John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:5
Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria ,.... Whose name was Rezin, 2 Kings 16:5 , though that is an after expedition to this, which is there related. The Lord is called the God of Ahaz, because he was so of right; he had dominion over him, and ought to have been worshipped by him; and, besides, he was so by virtue of the national covenant between God and the people Ahaz was king of; and moreover, Ahaz professed he was his God, though in an hypocritical... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-5
Never surely had a man greater opportunity of doing well than Ahaz had, finding things in a good posture, the kingdom rich and strong and religion established; and yet here we have him in these few verses, 1. Wretchedly corrupted and debauched. He had had a good education given him and a good example set him: but parents cannot give grace to their children. All the instructions he had were lost upon him: He did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord (2 Chron. 28:1), nay, he did a... read more