2 Chronicles 28:16-21

16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings^[a] of Assyria for help.

17 The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners,

18 while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.

19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,^[b] for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

20 Tiglath-Pileser^[c] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.

2 Chronicles 28:16-21 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

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 16:7; Ezekiel 23:12
• 2. Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 25:21; Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 25:12; Amos 1:11
• 3. 2 Chronicles 29:9
• 4. Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 25:20; Ezekiel 16:27,57; Ezekiel 25:15
• 5. S Joshua 10:12
• 6. Joshua 15:41
• 7. S 1 Samuel 17:1
• 8. S Genesis 38:12
• 9. S 1 Chronicles 5:25; 2 Chronicles 21:2
• 10. S 2 Kings 15:29; S 1 Chronicles 5:6
• 11. Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 10:5-6; Isaiah 36:1
• 12. Isaiah 10:20
• 13. S 2 Kings 16:7
• 14. S 2 Chronicles 16:2-9
• 15. Jeremiah 2:36

Footnotes

• [a]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Kings 16:7) "king"
• [b]. That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles
• [c]. Hebrew "Tilgath-Pilneser," a variant of "Tiglath-Pileser"