2 Kings 16:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

Here is, 1. The attempt of his confederate neighbours, the kings of Syria and Israel, upon him. They thought to make themselves masters of Jerusalem, and to set a king of their own in it, Isa. 7:6. In this they fell short, but the king of Syria recovered Elath, a considerable port upon the Red Sea, which Amaziah had taken from the Syrians, 2 Kgs. 14:22. What can those keep that have lost their religion? Let them expect, thenceforward, to be always on the losing hand. 2. His project to get... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria ,.... Of whom see 2 Kings 15:29 . saying, I am thy servant, and thy son ; signifying, that he would be his vassal, and become tributary to him, and serve him as a servant to his master, or a son his father, on condition he would come to his assistance, and so he became his servant; hence his son Hezekiah is said to rebel against the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 18:1 . come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:7

I am thy servant and thy son - I will obey thee in all, and become tributary to thee; only help me against Syria and Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH - PILESER AGAINST THEM . RELIGIOUS CHANGES MADE BY AHAZ . HIS DEATH . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Steps in a downward path: the reign of Ahaz. In the opening chapters of Isaiah we have an account of the condition of the kingdom of Judah at the time that Ahaz succeeded to the throne. The prosperity which the country had enjoyed under Uzziah had been continued and increased under the righteous reign of his son Jotham. And now the grandson, Ahaz, a young man of twenty, finds the country abounding in wealth, full of silver and gold. Isaiah says there was no end of their treasure; their land... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

A people's king and priest; or, kinghood and priesthood. "In the seventeenth year of Pekah," etc. Throughout all lands, almost throughout all times, two functionaries have been at the head of the peoples, too often treading them down by oppression, and fattening on them by their greed. One of these functionaries was not, among the Jews, of Divine ordinations; for the Almighty is represented as saying, "They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not." Let... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-7

God's punishments of a nation's sins are often long delayed, but, when they come, it is not by degrees, but suddenly, violently, and at once. This subject may best be treated, as the last, under three heads, viz. I. THE SINS OF JUDAH . Though, on the whole, less guilty than her sister, Ephraim, still Judah had, from the division of the kingdom of Solomon, been more or less unfaithful to Jehovah in several respects. 1. An unauthorized and illegitimate high-place worship,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

The-Syro-Israelitish war. Again was the truth to be verified that national sins bring in their train national calamities. God is not mocked. He vindicates the reality of his moral government by visiting the transgressor with manifest strokes of his displeasure. In addition to the invasion of Pekah and Rezin spoken of below, we read of assaults of the Edomites and of the Philistines, by which Judah was brought very low ( 2 Chronicles 28:17-19 ). The kingdom also was brought into a state of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria, saying. This appeal to man rather than to God, this trust in "an arm of flesh," was exactly what Isaiah had been endeavoring to prevent, what he viewed as unfaithfulness, and as inevitably drawing down God's wrath both upon king and kingdom. Ahaz was young, was weak, and had no doubt a large body of advisers, who considered the prophet to be a fanatic, who had no belief in supernatural aid, and who thought that in any emergency... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7-9

Expedition of Tiglath-pileser against Pekah and Rezin . In the extremity of his danger, when the confederacy had declared itself, or perhaps later, when he had suffered terrible defeats, and was about. to be besieged in his capital ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 , 2 Chronicles 28:6 ), Ahaz invoked the aid of Tiglath-pileser, sent him all the treasure on which he could lay his hands ( 2 Kings 16:8 ), offered to place himself and his kingdom under the Assyrian monarch's suzerainty, and entreated... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:7-9

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