21 For Ahaz [a]took a portion (A)out of the house of the Lord and out of the king’s house and of the princes’, and gave unto the king of Assyria: yet it helped him not.

22 And in the time of his tribulation did he yet trespass more against the Lord, (this is king Ahaz)

23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which [b]plagued him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice unto them, and they will [c]help me: yet they were his ruin, and of all [d]Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:21 Hebrew, divided.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:23 As he falsely supposed.
  3. 2 Chronicles 28:23 Thus the wicked measure God’s favor by prosperity and adversity: for if idolaters prosper, they make their idols gods, not considering that God punisheth them oft times whom he loveth, and giveth his enemies good success for a time, whom afterward he will destroy.
  4. 2 Chronicles 28:23 Or, Judah and Benjamin.

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