Introduction
Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham, and reigns wickedly for sixteen years, 2 Chronicles 28:1 . He restores idolatry in its grossest forms, 2 Chronicles 28:2-4 ; and is delivered Into the hands of the kings of Israel and Syria, 2 Chronicles 28:5 . Pekah slays one hundred and twenty thousand Jews in one day, and carries away captive two hundred thousand of the people, whom, at the instance of Oded the prophet, they restore to liberty, and send home, clothed and fed, 2 Chronicles 28:6-15 . Ahaz sends to the king of Assyria for help against the Edomites, Philistines, etc., from whom he receives no effectual succor, 2 Chronicles 28:16-21 . He sins yet more, spoils and shuts up the temple of God, and propagates idolatry throughout the land, 2 Chronicles 28:22-25 . A reference to has acts, his death, and burial, 2 Chronicles 28:26 , 2 Chronicles 28:27 .
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