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2 Chronicles 28:1-15
Ahaz Defeated by the Syrians and by Israel
Ahaz Defeated by the Syrians and by Israel
CHAPTER XXVIII _Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham, and reigns wickedly for_ _sixteen years_, 1. _He restores idolatry in its grossest forms_, 2-4; _and is delivered Into the hands of the kings of Is...
This chapter is supplemental in character, The writer seems to assume that the narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is known, and is mainly anxious to add points which the author of that narrative...
CHAPTER 28 THE REIGN OF AHAZ _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 28:1)_ 2. The punishment of Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:5) 3. The message of Oded and its results (2 Chronicles
THE REIGN OF AHAZ. See notes on 2 Kings 16, but the Chronicler's account of this reign is largely independent of 2 K.; he makes the Syro-Ephraimite War two separate campaigns, Ahaz being in turn defea...
TWENTY YEARS... SIXTEEN YEARS. Yet his son Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he died (2 Chronicles 29:1). See note on 2 Kings 16:1. WHEN HE: i.e. when he (Jotham). Compare Jehoiakim and Jehoachi...
2 Chronicles 28:1-4 (2 Kings 16:1-4). Ahaz succeeds and practises Idolatry 1. _Ahaz_ The full form of the name is _Jehoahaz_, the "Ja-u-ḥa-zi" of an inscription of Tiglath-pileser III. _twenty years...
AHAZ WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD— _Twenty-five years old._ Houbigant. See 2 Kings 18:2....
13. THE REIGN OF AHAZ (Chapter 28) TEXT 2 Chronicles 28:1. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes...
_AHAZ WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM: BUT HE DID NOT THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER:_ Ahaz was twenty yea...
THE REIGN OF AHAZ This chapter recounts how the idolatry of Ahaz was punished by the attacks of Syria and Israel; how the captives taken by the Israelites were restored; and how Ahaz in his distress...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 28 AHAZ – 2 CHRONICLES 28:1-27 V1 Ahaz was 20 years ol
XXVIII. THE REIGN OF AHAZ. (Comp. 2 Kings 16) PRELIMINARY NOTICES OF THE LENGTH AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN (2 Chronicles 28:1). (1) AHAZ WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD. — The verse is identical with 2 Kings 1...
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UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1 AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, calle
SMITTEN FOR FORSAKING THE LORD 2 Chronicles 28:1 The reign of Ahaz was marked by terrible and rapid degeneration. He not only restored idolatry and offered his children to Moloch, but as the difficul...
The whole reign of Ahaz was a period of terrible and rapid degeneracy. With appalling fearlessness the king restored all the evils of idolatry, even including the terrible offering of children to Molo...
CONTENTS This chapter contains the history of the reign of Ahaz and a melancholy relation of his wicked reign it furnisheth. He is afflicted by the Syrians. His death, and successor in the kingdom, i...
What a melancholy account is here given in a few verses of the life and conduct of Ahaz! had we not the authority of God's sacred word it would be incredible to read of the degeneracy both of king and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
Ver. 1-4. AHAZ WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN,.... These verses are much the same with 2 Kings 16:2, only in 2 Chronicles 28:2 it is said, HE MADE ALSO MOLTEN IMAGES FOR BAALIM; the seve...
_Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:_ Ver. 1. _Ahaz w...
_A.M. 3263. B.C. 741._ Ahaz reigns ill, 2 Chronicles 28:1. Is smitten by the Syrians and Israelites, 2 Chronicles 28:5; who send back the captives they had taken, 2 Chronicles 28:9
_He did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord _ Nay, he did a great deal that was wrong, very wrong, and that toward God, toward his own soul, and toward his people. He walked in the way o...
1 Ahaz reigning very wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians. 6 Iudah being captiuated by the Israelites, is sent home by the counsell of Oded the Prophet. 16 Ahaz sending for aide to Assyria,...
THE UNGODLY REIGN OF AHAZ (vv.1-4) Ahaz stands in painful contrast to his father. Jotham had been unable to rightly influence Judah to cease worshipping in high places, and it seems his influence ov...
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 28 Ahaz reigning ill, 2 CHRONICLES 28:1, is smitten by the Syrians, and by the Israelites, 2 CHRONICLES 28:5, who carry away captives; which, by the advice of a prophet, they retu...
2 Chronicles 28:1 Ahaz H271 twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 king H4427 (H8800) reigned H4427 (H8804) six
2 Chronicles 28:1. _Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:_ So that he died before he reached the prime of life; he was cut off by God in the ver...
2 Chronicles 28:1. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: for...
CONTENTS: Reign of Ahaz. War with Rekah. Intercession of Oded. Edomite and Philistine invasion. CHARACTERS: God, Ahaz, Syrian king, Tiglath-pileser, Zechri, Pekah, Oded. CONCLUSION: If men will not...
2 Chronicles 28:3. _Burnt his children._ In 2 Kings 16:3, it is said he made his son “pass through the fire.” The Hebrew term has a double meaning. Sometimes it implies the burning of children in the...
2 CHRONICLES 28:1 Ahaz. The account of Ahaz’s reign (735–715 B.C.) shows how his spiritual unfaithfulness brought Judah to ruin. Yet the dark picture of Judah’s decline is lessened somewhat by its nor...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 2 Kings 16, and gives chief events in same order. Narrative fuller in military affairs, yet an omission of two or three facts. Idolatry of A. and its con...
EXPOSITION This chapter is paralleled by 2 Kings 16:1. There is a great deal gained in this case by addition on the two accounts, however. Our chapter contains the wickedness by idolatry of Ahaz, the...
By Chuck Smith Shall we turn now to II Chronicles, chapter 28. We are now moving into the final stages of the deterioration of this nation prior to its destruction. Ahaz is now the king. He is twenty...
1 Chronicles 3:13; 2 Chronicles 17:3; 2 Kings 16:1; 2 Kings 16:2;...