2 Kings 16:7

_SO AHAZ SENT MESSENGERS TO TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA, SAYING, I AM THY SERVANT AND THY SON: COME UP, AND SAVE ME OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHICH RISE UP AGAINST ME._ So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser. In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs-the one immediate, the other remote (Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:4) - that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Abaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch. SAYING, I AM THY SERVANT, AND THY SON. This was a plain acknowledgement of his dependent position upon the Assyrian king (cf. 2 Kings 17:4). The same fact may be inferred from various passages, both in Kings and C

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....

Verse 2 Kings 16:7. _I AM THY SERVANT AND THY SON_] I will _obey_ thee in all, and become _tributary_ to thee; only help me against Syria and Israel....

Ahaz was threatened on all sides, on the north by Rezin and Pekah; on the southeast by Edom 2 Chronicles 28:17; and on the southwest by the Philistines 2 Chronicles 28:18. To these external dangers was added the still greater peril of disaffection at home. A large party in Judah was “weary” of the house of David Isaiah 7:13, ready to join the confederacy Isaiah 8:6, Isaiah 8:12, and to accept for king “the son of Tabeal.” Ahaz saw no hope of safety unless he could obtain a powerful protector; and, Egypt being particular

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

SO AHAZ SENT MESSENGERS TO TIGLATHPILESER KING OF ASSYRIA,.... Of whom see 2 Kings 15:29 SAYING, [I AM] THY SERVANT, AND THY SON; signifying, that he would be his vassal, and become tributary to him, and serve him as a servant to his master, or a son his father, on condition he would come to his assistance, and so he became his servant; hence his son Hezekiah is said to rebel against the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 18:1 COME UP AND SAVE ME OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OFF ISRAEL, WHICH RISE UP AGAINST ME; which assistance he had no reason to call in, since the Lord had promised him deliverance from both those kings, and gave him a sign of it, Isaiah 7:4

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....

SENT MESSENGERS. This was opposed by Isaiah (2 Kings 7:17). Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 7:12; Hosea 8:9; Hosea 11:5. Tiglath-pileser is the "razor" of Isaiah 7:20....

_So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria_ According to 2 Chron. (2 Chronicles 28:17-18) it was not only by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Israel that Ahaz was straitened when he sent for help to Assyria. -The Edomites had again come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low countries, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh and Ajalon with Gederoth, and Socho with the villages thereof, and Timnah likewise and Gimzo, and they dwelt there." So that on north and south alike Ahaz was sorely beset. -For the Lord brought Judah low, because of Ahaz, for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord". _I am thy servant and thy son_ Ahaz, in return for the help he seeks, offers to make himself the vassal of Assyria. With the name -son", as used in such an address, ma