UNDER THE PRESSURE OF NEW ENEMIES, AHAZ ASKS HELP FROM ASSYRIA, BUT RECEIVES HURT (2 Chronicles 28:17). (Comp. 2 Kings 16:7.)

(16) At that time. — Apparently after the events above narrated; how soon after we can hardly decide.

The kings of Assyria. — A generalised expression, as in 2 Chronicles 28:3 (comp. 2 Chronicles 28:20), where the actual king is named. All the old versions have “king.”

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