Lìdaìzhìxià 28:23

23 Tā jìsì gōngjī tāde Dàmǎsè zhī shén , shuō , yīnwei Yàlán wáng de shén bāngzhu tāmen , wǒ yĕ xiànjì yǔ tā , tā hǎo bāngzhu wǒ . dàn nàxiē shén shǐ tā hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén baì wáng le .

Lìdaìzhìxià 28:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:23

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him,
&c.] As he foolishly imagined, that they might do him no more hurt; as it is said of the Indians, that they worship the devil, that he may not hurt them; but that a king of Judah should do this is monstrous stupidity; rather therefore the meaning may be, that he worshipped the gods of those that smote him, those of the men or soldiers of Damascus

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 see ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 ) for the Spirit of God would never ascribe the smiting of him to idols, though he himself might;

and he said, because the gods of the kings of Syria help them;
which looks as if this was before Damascus was taken by the king of Assyria, and when Rezin king of Syria prevailed over Ahaz:

therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me;
against the Edomites and Philistines; wherefore rather to this, his idolatry, respect is had in ( 2 Chronicles 28:22 ) ,

but they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel;
the worship of them was the cause of all the calamities that came upon that part of Israel of which he was king.

F13 So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Lìdaìzhìxià 28:23 In-Context

21 Yàhāsī cóng Yēhéhuá diàn lǐ hé wánggōng zhōng , bìng shǒulǐng jiā neì suǒ qǔ de cáibǎo gĕi le Yàshù wáng , zhè yĕ wú jǐ yú shì .

22 Zhè Yàhāsī wáng zaì jí nán de shíhou , yuèfā dé zuì Yēhéhuá .

23 Tā jìsì gōngjī tāde Dàmǎsè zhī shén , shuō , yīnwei Yàlán wáng de shén bāngzhu tāmen , wǒ yĕ xiànjì yǔ tā , tā hǎo bāngzhu wǒ . dàn nàxiē shén shǐ tā hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén baì wáng le .

24 Yàhāsī jiāng shén diàn lǐ de qìmǐn dōu jù le lái , huǐhuaì le , qiĕ fēng suǒ Yēhéhuá diàn de mén . zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng gè chù de guǎijiǎo jiànzhù jìtán ,

25 Yòu zaì Yóudà gè chéng jiànlì qiū tán , yǔ bié shén shāoxiāng , rĕ dòng Yēhéhuá tā lièzǔ shén de nùqì .