2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Never surely had a man greater opportunity of doing well than Ahaz had, finding things in a good posture, the kingdom rich and strong and religion established; and yet here we have him in these few verses, 1. Wretchedly corrupted and debauched. He had had a good education given him and a good example set him: but parents cannot give grace to their children. All the instructions he had were lost up…
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