2 Chronicles 28:23
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Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him, and he said: The gods of the kings of Syria help them, and I will appease them with victims, and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 25:14 But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them.

2 Kings 16:12,13 And when the king was come from Damascus, he saw the altar and worshipped it: and went up and offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice; . . .

Damascus [heb] Darmesek

Habakkuk 1:11 Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

sacrifice to them

Jeremiah 10:5 They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

Jeremiah 44:15-18 Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremiah, saying: . . .

But they were

Isaiah 1:28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.

Jeremiah 44:20-28 And Jeremiah spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying: . . .

Hosea 13:9 Destruction is thy own, O Israel: thy help is only in me.

Context
The Idolatry of Ahaz
22Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord: king Achaz himself by himself, 23Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him, and he said: The gods of the kings of Syria help them, and I will appease them with victims, and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.24Then Achaz having taken away all the vessels of the house of God, and broken them, shut up the doors of the temple of God, and made himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:14
But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them.

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Jeremiah 44:18
But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out frank offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine.

Lexicon
He sacrificed
וַיִּזְבַּ֗ח (way·yiz·baḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to the gods
לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י (lê·lō·hê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Damascus,
דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮ (ḏar·me·śeq)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)

which had defeated
הַמַּכִּ֣ים (ham·mak·kîm)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

him,
בּוֹ֒ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

for he thought,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Since
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the gods
אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of the kings
מַלְכֵֽי־ (mal·ḵê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

of Aram
אֲרָם֙ (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 758: Aram -- Syria

have helped
מַעְזְרִ֣ים (ma‘·zə·rîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5826: To surround, protect, aid

them,
אוֹתָ֔ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

I will sacrifice
אֲזַבֵּ֖חַ (’ă·zab·bê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to them
לָהֶ֥ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

that they may help me.”
וְיַעְזְר֑וּנִי (wə·ya‘·zə·rū·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5826: To surround, protect, aid

But these
הֵ֚ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

were
הָֽיוּ־ (hā·yū-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the downfall
לְהַכְשִׁיל֖וֹ (lə·haḵ·šî·lōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

of [Ahaz]
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and of all
וּלְכָל־ (ū·lə·ḵāl-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had defeated him, for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.For he sacrificed to 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 unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling-block to him, and to all Israel.

And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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 to 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 to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel.
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