2 Chronicles 28:16-21

16 1At that time King Ahaz sent to the king[a] of Assyria for help.
17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives.
18 2And the Philistines had made raids on 3the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco 4with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there.
19 For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made 5Judah act sinfully[b] and had been very unfaithful to the LORD.
20 So 6Tiglath-pileser[c] king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.
21 7For 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.

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 7

  • 1. [2 Kings 16:7, 8]
  • 2. [Ezekiel 16:27, 57]
  • 3. See Joshua 15:33-36
  • 4. [Numbers 21:25]
  • 5. See 2 Chronicles 21:2
  • 6. [2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:7]
  • 7. 2 Kings 16:8, 9

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Kings 16:7); Hebrew kings
  • [b]. Or wildly
  • [c]. Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser
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