John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:21
2Ch 28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion [out] of the house of the LORD, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave [it] unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. Ver. 21. And Ahaz took away a portion. ] He hoped hereby to ingratiate with the Assyrian; but the hope of the wicked shall perish, saith Solomon. See on 2 Kings 16:8 . read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
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 arms of Moloch till they were consumed, and so it is explained in Ezekiel 16:20-21. Others made their children pass between two fires, to dedicate them to Moloch. Hence it appears that Ahaz burnt one of his sons, and dedicated all the others by making them pass between the fires. The Talmud has... read more