2 Chronicles 28:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

King James Bible
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.

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

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

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

which had defeated
הַמַּכִּ֣ים (ham·mak·kîm)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 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 559: To utter, say

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

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

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

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

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

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

I will sacrifice
אֲזַבֵּ֖חַ (’ă·zab·bê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 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 5826: To surround, protect, aid

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

were
הָֽיוּ־ (hā·yū-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 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 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 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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