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2Ch_28:23 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.
Ver. 23. Unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him.] So he thought, at least - for they could not smite him {Jer_10:5 1Co_8:4} - in the same sense as Christ is said to have bought reprobates, {2Pe_2:1} putative scilicet.
And he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria.] That he might not seem to be mad without reason, he had somewhat to say for this absurd practice of his.
Therefore I will sacrifice.] God had helped him against "the two tails of those smoking firebrands," {Isa_7:4} yet he could not find in his heart to sacrifice to him.
But they were the ruin of him.] So had the gods of Edom been of Amaziah, {2Ch_25:14-15} for a warning to him. So were their senseless idolatries the ruin of the Roman and Greek empires.