"For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus,f 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 the ruin of him, and of all Israel."
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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...
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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 Chronic...
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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 28:9)
4. Further p...
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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...
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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)....
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_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...
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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...
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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 eye...
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_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...
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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...
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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 old when he became...
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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...
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וַ יִּזְבַּ֗ח לֵֽ אלֹהֵ֣י דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮
הַ מַּכִּ֣ים בֹּו֒ וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּ֠י
אֱלֹהֵ֤י מַלְכֵֽי ־אֲרָם֙...
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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, called in the book...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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_. _Ahaz sends for...
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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,...
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AHAZ, DISTRESSED BY ASSYRIA, CONTINUES IN HIS WICKEDNESS...
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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...
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DAMASCUS:
_ Heb._ Darmesek...
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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
t...
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2 Chronicles 28:23 sacrificed H2076 (H8799) gods H430 Damascus H1834
defeated H5221 (H8688) saying H559 (H8799) gods H430 kings H4428 Syria
H758 help H5826 (H8688) sacrifice H2076 (H8762) help H5826 ...
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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 influence
wh...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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
de...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Kings 16:12; 2 Kings 16:13; Habakkuk 1:11; Hosea
13:9; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 10:5; Jeremiah 44:15; Jeremiah 44:20...