2 Chronicles 24:18

18 et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus et facta est ira contra Iudam et Hierusalem propter hoc peccatum

2 Chronicles 24:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:18

And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers
Came no more to the temple at Jerusalem, forsook the worship and service of it:

and served groves and idols;
worshipped idols in groves, which were upon high places:

and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass:
their idolatry, and particularly on these princes, the Syrian army coming against them, and destroying them, ( 2 Chronicles 24:23 ) .

2 Chronicles 24:18 In-Context

16 sepelieruntque eum in civitate David cum regibus eo quod fecisset bonum cum Israhel et cum domo eius

17 postquam autem obiit Ioiada ingressi sunt principes Iuda et adoraverunt regem qui delinitus obsequiis eorum adquievit eis

18 et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus et facta est ira contra Iudam et Hierusalem propter hoc peccatum

19 mittebatque eis prophetas ut reverterentur ad Dominum quos protestantes illi audire nolebant

20 spiritus itaque Dei induit Zacchariam filium Ioiadae sacerdotem et stetit in conspectu populi et dixit eis haec dicit Dominus quare transgredimini praeceptum Domini quod vobis non proderit et dereliquistis Dominum ut derelinqueret vos