Bible verse
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
2 Chronicles 28:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Chronicles 28.
1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
2 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
3 Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
6 For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
KJV
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
ASV
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.
ERV
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.
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