yourselves molten gods.

Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.’

“I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!”

Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask? They are right in Jerusalem!

The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.

They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars.




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