They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
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They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
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And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
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And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
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- Joshua 22:20 Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’ ”
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 24:4 After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.
- Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
- 1 Kings 14:23 For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- 2 Chronicles 28:13 and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
- Hosea 5:10-11 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water. Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
- Exodus 34:13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
- Judges 5:8 They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 2 Samuel 24:1 Again Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Kings 11:4-5 When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 14:9 but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back;
- 2 Chronicles 21:13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute like Ahab’s house did, and also have slain your brothers of your father’s house, who were better than yourself,
- 2 Chronicles 29:8 Therefore Yahweh’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3-7 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14-16 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted Yahweh’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem. Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place; but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
- Hosea 5:14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
- Zephaniah 1:4-6 I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam, those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 24:18 And they left the house of the…
2Ch 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Ver. 18. And wrath came upon Judah.] Let our church forsakers chew on this: let them see what good patriots they are.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain By Hazael of Syria; of which see 2Ki 12:17,18
By Hazael of Syria; of which see 2Ki 12:17,18
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Zechariah…
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,.... The spirit of prophecy, as the Targum; he was moved and influenced by it to speak what is after related:
which stood above the people; in a desk, or sort of pulpit, in which the priests stood when they taught the people, that they might be the better heard, like that which Ezra used, Neh 8:4.
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and said unto them, thus saith God; being moved and directed by his Spirit, he spake in his name:
why transgress ye the command of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? by committing idolatry, than which nothing could more hinder prosperity, both in things spiritual and temporal, in soul and body:
because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you; because they had forsaken the worship of God, as the Targum, God had forsaken them, and was about to give them up into the hand of their enemies.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Left, &c. - The king and princes that awhile…
Left, &c. - The king and princes that awhile ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 24:18. And they left the house of the…
2Ch 24:18. And they left the house of the Lord God — The king and princes, who a while ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him! It is probable that these great men at first only worshipped in the groves and on the high places themselves; yet they had their emissaries, who persuaded the people to join with them. So that the house of God was soon deserted by them, and they proceeded to worship idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem — They were soon punished by the hand of Hazael, king of Syria.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Idols. Heb. "sorrows." Sept. "the Astartes and idols." C.
Idols. Heb. "sorrows." Sept. "the Astartes and idols." C.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem--The particular mention of…
wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem--The particular mention of Jerusalem as involved in the sin implies that the neglect of the temple and the consequent idolatry received not only the king's toleration, but his sanction; and it naturally occurs to ask how, at his mature age, such a total abandonment of a place with which all his early recollections were associated can be accounted for. It has been suggested that what he had witnessed of the conduct of many of the priests in the careless performance of the worship, and especially their unwillingness to collect the money, as well as apply a portion of their revenues for the repairs of the temple, had alienated and disgusted him [LE CLERC].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. They left — King and princes left, and…
18. They left — King and princes left, and multitudes of the people soon followed them.
Left the house of the Lord — Forsook the temple service.
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Groves and idols — The Asherah worship involved idolatry. See note on 1Ki_14:15.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. they left the house of the Lord] Cp.…
18. they left the house of the Lord] Cp. 2Ch_29:6, “[they] have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord.” These phrases are a kind of euphemism meaning “to commit apostasy.”
served groves and idols] R.V. served the Asherim and the idols; cp. 2Ch_14:3 (note).
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wrath] Heb. qeçeph; cp. 2Ch_19:2 (note).
wrath came] Cp. 2Ch_24:25-26.
their trespass] R.V. their guiltiness; cp. 2Ch_19:10 (A.V. and R.V.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) And they left the house of the Lord.—They,…
(18) And they left the house of the Lord.—They, viz., the apostate princes and their following, ceased to attend the legal worship of the Temple.
And served groves and idols.—Rather, the Ashçrim and the idols. (See Note on 2Ch_14:3.)
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And wrath came.—2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_19:10; 1Ch_27:24. In this case the Divine wrath (Num_1:53) manifested itself in a Syrian invasion (2Ch_24:23, seq.).
Upon Judah and Jerusalem.—The sin of the nobles, allowed and perhaps imitated by the king, involved the nation in its penal consequences (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Served groves; Revised Version, the Asherim, correctly. (see 2Ch_14:3)…
Served groves; Revised Version, the Asherim, correctly. (see 2Ch_14:3) For this their trespass. Comparing the emphatic language of ver. 23," destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people," we may conclude that stress is to be laid on the pronoun "their" in the present verse. The worship of the true God was not left by the whole people, and we are not told it was by the king; but (very probably through want of moral courage) he incurred the severest sort of blame, and was without even the excuse of strong personal temptation.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain groves (See Scofield "Deu 16:21"). See Scofield "Jdg 3:7".
groves (See Scofield "Deu 16:21"). See Scofield "Jdg 3:7".
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