2 Chronicles 28:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ Ahaz ·took some valuable things from [plundered] the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, from the ·palace [^Lhouse], and from the ·princes [officials], and he gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help.

²² During Ahaz’s ·troubles [^Ltime of distress] he was even more unfaithful to the Lord. ²³ He ·offered [sacrificed] sacrifices to the gods of the people of Damascus, who had defeated him. He thought, “The gods of the kings of Aram helped them. If I ·offer [sacrifice] sacrifices to them, they ·will [may] help me also.” But this brought ·ruin to [the downfall of] Ahaz and all Israel.