That monster and reproach of mankind, that unteachable and incorrigible prince, whom even grievous afflictions made worse, which commonly make men better. This is he whose name deserves to be remembered and detested for ever. Or, king Ahaz was the same, no changeling, not a whit better by all the methods which God used with him.
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...
TRESPASS. Hebrew. _ma'al_ App-44. See note on "transgressed", 2 Chronicles 28:19. THIS IS THAT KING AHAZ. Compare three specially branded transgressors: Cain (Genesis 4:15); Dathan (Numbers 26:9); and...
DISCOURSE: 420 THE CONDUCT OF AHAZ IN HIS DISTRESS 2 Chronicles 28:22. _In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz_. IT is a common sentiment with m...
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...
_AND IN THE TIME OF HIS DISTRESS DID HE TRESPASS YET MORE AGAINST THE LORD: THIS IS THAT KING AHAZ._ In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more. This infatuated king surrendered himself to...
28:22 transgressed (a-9) Lit. 'acted unfaithfully.'...
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
AHAZ ADOPTS THE SYRIAN IDOLATRY, AND CLOSES THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 28:22; comp. 2 Kings 16:10). (22) IN THE TIME OF HIS DISTRESS. — _At the time when he_ (Tiglath) _oppressed him, i.e.,_ at the time...
וּ בְ עֵת֙ הָצֵ֣ר לֹ֔ו וַ יֹּ֖וסֶף
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
A WICKED KING'S BLIND FOLLY 2 Chronicles 28:12 This sending of the captives home, clothed, shod, and anointed was a beautiful act, and anticipates the spirit of Christianity. This is the true way of...
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...
Moreover. Sept. "but to distress him." --- Wicked policy availeth nothing, but entails much evil. W. --- King. Heb. "that king Achaz." The sacred writer thus stigmatizes the impious king, who grew wor...
Observe the progression of sin when the mind is hardened under its influence. You see Ahaz robs God's house to purchase man's arm against him; sacrificeth to devil's to gain human interest. And thus g...
_KING AHAZ_ ‘This is that king Ahaz.’ 2 Chronicles 28:22 I. THIS IS GOOD KING HEZEKIAH’S FATHER— A MAN WHO GRIEVES THE HEART OF GOD AND WHO SETS HIS COMMANDMENTS AT DEFIANCE.—Strange that such a pa...
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...
AND IN THE TIME OF HIS DISTRESS DID HE TRESPASS YET MORE AGAINST THE LORD,.... By increasing his idolatries, as appears by what he did, in imitation of what he saw at Damascus, where he had an intervi...
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz. Ver. 22. _And yet in the time of his distress._] So stubborn was he and stiff necked, he would soo...
_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
_This is that King Ahaz_ That monster and reproach of mankind, that unteachable and incorrigible prince, whom even grievous afflictions made worse, which commonly make men better. This is he whose nam...
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,...
And in the time of his distress, when he should have repented and turned to the Lord for help, DID HE TRESPASS YET MORE AGAINST THE LORD. THIS IS THAT KING AHAZ, an example of foolish perverseness for...
AHAZ, DISTRESSED BY ASSYRIA, CONTINUES IN HIS WICKEDNESS...
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 28:22 time H6256 distress H6887 (H8687) increasingly H3254 (H8686) unfaithful H4603 (H8800) LORD...
2 Chronicles 28:19 , 2 CHRONICLES 28:22; 2 CHRONICLES 28:25 I. The career of Ahaz illustrates that law of character by which the wickedness of a man is proportioned to the amount of holy inf
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...
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...
_And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord._ WHEN AFFLICTION MAY BE SAID TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS OBJECT I. I suppose that you have set your heart upon some cherished des...
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...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 28:22 Compare 2 Kings 16:10. Judah reaches its lowest point before the exile when Ahaz desecrates the temple and discourages faithful worship ...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:12; Esther 7:6; Ezekiel 21:13; Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 1:5;
That Ahaz — That monster and reproach of mankind, that unteachable and incorrigible prince, whom even grievous afflictions made worse, which commonly make men better. This is he, whose name deserves t...