2 Chronicles 28:2

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“Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.”

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BSBPD

“Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 28:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 34:17You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
  2. Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
  3. Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  4. Judges 2:13for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
  5. 1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
  6. 2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
  7. 2 Chronicles 21:6And 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.
  8. 2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
  9. 2 Chronicles 33:3For 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.
  10. Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
  11. Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.
  12. Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
  13. Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
  14. Micah 1:5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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