Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar. And the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

Because the gods

Habakkuk 1:11
Then he shall sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty; he whose might is his god.

Sacrifice to them

Jeremiah 10:5
They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and do not speak. They must be carried, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

But they were

Isaiah 1:28
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake LORD shall be consumed.
Jeremiah 44:20
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,
Hosea 13:9
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou are] against me, against thy help.

General references

Proverbs 27:22
Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Ezekiel 16:28
Thou have played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou were insatiable. Yea, thou have played the harlot with them, and yet thou were not satisfied.