2 Chronicles 28:21 ASV

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:20-25

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 goeth on from bad to worse, until the measure of his iniquity is full. And observe, Reader! for it is an observation highly proper to be connected with it, how disappointment, vexation, and ruin, accompany the steps of such transgressors. The king of Assyria takes his gifts but laughs at his... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:21

Gifts. Tribute. C. --- Heb. "and gave it to, &c.: but he did not help him." H. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Chronicles 28:16-27

Ahaz, Distressed by Assyria, Continues in his Wickedness v. 16. At that time, when Judah had just suffered this severe defeat, besides losing the harbor of Eloth, on the Red Sea, to the Syrians, did King Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him, since Assyria was a mighty empire and was gaining in strength. v. 17. For again the Edomites, freed from the sovereignty of Judah by the campaign of Rezin of Syria, had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. These raids were made... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

h. Joash: the Prophet Zechariah Son of Jehoiada.—Ch. 24α. Reign of Joash under the Guidance of Jehoiada: Repair of the Temple: 2 Chronicles 24:1-142 Chronicles 24:1.Joash was seven years old when he became king; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of 3Jehoiada the priest. And Jehoiada chose for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.4And it came to pass after... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:12-27

a Wicked King’s Blind Folly 2 Chronicles 28:12-27 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 making and maintaining peace. Magnanimity is, after all, the best solvent of national hatred, and lays the foundations of enduring brotherhood. The Edomites and Philistines smote Judah and weakened it, but they were only the instruments. We are distinctly told that the Lord brought Israel... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

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 Moloch. In all probability his own son was a victim. As dif6culties gathered around, he turned to the king of Assyria for aid, attempting to procure help from him by giving him treasure out of the house of God. The evil of his character is supremely demonstrated in that calamities seemed not to have... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

2 Chronicles 28:1-Daniel : . 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 defeated by the Syrians and then by the northern Israelites. This cannot be regarded as historical in face of 2 Kings 16; the Chronicler has probably reconstructed the history with a view to bringing into greater relief the punishment of Ahaz on account of his... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:21

Distressed him, or, straitened him, by robbing him of his treasures. But he helped him not, but strengthened him not; a most emphatical expression: for though he weakened his present enemy the Syrian, as is related, 2 Kings 16:9, yet really, and all things considered, he did not strengthen Ahaz and his kingdom, but rather weaken them; for by the removing the Syrian, who, though a troublesome neighbour, was a kind of bulwark to him, as to many other enemies, he smoothed the way for himself, a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 2 Kings 16:0, 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 consequences (2 Chronicles 28:1-8); release of captives (2 Chronicles 28:9-15); Assyrian help sought (2 Chronicles 28:16-21); continued trespass and distress (2 Chronicles 28:22-25); end of A. (2 Chronicles 28:26-27).2 Chronicles 28:1-8.—Idolatry of A. and its consequences. 2 Chronicles 28:2.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

By Chuck SmithShall 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 years old when he began to reign ( 2 Chronicles 28:1 ),And he is an extremely wicked person. And it is really during his reign that the kingdom sinks to a lower level spiritually than it ever has. And this begins the final downward trend. There are few respites. Hezekiah, his son, was a very good... read more