2 Chronicles 33:6

6 1He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom *; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and 2dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:6

(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:6)

2 Chronicles 33:6 In-Context

4 He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."
5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
6 He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom ; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD , provoking Him to anger.
7 Then he put the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;
8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses."

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 28:3
  • 2. Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:27
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