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Introduction to 2 Chronicles 28:3: Imitation of the Nations and Divine Displeasure This verse documents a horrific act: the burning of children as sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom by a king of Judah, mirroring the abominations of the surrounding nations. The grammar of this clause involves the use of a causal verb followed by a comparative structure, specifically the syntax of כְּתוֹעֲבוֹת (“like the abominations of…”) which frames the action in moral and theological comparison. This lesson explores how Hebrew uses comparison to both describe and condemn, and how this grammar conveys theological judgment through syntactic mimicry.… Learn Hebrew