2 Chronicles 28:4-14

4 He sacrificed and ¹burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree.

Judah Is Invaded

5 Wherefore, ²the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they defeated him and carried away from him a great number of captives and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who inflicted him with heavy casualties.

6 For ³Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,000 * * in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king.

8 ⁴The sons of Israel carried away captive of ⁵their brethren 200,000 * women, sons and daughters; and they took also a great deal of spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and ⁶he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, "Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, ⁷was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage ⁸which has even reached heaven.

10 "Now you are proposing to ⁹subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves *. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the LORD your God?

11 "Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives ¹⁰whom you captured from your brothers, ¹¹for the burning anger of the LORD is against you."

12 Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim -Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai -arose against those who were coming from the battle,

13 and said to them, "You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring upon us guilt against the LORD adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great so that His burning anger is against Israel."

14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly.

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2 Chronicles 28:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 28

This chapter contains the reign of Ahaz, and gives an account of the idolatry he was guilty of, 2Ch 28:1-4, what calamities came upon him and his people, being delivered up into the hands of the kings of Syria and Israel, who slew many, and carried others captives, 2Ch 28:5-8, though they that were taken captive by Israel, at the admonition of a prophet, were sent back again, 2Ch 28:9-15, how also he was distressed by the Edomites and Philistines, and not helped by the king of Assyria, he sent for and made presents to, 2Ch 28:16-21 and yet went into more and greater idolatries, 2Ch 28:22-25, and the chapter is concluded with his death and burial, 2Ch 28:26,27.

These verses are much the same with 2Ki 16:2-4, only in 2Ch 28:2 it is said,

\\he made also molten images for Baalim\\; the several Baals or idols of the nations round about, as well as served Jeroboam's calves; see Jud 2:11, and he is said in 2Ch 28:3,

\\to burn incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom\\; to Molech, the god of the Ammonites, who was worshipped there. \\See Gill on "2Ki 16:2"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 16:3"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 16:4"\\ 19724-950128-0841-2Ch28.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. 2 Chronicles 28:25
2. 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chronicles 24:24; Isaiah 7:1
3. 2 Kings 16:5
4. Deuteronomy 28:25, 41
5. 2 Chronicles 11:4
6. 2 Chronicles 25:15
7. Isaiah 47:6
8. Ezra 9:6; Revelation 18:5
9. Leviticus 25:39
10. 2 Chronicles 28:8
11. James 2:13

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "smote"
[b]. Lit "smote him with a great smiting"
[c]. Lit "plundered"