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 was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon.

Because the gods

Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall they take a fresh courage unto them, to go forth and do more evil, and so ascribe that power unto their God.

Sacrifice to them

Jeremiah 10:5
It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."
Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men which knew that their wives had offered unto strange gods, and a great sort of wives that stood there, yea and all the people that dwelt there in Egypt in the city of Pathros, answered Jeremiah, and said,

But they were

Isaiah 1:28
For the transgressors and ungodly, and such as are become unfaithful unto the LORD, must altogether be utterly destroyed.
Jeremiah 44:20
Then said Jeremiah unto all the people, to the men, to the women, and to all the folk, which had given him that answer,
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou doest but destroy thyself; In me only is thy help.

General references

Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.
Ezekiel 16:28
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, which might not satisfy thee. Yea, thou hast played the harlot, and not had enough.