Chapter 28

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am 3262-3278, bc 742-726

Ahaz 2Kgs 16:1, 2Kgs 16:2-20; 1Chr 3:13; Isa 1:1, Isa 7:1-12; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1; Matt 1:9

like David his father 2Chr 17:3


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For he walked 2Chr 21:6, 2Chr 22:3-4; 1Kgs 16:31-33; 2Kgs 10:26-28

molten images Exod 34:17; Lev 19:4

Baalim Judg 2:11, Judg 2:13; Hos 2:13, Hos 2:17


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burnt incense or, offered sacrifice

the valley 2Kgs 23:10; Jer 7:31-32, Jer 19:2-6, Jer 19:13

burnt 2Chr 33:6; Lev 18:21; 2Kgs 16:3; Ps 106:37-38; Jer 2:34, Jer 32:35; Ezek 16:20-21; Mic 6:7

after the abominations 2Chr 33:2; Deut 12:31


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Lev 26:30; Deut 12:2-3; 2Kgs 16:4


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his God 2Chr 36:5; Exod 20:2-3

delivered him 2Chr 24:24, 2Chr 33:11, 2Chr 36:17; Judg 2:14; 2Kgs 16:5-6; Isa 7:1, Isa 7:6

Damascus Heb. Darmesek


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Pekah 2Kgs 15:27, 2Kgs 15:37; Isa 7:4-5, Isa 7:9, Isa 9:21

an hundred 2Chr 13:17

valiant men Heb. sons of valour

because 2Chr 15:2; Deut 6:14-15, Deut 28:15, Deut 28:25, Deut 29:24-26, Deut 31:16-17, Deut 32:20; Josh 23:16; Josh 24:20; Isa 1:28, Isa 24:5-6; Jer 2:19, Jer 15:6


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next to the king Heb. the second to the king, Gen 41:43, Gen 43:12, Gen 43:15; Esth 10:3


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carried Deut 28:25, Deut 28:41

brethren 2Chr 11:4; Acts 7:26, Acts 13:26


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he went out 2Chr 19:1-2, 2Chr 25:15-16; 1Kgs 20:13, 1Kgs 20:22, 1Kgs 20:42; 2Kgs 20:14-15

Behold To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment. It is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing; and it is no wonder that it produced the effect here described. That there was much humanity, as well as firmness, in the heads of the children of Ephraim, who joined with the prophet of Jehovah on this occasion, their subsequent conduct, as detailed in the 2Chr 28:15, sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had taken, and with clothed, shod, fed, and anointed these distressed people, set the feeblest of them upon asses, and escorted them safely to Jericho! We can scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows from the foundation of the world. The compliance also of the whole army, in leaving both the captives and spoil to the disposal of the princes, was really wonderful, and perhaps unparalleled in history. Both the princes and army are worthy to be held up to the admiration and imitation of mankind.

because the Lord God 2Chr 28:5; Judg 3:8; Ps 69:26; Isa 10:5-7, Isa 47:6; Jer 15:17-18; Ezek 25:12-17; Ezek 26:2-3; Obad 1:10-16; Zech 1:15

reacheth Gen 4:10, Gen 11:4; Ezra 9:6; Rev 18:5


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keep Lev 25:39-46

not with Jer 25:29; Matt 7:2-4; Rom 12:20-21; 1Pet 4:17-18

the Lord 2Chr 28:5


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deliver Isa 58:6; Jer 34:14-15; Heb 13:1-3

the fierce Ezra 10:14; Matt 5:7, Matt 7:2; Jas 2:13


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the heads 1Chr 28:1

stood up Jer 26:6


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add more Num 32:14; Josh 22:17-18; Matt 23:32, Matt 23:35; Rom 2:5


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expressed by name 2Chr 28:12

clothed Job 31:15-23; Isa 58:7; Matt 25:35-45; Acts 9:39; 1Tim 5:10; Jas 2:15-16; 1John 3:17-18

gave them 2Kgs 6:22; Prov 25:21-22; Luke 6:27, Luke 8:27, Luke 8:35; Rom 12:20-21

carried Rom 15:1

the city Deut 34:3; Judg 1:16


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did king 2Kgs 16:5-7; Isa 7:1-9, Isa 7:17

the kings Instead of malchey, "kings," the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, one manuscript, and the parallel place, have mailech, "king."


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the Edomites 2Chr 25:11-12; Lev 26:18; Obad 1:10, Obad 1:13-14

captives Heb. a captivity


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Philistines Ezek 16:27, Ezek 16:57

Bethshemesh Josh 15:10; 1Sam 6:9

Ajalon 2Chr 11:10, Aijalon

Gederoth Josh 15:41

Shocho Josh 15:48, Socoh

Timnah Judg 14:1, Timnath


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the Lord Deut 28:43; 1Sam 2:7; Job 40:12; Ps 106:41-43; Prov 29:23

because of Ahaz Hos 5:11; Mic 6:16

Israel 2Chr 21:2

made Judah Gen 3:7, Gen 3:11; Exod 32:25; Rev 3:17-18, Rev 16:15


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Tilgathpilneser 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 16:7-10, Tiglath-pileser, 1Chr 5:26; Hos 5:13

distressed him 2Kgs 17:5; Isa 7:20, Isa 30:3, Isa 30:16; Jer 2:37


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took away 2Chr 12:9; 2Kgs 18:15-16; Prov 20:25


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in the 2Chr 33:12; Ps 50:15; Isa 1:5; Ezek 21:13; Hos 5:15; Rev 16:9-11

this is Esth 7:6; Ps 52:7


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For he sacrificed This passage, says Mr. Hallet, greatly surprised me; for the sacred historian is here represented as saying, "The gods of Damascus had smitten Ahaz." But it is impossible to suppose that an inspired author should say this; for the Scripture every where represents the heathen idols as nothing and vanity, and as incapable of doing either good or hurt. All difficulty is avoided if we follow the old Hebrew copies, from which the Greek translation was made: "And king Ahaz said, I will seek to the gods of Damascus which have smitten me." 2Chr 25:14; 2Kgs 16:12-13

Damascus Heb. Darmesek

Because the gods Hab 1:11

sacrifice to them Jer 10:5, Jer 44:15-18

But they were Isa 1:28; Jer 44:20-28; Hos 13:9


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cut in pieces 2Kgs 16:17-18, 2Kgs 25:13-17

shut up 2Chr 29:3, 2Chr 29:7

he made 2Chr 33:3-5; Jer 2:28; Hos 12:11; Acts 17:16, Acts 17:23


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burn or, offer, 2Chr 28:3 *marg.


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the rest 2Chr 20:34, 2Chr 27:7-9; 2Kgs 16:19-20


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they brought 2Chr 21:20, 2Chr 26:23, 2Chr 33:20; 1Sam 2:30; Prov 10:7

the kings of Israel Or, "the kings of Judah;" the name Israel being sometimes applied by the writer of this book, in a general way, to Judah. The Hebrews were accustomed to honour the memory of those kings who had reigned well, by depositing their remains in the royal cemetery. On the contrary, those who died under the disapprobation of the people, as a mark of posthumous disgrace, were denied interment with their predecessors, and were buried in some other place in Jerusalem. So it was with Ahaz, who, though brought into the city, was not buried in the sepulchres of the kings of Judah. It was doubtless with a design to make a suitable impression on the minds of their kings while living, that such distinctions were observed. They might thus restrain them from evil, or excite them to good, according as they were fearful of being execrated, or desirous of being honoured, when dead.


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