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Friday, November 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 28:2

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made casted images for the Baals.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahaz;   Baal;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - False;   Idolatry;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   The Topic Concordance - Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Molech;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baal (1);   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaz ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaz;   Amasa;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaz;   Apostasy;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Baal;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Monotheism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made cast images of the Baals.
Hebrew Names Version
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Yisra'el, and made also molten images for the Ba`alim.
King James Version
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
English Standard Version
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals,
New Century Version
Ahaz did the same things the kings of Israel had done. He made metal idols to worship Baal.
New English Translation
He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.
Amplified Bible
Instead he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made cast images for the Baals.
New American Standard Bible
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made cast metal images for the Baals.
World English Bible
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he walked in the wayes of ye Kings of Israel, & made euen molten images for Baalim.
Legacy Standard Bible
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.
Berean Standard Bible
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
Contemporary English Version
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel. He made idols of the god Baal,
Complete Jewish Bible
Rather, he lived in the manner of the kings of Isra'el and made cast metal images for the ba‘alim.
Darby Translation
but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for the Baals;
Easy-to-Read Version
He followed the bad example of the kings of Israel. He used molds to make idols to worship the Baal gods.
George Lamsa Translation
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made altars for the idols.
Good News Translation
and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He had metal images of Baal made,
Lexham English Bible
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and also made molten idols for the Baals.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel, and made molten ymages vnto Baalim,
American Standard Version
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.
Bible in Basic English
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel, & made moulten images for Baalim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.
King James Version (1611)
For he walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images.
English Revised Version
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but he yede in the weies of the kyngis of Israel. Ferthermore and he yetyde ymagis to Baalym.
Update Bible Version
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baalim.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
New King James Version
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals.
New Living Translation
Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel. He cast metal images for the worship of Baal.
New Life Bible
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He also made objects to look like the false gods of Baal.
New Revised Standard
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made cast images for the Baals;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, - yea, even molten images, made he to the Baalim;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; moreover also he cast statues for Baalim.
Revised Standard Version
but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made molten images for the Ba'als;
Young's Literal Translation
and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.

Contextual Overview

1 Ahaz was a son of twenty years when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do the right in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father David, 2 but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made casted images for the Baals. 3 And he himself burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah drove out from before the sons of Israel; 4 and sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree. 5 And Jehovah his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they struck him, and captured from him a great captivity, and brought them to Damascus. And he also was given into the handof the king of Israel, and he struck himwith a great destruction.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For he walked: 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 22:3, 2 Chronicles 22:4, 1 Kings 16:31-33, 2 Kings 10:26-28

molten images: Exodus 34:17, Leviticus 19:4

Baalim: Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 2:17

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:3 - he walked 2 Chronicles 29:6 - For our fathers 2 Chronicles 33:3 - he reared Isaiah 2:8 - is full Jeremiah 32:35 - they built Micah 1:5 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
And the slave took ten camels from his master's camels and left. And all his master's goods were in his hand. And he rose up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:29
And Rebekah had a brother, his name being Laban. And Laban ran out to the man, to the fountain.
Genesis 24:50
And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing has come from Jehovah; we are not able to speak to you good or evil.
Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Padan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to him for a wife.
Genesis 28:5
And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Padan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 28:15
And, behold, I will be with you and will guard you in every place in which you may go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not forsake you until I have surely done that which I have spoken to you.
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God is with me and keeps me in this way which I am going, and gives to me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Genesis 29:1
And Jacob lifted his feet and went to the land of the sons of the east.
Genesis 31:18
And he drove all the livestock, and he took all his goods which he had gotten, livestock of his property which he had gotten in Padan-aram, to come to his father Isaac, to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of all the mercies and all the truth which You have done for Your servant, for I passed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Images for Baalim - Or, to serve as Baalim, i. e as representatives of the different forms or characters of the chief Phoenician deity.


 
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