Which smote him; or, which had smitten him formerly, i.e. had enabled their worshippers, the Syrians, to smite him, as he fondly imagined; which yet he saw confuted, having now found by experience that they could not save them from the Assyrian power.
Verse 2 Chronicles 28:23. _HE SACRIFICED UNTO THE GODS OF DAMASCUS, WHICH SMOTE_ _HIM_] "This passage," says _Mr. Hallet_, "greatly surprised me; for the sacred historian himself is here represented...
His adoption of the Syrian gods, Hadad, Rimmon, and others, as objects of worship, no doubt preceded the destruction of Damascus by the Assyrians 2 Kings 16:9. ISRAEL - i. e. “Judah;” so in 2 Chronicl...
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...
WHICH SMOTE HIM: i.e. which [as he believed] smote him. HELP THEM. So he falsely reasoned. THE RUIN OF HIM. As the idolatry of the Edomites ruined Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 25:15)....
_the gods of Damascus_ In 2 Kin. the statement is that Ahaz made a copy of an altar which he saw at Damascus and sacrificed upon it. The altar at Damascus was probably the one used by Tiglath-pileser...
BECAUSE THE GODS OF THE KINGS OF SYRIA, &C.— "O blind superstition!" exclaims Bishop Hall upon this folly of Ahaz. "How did the gods of Syria help their kings, when both those kings and their gods wer...
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...
_FOR HE SACRIFICED UNTO THE GODS OF DAMASCUS, WHICH SMOTE HIM: AND HE SAID, BECAUSE THE GODS OF THE KINGS OF SYRIA HELP THEM, THEREFORE WILL I SACRIFICE TO THEM, THAT THEY MAY HELP ME. BUT THEY WERE T...
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...
BECAUSE THE GODS, etc.] i.e. as shown by the successes of Rezin (2 Chronicles 28:5)....
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
FOR (_and_) HE SACRIFICED UNTO THE GODS OF DAMASCUS. — The statement of this verse is peculiar to the Chronicle; and the same may be said of the next also. Both here and in the preceding account of th...
וַ יִּזְבַּ֗ח לֵֽ אלֹהֵ֣י דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮ הַ מַּכ
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...
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which (o) smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may (p) help me. But th...
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...
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...
FOR HE SACRIFICED UNTO THE GODS OF DAMASCUS, WHICH SMOTE HIM,.... As he foolishly imagined, that they might do him no more hurt; as it is said of the Indians, that they worship the devil, that he may...
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were...
_He sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus that smote him_ Or, _which had smitten him_ formerly; that is, had enabled their worshippers, the Syrians, as he foolishly imagined, to smite him. He sacrifice...
_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
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,...
AHAZ, DISTRESSED BY ASSYRIA, CONTINUES IN HIS WICKEDNESS...
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus which smote him; and he said, arguing foolishly in his blindness and attempting to excuse his further progress in wickedness, BECAUSE THE GODS OF THE KINGS...
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...
DAMASCUS: _ Heb._ Darmesek...
2 Chronicles 28:23 sacrificed H2076 (H8799) gods H430 Damascus H1834 defeated H5221 (H8688) saying H559 (H879
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...
_Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them._ DESTRUCTIVE SUBSTITUTES We may not try to substitute one god for another, or to patch out our tattered theology...
_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 25:14; 2 Kings 16:12; 2 Kings 16:13; Habakkuk 1:11;...