28:23a Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods

He made sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him in battle.
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He made sacrifices to the idols that the people of Damascus worshiped, thinking they had defeated him.

28:23b and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them,

He said to himself, “The kings of Aram are helped by their gods.
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He thought it was the idols of Aram who had helped their kings ⌊to win the battle⌋.

28:23c I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.”

I will offer sacrifices to those gods so that they will help me.”
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He thought that if he made sacrifices to them then they would help him.

28:23d But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

But worshiping those gods caused the ruin of Ahaz and of all the people of Judah.
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But it was these very idols that caused his downfall and that of all his people.

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