2 Chronicles 28:21-25
2 Chronicles 28:21
Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the Lord and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
2 Chronicles 28:22
Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 28:23
For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they may help me.” But they became the downfall of him and all Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:24
Moreover, when Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed the doors of the house of the Lord, and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 28:25
In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the Lord, the God of his fathers, to anger.