2 Chronicles 28:3
“Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.”
What does 2 Chronicles 28:3 mean?
King Ahaz of Judah did something horrifying here: he not only participated in pagan worship practices but also sacrificed his own children to foreign gods in the Valley of Hinnom. The text emphasizes that these were practices God had explicitly condemned and that the nations before Israel had been driven out *because* of such abominations. Ahaz knew better. His ancestors had received God's law and been shown what was right, yet he chose to follow the very behaviors that made other nations deserve God's judgment. This passage shows us the depth of his spiritual rebellion—not just turning away from God, but embracing the worst of what he'd been warned against, with devastating human cost.