2 Kings 16:1-17:11 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz. One of the four kings in whose reign Isaiah prophesied. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:1 .Isaiah 1:1 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

THE WICKED REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAHAhaz was one of the very worst of Judah's kings, only Manasseh and Ammon either reaching or exceeding his state of wickedness and rebellion against God. The full name of this king was Jehoahaz, the same as that of one of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 13:1), as revealed by the discovery of an ancient seal.[1] LaSor dated his reign from 732 to 716 B.C., with a co-regency from 735 B.C.[2]THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF AHAZ'S REIGN"In the seventeenth year of Pekah the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

1-4. Ahaz . . . did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord—[See on :-.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the reigns of Azariah and Jotham had introduced a host of corruptions, which, during his reign, and by the influence of Ahaz, bore fruit in the idolatrous practices of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 16:1-4

Ahaz’s assessment 16:1-4Pekah’s seventeenth year (2 Kings 16:1) was 735 B.C. Ahaz did not follow David’s example of godliness (2 Kings 16:2). Rather he followed the kings of Israel and those of his pagan neighbors and went so far as offering at least one of his sons as a human sacrifice (Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 12:31; cf. Deuteronomy 3:27). [Note: See Wiseman, pp. 260-61.] These sacrificial rites took place near the confluence of the Hinnom and Kidron valleys at a place called Topheth.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Ahaz and AssyriaThis chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and the overthrow of Damascus by the king of Assyria.3. He walked, etc.] see 2 Chronicles 28:2 where he is described as making images for Baalim. Made his son.. fire] Children were sometimes actually sacrificed and burnt (see 2 Kings 17:31; 2 Kings 3:27), and the same thing may be meant here, but some think that the rite here described was a kind of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Lowering the Sea 2 Kings 16:17 'King Ahaz... took down the sea.' The reference is to the enormous and superb laver which was situate in the temple, and was intended for the cleansing of the priests. I. We have not lowered the sea! No. But we have Frustrated the Divine Plan. That plan we may not have spoiled utterly, thanks to restraining grace, but we have frustrated it in detail. True, Ahaz did not frustrate God's plan as a whole. He 'took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-18

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ2 Kings 16:1-18"For when we in our wickedness grow hard,Oh the misery on’t! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our errors; laugh at us while we strut To our confusion."AHAZ was indifferent to these prophecies because his heart was otherwhere. It is clear from our authorities that this king had excited an unusually deep antipathy in the hearts of those later writers who judged religion not only from the earlier standpoint,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

ISAIAH AND AHAZ2 Kings 16:1-20"Expediency is man’s wisdom; doing right is God’s."- GEORGE MEREDITHISAIAH was one of those men whom God provides for the need of kingdoms. He was not only a prophet, but a statesman, a reformer, a poet, a man of invincible faith and unequalled: insight. If Ahaz had accepted his counsels and followed his moral guidance, the whole history of Judah might have been different.But the position of things was indeed disastrous. Judah was attacked from every side. On the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

7. King Ahaz and Assyria CHAPTER 16 1. King Ahaz and his reign (2 Kings 16:1-4 ; 2 Chronicles 28:0 ) 2. The invasion by the two kings (2 Kings 16:5-6 ) 3. Ahaz appeals to Assyria (2 Kings 16:7-8 ) 4. Ahaz in Damascus and the idolatrous altar (2 Kings 16:9-18 ) 5. Death of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:19-20 ; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27 ) Righteous Jotham had for his successor a wicked son. Ahaz “walked in the way of the Kings of Israel, yea, and made his son pass through the fire according to the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah {a} Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.(a) This was a wicked son of a godly father, as of him again came godly Hezekiah, and of him wicked Manasseh, save that God in the end showed him mercy. Thus we see how uncertain it is to depend on the dignity of our fathers. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 16:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 16:1-4

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 16:1

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