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
But they were
General references
Bible References
For he sacrificed
2 Kings 16:12
And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.
Because the gods
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power to his god.
Sacrifice to them
Jeremiah 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
But they were
Isaiah 1:28
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
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, saying,
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help.
General references
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Ezekiel 16:28
Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yes, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldst not be satisfied.