2 Chronicles 28:24

24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 28:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:24

And gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut
in pieces the vessels of the house of God
And converted them to his own use, sold them, or melted the gold and silver, of which they were, and made money of them, his treasures being exhausted:

and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord:
that the people might not come and worship there, but on the high places he made:

and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem;
that the priests might sacrifice there, and not in the temple.

2 Chronicles 28:24 In-Context

22 Furthermore, king Ahaz in the time of his distress trespassed even more against the LORD,

23 for he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had smitten him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them; therefore, I will also sacrifice to them that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

25 And in all the cities of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.