2 Chronicles 28:23
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseqDamascus, a city of Syria
- כָּשַׁלkâshalto totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, t
- עָזַרʻâzarto surround, i.e. protect or aid
- אֲרָםʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor,
- זָבַחzâbachto slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ch 25:14, Isa 1:28, Hab 1:11, Jer 44:15–18, Hos 13:9, Jer 44:20–28, 2Ki 16:12–13, Jer 10:5