2 Kings 16:1

_IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH AHAZ THE SON OF JOTHAM KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

1-9 Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves into straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another....

CHAPTER XVI _Ahaz begins to reign, acts wickedly, and restores idolatry in_ _Judea_, 1-4. _Rezin, king of Syria, besieges Jerusalem, but cannot take it;_ _he takes Elath, and drives the Jews thence_, 5, 6. _Ahaz hires Tiglath-pileser against the king of Syria and the_ _king of Israel, and gives him the silver and gold that were_ _found in the treasures of the house of the Lord_, 7, 8. _Tiglath-pileser takes Damascus and slays Rezin_, 9. _Ahaz goes to meet him at Damascus: sees an altar there, a_ pattern of which he sends to Uri

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 16:1 REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH. WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN. EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH-PILESER AGAINST THEM. RELIGIOUS CHANGES MADE BY AHAZ. HIS DEATH. 2 KINGS 16:1 _General character of the reign of Ahaz_._ _Ahaz was the most wicked king that had as yet reigned in Judah. The author, the

IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH AHAZ THE SON OF JOTHAM KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN. Jotham began to reign in the second of Pekah, and he reigned sixteen years, and therefore his last year would fall in the eighteenth of Pekah; but as his first year might be at the beginning of the second of Pekah, his last was towards the end of the seventeenth of Pekah's, as here; see 2 Kings 15:32....

7. KING AHAZ AND ASSYRIA CHAPTER 16 _ 1. King Ahaz and his reign (2 Kings 16:1; 2 Chronicles 28)_ 2. The invasion by the two kings (2 Kings 16:5) 3. Ahaz appeals to Assyria (2 Kings 16:7) 4. Ahaz in Damascus and the idolatrous altar (2 Kings 16:9) 5. Death of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:19; 2 Chronicles 28:26) Righteou

2 KINGS 16. REIGN OF AHAZ. This chapter is assigned to different sources, and deals mainly with the king's alteration of the Temple, though it alludes to his apostasy and his wars. The Temple record (2 Kings 16:10) may be compared to similar passages in 2 K._ e.g._ 2 Kings 11, 2 Kings 12:4 ff. The verdict on Ahaz is more unfavourable than on any king of Judah except Manasseh. 2 KINGS 16:1. AHAZ. The full name was _Yehoahaz,_ and it appears in almost this form in an inscription of Tiglath-pileser. The king mentioned in 2 Kings 23:31 is properly Jehoahaz II....

AHAZ. One of the four kings in whose reign Isaiah prophesied. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:1.Isaiah 1:1....

Reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. He reigns wickedly. Israel and Syria make war upon Jerusalem. Ahaz obtains assistance from Tiglath-pileser (2 Chronicles 28:1-21) 1. _In the seventeenth year of Pekah_ It is clear that some error has crept into the chronological statements of this period. In the previous chapter (2 Kings 15:30) we read that Pekah was murdered by Hoshea in the twentieth year of Jotham. From the present verse it seems that Ahaz began to reign, and so Jotham died, before Pekah's death. In reference to Ahaz too the figures are not without some difficulty. He begins his reign at 20 years old and reigns 16 years. But his son Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:2) was twenty-five years old at his acces

B. THE REIGN OF AHAZ 16:1-20 Considerable attention is devoted to Ahaz because of the religious significance of his reign. For the first time since the bloody reign of Athaliah, the Davidic dynasty faced the threat of removal from the throne in Jerusalem. To preserve himself on the throne, Ahaz appealed for aid from Assyria. He thus brought Judah under the political influence andwhat is worsethe religious influence of the Mesopotamian superpower. After a brief introduction to the reign of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1-4), the author discusses the Syro-Ephraimitic invasion of Judah (2 Kings 16:5-9), and the Temple alterations made by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-18). _1. INTRODUCTION TO THE REIGN OF AHAZ_ ...