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The Idolatry of Ahaz

2 Chronicles 28:25

In 11 translations

BSB
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
KJV
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.to burn: or, to offer
WEB
In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.
ASV
And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.
LSV
And in each and every city of Judah he has made high places to make incense to other gods, and provokes YHWH, God of his fathers.
YLT
And in every city and city of Judah he hath made high places to make perfume to other gods, and provoketh Jehovah, God of his fathers.
DBY
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of his fathers.ElohimElohim
DRC
And in all the cities of Juda he built altars to burn frankincense, and he provoked the Lord the God of his fathers to wrath.
GNV
And in euery citie of Iudah hee made hie places, to burne incense vnto other gods, and prouoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.
JPS
And in every city of Judah he made high places to offer unto other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
LXXE
and in each several city in Juda he made high places to burn incense to strange gods: and they provoked the Lord God of their fathers.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְכָל־עִ֨יר וָעִ֤יר לִֽיהוּדָה֙ עָשָׂ֣ה בָמ֔וֹת לְקַטֵּ֖ר לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיַּכְעֵ֕ס אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבֹתָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἐν πάσῃ πόλει καὶ πόλει ἐν Ἰούδᾳ ἐποίησεν ὑψηλὰ θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις, καὶ παρώργισαν Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover, 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.

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