2 Chronicles 33:6

6 ¹And he burned his sons as an offering ²in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and ³used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with ⁴mediums and with necromancers. 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 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever. ”

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6 And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

7 And the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever,

8 and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses. ”

Cross References

• 1. 33:6 ch. 28:3
• 2. 33:6 See Josh. 15:8
• 3. 33:6 Deut. 18:10
• 4. 33:6 See 1 Sam. 28:3