E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 28:24
gathered together. Compare 2 Kings 16:8 . shut up the doors. His son Hezekiah's first act was to open them (2 Chronicles 29:3 ). read more
2 Chronicles 28:22-24 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:22
FURTHER WICKEDNESS OF AHAZ; HIS DEATH; AND THE SUCCESSION OF HEZEKIAH"And in the time of his distress did he transgress yet more against Jehovah, this same Ahaz. For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Assyria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:23
2 Chronicles 28:23. 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 were vanquished and taken by the king of Assyria? Even this Damascus, and this altar, were the spoil of a foreign enemy. How then did the gods of Syria help their kings, otherwise than to their ruin? What dotage is this, to make choice of a foiled protection! But had the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:22
22. in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord—This infatuated king surrendered himself to the influence of idolatry and exerted his royal authority to extend it, with the intensity of a passion—with the ignorance and servile fear of a heathen ( :-) and a ruthless defiance of God (see on :-). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
L. Ahaz ch. 28With the reign of Ahaz the Chronicler introduced a new interest, namely, the prospect of captivity for Judah, which he again called "Israel"-the true Israel-twice in this chapter (2 Chronicles 28:19; 2 Chronicles 28:23).Why did Israel go into captivity? Why did the perfectly obedient Davidic King not appear? Ahaz’s behavior helps explain the reason. The writer selected three major events from Ahaz’s reign: the king’s idolatry (2 Chronicles 28:2-15), his appeal for help to Assyria... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
The Reign of AhazThis 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 appealed to Assyria.This chapter corresponds to 2 Kings 16, but it omits many facts related there, whilst expanding the account of the war with Israel.5. The king of Syria] i.e. Rezin, who, with Pekah of Israel, wished to depose Ahaz: see Isaiah 7.7. Maaseiah, the king’s son] perhaps a son of Jotham... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 28:22
AHAZ ADOPTS THE SYRIAN IDOLATRY, AND CLOSES THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 28:22-25; comp. 2 Kings 16:10-18).(22) In the time of his distress.—At the time when he (Tiglath) oppressed him, i.e., at the time when Ahaz went to Damascus to do homage to the Assyrian monarch (2 Kings 16:10), probably in reluctant obedience to a peremptory mandate.Did he trespass . . . Ahaz.—He dealt yet more unfaithfully towards Jehovah, he, king Ahaz. The subject is emphatically repeated: “he, king Ahaz,” who had already... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 28:23
(23) 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 the relations of Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser, the writer appears to have drawn upon another source than the book of Kings.Damascus may, perhaps, be put for the Damascenes, though in that case Aram would have been more natural. (Not “at Damascus,” as Thenius renders.)Which smote him.—Did the chronicler... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 28:24
(24) Gathered together the vessels.—According to some MSS. the Syriac, Arabic, Vulg., and Targum, all the vessels.And cut in pieces the vessels.—Literally, trimmed (qiççaç), i.e., cut off their metal ornaments. The same word is used in 2 Kings 16:17, where it is said, “And king Ahaz cut off the plates of the bases, and removed the laver from upon them, and the sea he took down from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.”And shut up the doors of the house of... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 28:23
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 ). read more