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He cast metal images for the worship of Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made cast metal images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Instead he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made cast images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made cast images of the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made cast images of the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and was as sinful as the kings of Israel. He made idols of the god Baal, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He followed the example of the kings of Israel and even made metal idols for worshiping other gods-the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He had metal images of Baal made, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, he lived like the kings of Israel did. He cast metal images of Baal,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and walks in the ways of the kings of Israel, and has also made molten images for Ba‘alim,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will go in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also molten images made he to the Baals.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; moreover also he cast statues for Baalim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he also cast statues for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made molten idols for the Baals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made cast images for the Baals;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made altars for the idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He walked in the ways of the Kings of Israel, also he made sacrifices to idols.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=6915" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Ahaz Reigns in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Instead, he walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏar·ḵê (Prep-b:: N-cpc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in the ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·ḵê (N-mpc) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and even</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">made</a> <a href="/hebrew/4541.htm" title="4541: mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- From nacak; properly, a pouring over, i.e. Fusion of metal; by implication, a libation, i.e. League; concretely a coverlet.">cast images</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: lab·bə·‘ā·lîm (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">of the Baals.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Moreover, 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-2.htm">2 Kings 16:2-4</a></span><br />Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God. / Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">2 Kings 21:2-6</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2-6</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a></span><br />He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a></span><br />And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9</a></span><br />So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a></span><br />Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a></span><br />They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a></span><br />who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20-21</a></span><br />You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a></span><br />For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.</p><p class="hdg">For he walked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a></b></br> And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought <i>that which was</i> evil in the eyes of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/22-3.htm">2 Chronicles 22:3,4</a></b></br> He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31-33</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him… </p><p class="hdg">molten images</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-17.htm">Exodus 34:17</a></b></br> Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-4.htm">Leviticus 19:4</a></b></br> Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.</p><p class="hdg">Baalim</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11,13</a></b></br> And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13,17</a></b></br> And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-14.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-7.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-14.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-6.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-7.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-18.htm">Worshiping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-22.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Worshiping</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-1.htm">Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-6.htm">Judah, being captivated by the Israelites, is sent home by the counsel of Oded.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not helped thereby,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">In his distress he grows more idolatrous</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-26.htm">He dying, Hezekiah succeeds him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "kings of Israel" refers to the northern kingdom, which had a history of idolatry and rebellion against God. This behavior contrasts with the Davidic line in Judah, which, despite its flaws, had moments of reform and adherence to God's laws. The phrase suggests a deliberate choice to follow a path known for its disobedience and idolatry, as seen in the actions of kings like Jeroboam, who set up golden calves in Bethel and Dan (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>).<p><b>and even made cast images of the Baals</b><br>The making of "cast images" refers to the creation of idols, which was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a>). The "Baals" were Canaanite deities associated with fertility and weather, often worshiped through rituals that included immoral practices. This act of creating images for Baal worship signifies a deep level of apostasy, as it not only breaks the first two commandments but also aligns the king with the pagan practices of the surrounding nations. This idolatry was a recurring issue for Israel and Judah, leading to prophetic warnings and eventual judgment, as seen in the ministries of prophets like Elijah and Hosea. The worship of Baal is also a stark contrast to the worship of Yahweh, who is spirit and cannot be represented by physical images (<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahaz.htm">Ahaz</a></b><br>The king of Judah who reigned during a time of spiritual decline. He is noted for his idolatrous practices and turning away from the ways of his forefathers.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Ahaz ruled. It was meant to be a place of worship for Yahweh but was led astray by Ahaz's actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kings_of_israel.htm">Kings of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the northern kingdom's rulers, many of whom were known for their idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/baals.htm">Baals</a></b><br>Canaanite deities that were often worshipped through idols and were a constant temptation for the Israelites, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The act of worshipping idols or false gods, which was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law and led to spiritual and moral decline.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can also be anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must be vigilant in identifying and removing these idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_leadership.htm">Influence of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders have a profound impact on the spiritual direction of their people. Ahaz's actions led Judah into sin, reminding us of the responsibility leaders have to guide others toward righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Turning away from God's commands leads to spiritual and often physical consequences. Ahaz's reign was marked by turmoil and defeat, illustrating the cost of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite the prevailing culture, we are called to remain faithful to God's commands. Ahaz's failure serves as a warning to uphold our commitment to God, regardless of external pressures.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_ahaz_seek_assyria's_help.htm">Why would Ahaz seek aid from Assyria (2 Kings 16:7–9) instead of trusting in the God of Israel’s protection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_2_chronicles_28_events_verifiable.htm">Are the large-scale military defeats and deportations in 2 Chronicles 28 verifiable through existing sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_ahaz_in_biblical_history.htm">Who was King Ahaz in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_57_6-7_align_with_judah's_idolatry.htm">Isaiah 57:6–7: When idols are condemned, do external sources confirm this degree of idolatry in Judah, or does the text conflict with known religious practices of the time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">And made also molten images for Baalim.</span>--<span class= "ital">For the Baals, i.e.,</span> the different aspects or avatars of the Canaanite god. This clause is <span class= "ital">added</span> by the chronicler, in explanation of the former one; "the way of the kings of Israel" was the state recognition of Baal worship, side by side with that of Jehovah (<a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm" title="And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he worked that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.">2Chronicles 21:6</a>; <a href="/context/2_chronicles/22-3.htm" title="He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.">2Chronicles 22:3-4</a>; comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/23-17.htm" title="Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.">2Chronicles 23:17</a>). But possibly both this and the first clause of <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm" title="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.">2Chronicles 28:3</a> have fallen out of the text of Kings. (So Thenius on that passage.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Molten images</span>; Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">מַסֵּכות</span>. This was a characteristic sin of Israel, but Judah had not been guilty of making molten images during late reigns. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Instead, he walked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the way</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדַרְכֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏar·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the kings</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mal·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and even</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cast images</span><br /><span class="heb">מַסֵּכ֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4541.htm">Strong's 4541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Baals.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַבְּעָלִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lab·bə·‘ā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 28:2 But he walked in the ways (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 28:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 28:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 28:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 28:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>