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2 Chronicles 28:25
And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto the gods,.... The gods of Damascus, and other idols; this he did to prevent their coming to Jerusalem to worship.
And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto the gods,.... The gods of Damascus, and other idols; this he did to prevent their coming to Jerusalem to worship.
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
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...
_in every several city_ Cp. Jeremiah 2:28....
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 eyes...
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...
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 ol
AND IN EVERY SEVERAL CITY OF JUDAH HE MADE HIGH PLACES. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 28:2. AND PROVOKED TO ANGER. — Deuteronomy 32:16. Instead of this 2 Chronicles 28:18 obscurely mentions furthe
וּ בְ כָל ־עִ֨יר וָ עִ֤יר לִֽ...
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, calle
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...
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...
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...
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...
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. Ver. 25. _And in every several city of Judah._] So zealous a...
_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
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,...
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, thus making idolatry of the grossest kind the official religion of the kingdom, AND PROVOKED TO ANGER THE LORD G...
AHAZ, DISTRESSED BY ASSYRIA, CONTINUES IN HIS WICKEDNESS...
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...
BURN: Or, to offer...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 28:25 city H5892 Judah H3063 made H6213 (H8804) places H1116 incense H6999 (H8763) other H312
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 inf
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 28:22 Compare 2 Kings 16:10. Judah reaches its lowest point before the exile when Ahaz desecrates the temple and discourages faithful worship ...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:3...