2 Chronicles 28:5-6

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:6-15

We have here, I. Treacherous Judah under the rebukes of God's providence, and they are very severe. Never was such bloody work made among them since they were a kingdom, and by Israelites too. Ahaz walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and the king of Israel was the instrument God made use of for his punishment. It is just with God to make those our plagues whom we make our patterns or make ourselves partners with in sin. A war broke out between Judah and Israel, in which Judah was... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekah son of Remaliah ,.... Who was at this time king of Israel: slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day , which were all valiant men ; a great slaughter to be made at one time, and of valiant men, but not so great as that in 2 Chronicles 13:17 , because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers ; this was not a reason with Pekah for slaying them, he himself being an idolater, but why the Lord suffered them to be slain by him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:5

Delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria - For the better understanding of these passages, the reader is requested to refer to what has been advanced in the notes on the sixteenth chapter of 2 Kings 16:5 , etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 28:6

A hundred and twenty thousand - It is very probable that there is a mistake in this number. It is hardly possible that a hundred and twenty thousand men could have been slain in one day; yet all the versions and MSS. agree in this number. The whole people seem to have been given up into the hands of their enemies. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

This King Ahaz: the progress of a king literally devoid of religion. In such words, the significance of which no one can mistake, is the royal person who is the chief subject of this chapter pointed to ( 2 Chronicles 28:22 ). Ahaz is the bad son of a good father. He is a type of those who begin badly, who are untaught by experience, who grow worse by suffering and adversity, and who end by maddening themselves, to their own destruction! The career of his father Jotham is written,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27

This is that King Ahaz. I. A DEGENERATE SON . Aliaz, "Grasper" or "Possessor." In the Tigiath-Plleser inscriptions, which probably confounded him with the son of Jehoram ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ), he is called Jehoahaz, "Whom Jehovah grasps," though the Scripture writers may have dropped the prefix "Jeho-" on account of his wickedness. 1 . He possessed his father ' s nature. Of necessity, as his father's son ( Genesis 5:3 ). Yet he improved not upon that nature, but rather... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:5

The King of Syria . The name of this king (Rezin) does not appear in this chapter, but it does in the parallel, 2 Chronicles 28:5 , 2 Chronicles 28:6 , 2 Chronicles 28:9 . They smote him . A previous unsuccessful attempt of Rezin and Pekah is apparently passed over in our chapter ( 2 Kings 16:5 ), while the contents of our present yeas must be understood to have its place just before the last clause of 2 Chronicles 28:5 in the parallel, and to be significantly confirmed by the... read more

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