2 Chronicles 25:14
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But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them.

he brought

2 Chronicles 28:23 Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him, and he said: The gods of the kings of Syria help them, and I will appease them with victims, and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

Isaiah 44:19 They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?

his gods

Exodus 20:3-5 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. . . .

Deuteronomy 7:5,25 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. . . .

2 Samuel 5:21 And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.

Context
Amaziah Rebuked for Idolatry
14But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them.15Wherefore the Lord being angry against Amasias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 25:13
But that army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and having killed three thousand took away much spoil.

2 Chronicles 28:23
Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him, and he said: The gods of the kings of Syria help them, and I will appease them with victims, and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

Isaiah 44:15
And it hath served men for fuel: he took thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and baked bread: but of the rest he made a god, and adored it: he made a graven thing, and bowed down before it.

Lexicon
After
אַחֲרֵ֨י (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

Amaziah
אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ (’ă·maṣ·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 558: Amaziah -- 'Yah is mighty', the name of several Israelites

returned
ב֤וֹא (ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from the slaughter
מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת (mê·hak·kō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

of
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the Edomites,
אֲדוֹמִ֔ים (’ă·ḏō·w·mîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 130: Edomite -- a descendant of Edom

he brought back
וַיָּבֵ֗א (way·yā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

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

of the Seirites,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

set them up
וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם (way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

as his own
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

gods,
לֵאלֹהִ֑ים (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

bowed
יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה (yiš·ta·ḥă·weh)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7812: To depress, prostrate

before them,
וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֥ם (wə·lip̄·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and burned sacrifices
יְקַטֵּֽר׃ (yə·qaṭ·ṭêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

to them.
וְלָהֶ֥ם (wə·lā·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
After Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

And it came to pass, after Amasias had returned from smiting Idumea, that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before them, and he sacrificed to them.

And it came to pass after Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself down before them, and burned incense to them.

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself before them, and burned incense to them.

Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.
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