2 Chronicles 28:4

4 He also joined in the activities of the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines that flourished all over the place.

2 Chronicles 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 28:1)

2 Chronicles 28:4 In-Context

2 Instead he followed in the track of Israel in the north, even casting metal figurines for worshiping the pagan Baal gods.

3 He participated in the outlawed burning of incense in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and - incredibly! - indulged in the outrageous practice of "passing his sons through the fire," a truly abominable thing he picked up from the pagans God had earlier thrown out of the country.

4 He also joined in the activities of the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines that flourished all over the place.

5 God, fed up, handed him over to the king of Aram, who beat him badly and took many prisoners to Damascus. God also let the king of Israel loose on him and that resulted in a terrible slaughter:

6 Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in one day, all of them first-class soldiers, and all because they had deserted God, the God of their ancestors.