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2 Chronicles 28:2

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For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
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  1. Exodus 34:17Rank 1 from verse 2
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    17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  2. Judges 2:11Rank 2 from verse 2
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    11¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

  3. 1 Kings 16:31–33Rank 3 from verse 2
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    31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

    32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

    33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  4. 2 Chronicles 21:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  5. 2 Chronicles 22:3–4Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.

    4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.

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2 Chronicles 28:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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molten

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Sense 1: Melted or made liquid by heat. Sense 2: Cast or formed from melted material.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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images

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Likenesses, representations, or visible forms; often idols when made or used as objects of worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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28:1AHAZ was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

28:2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

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28:3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

28:4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

28:5Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

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