2 Chronicles 28:23

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had defeated him, and he said, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram (Syria) helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they may help me.” But they became the ruin and downfall of him and all of Israel.

2 Chronicles 25:14

After Amaziah came back from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, bowed before them, and burned incense to them.

2 Kings 16:12-13

When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and offered [sacrifices] on it,

Isaiah 1:28


But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together,
And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).

Jeremiah 10:5


“They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field;
They cannot speak;
They have to be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not be afraid of them,
For they can do no harm or evil,
Nor can they do any good.”

Jeremiah 44:15-18

Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, and all the women who were standing by, a large group, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 44:20-28

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer,

Hosea 13:9


It is your destruction, O Israel,
Because you are against Me, [and have rebelled] against your help.

Habakkuk 1:11


“Then they will sweep by like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They [and all men] whose own power and strength is their god.”

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Summary

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

For he sacrificed

Because the gods

Sacrifice to them

General references

Bible References

For he sacrificed

2 Kings 16:12
When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and offered [sacrifices] on it,

Because the gods

Habakkuk 1:11

“Then they will sweep by like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They [and all men] whose own power and strength is their god.”

Sacrifice to them

Jeremiah 10:5

“They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field;
They cannot speak;
They have to be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not be afraid of them,
For they can do no harm or evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, and all the women who were standing by, a large group, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah, saying,

But they were

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together,
And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).
Jeremiah 44:20
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer,
Hosea 13:9

It is your destruction, O Israel,
Because you are against Me, [and have rebelled] against your help.

General references

Proverbs 27:22

Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain,
Yet his foolishness will not leave him.
Ezekiel 16:28
You prostituted yourself with the Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you prostituted yourself with them and still were not satisfied.