2 Chronicles 28:22

Ahaz's Idolatry

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz.

2 Chronicles 28:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:22

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 interview with the king of Assyria, ( 2 Kings 16:10-16 )

this is that King Ahaz;
that monster of iniquity, than whom there was none worse, nor any so bad, of all the kings of Judah.

2 Chronicles 28:22 In-Context

20 So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

21 For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz.

23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.