2 Chronicles 28:25
23 Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
24 Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
26 As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27 And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
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- BSB
- In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
- KJV
- And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
- WEB
- In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers, to anger.
- ASV
- And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.
- DARBY
- And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of his fathers.
- BLB
- And in every city and city of Judah, he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger YHWH, God of his fathers.
- ÅB
- Og i hver eneste by i Juda gjorde han hauger til å brenne røkelse på for fremmede guder og vakte slik harme hos Herren, sine fedres Gud.
- OTB
- I hver by i Juda opprettet han høye steder for å brenne røkelse til andre guder, og vakte Herrens, hans fedres Guds, vrede.
- B1930
- Og i hver eneste by i Juda gjorde han hauger til å brenne røkelse på for fremmede guder og vakte således harme hos Herren, sine fedres Gud.
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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.
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