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28:1 Ahaz <0271> was twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for sixteen <06240> <08337> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. He did not <03808> do <06213> what pleased <05869> <03477> the Lord <03068>, in contrast to his ancestor <01> David <01732>. 28:2 He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>; he also <01571> made <06213> images <04541> of the Baals <01168>. 28:3 He <01931> offered sacrifices <06999> in the Valley <01516> of Ben-Hinnom <02011> <01121> and passed <01197> his sons <01121> through <01197> the fire <0784>, a horrible sin <08441> practiced by the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> drove out <03423> before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121>. 28:4 He offered <02076> sacrifices and burned incense <06999> on the high places <01116>, on <05921> the hills <01389>, and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>. 28:5 The Lord <03068> his God <0430> handed <03027> him over to the king <04428> of Syria <0758>. The Syrians defeated <05221> him and deported <07617> many captives <07633> to Damascus <01834> <0935> <01419>. He was also <01571> handed <03027> over to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, who thoroughly <04347> defeated <05221> him. 28:6 In one <0259> day <03117> King Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> of Israel killed <02026> 120,000 <0505> <06242> <03967> warriors <02428> <01121> in Judah <03063>, because they had abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>. 28:7 Zikri <02147>, an Ephraimite <0669> warrior <01368>, killed <02026> the king’s <04428> son <01121> Maaseiah <04641>, Azrikam <05840>, the supervisor <05057> of the palace <01004>, and Elkanah <0511>, the king’s <04428> second-in-command <04932>. 28:8 The Israelites <03478> <01121> seized <07617> from their brothers <0251> 200,000 <0505> <03967> wives <0802>, sons <01121>, and daughters <01323>. They <01992> also <01571> carried off <0962> a huge amount <07227> of plunder <07998> and took <0935> it <07998> back <0935> to Samaria <08111>. 28:9 Oded <05752>, a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068>, was there <08033>. He went <03318> to meet <06440> the army <06635> as they arrived <0935> in Samaria <08111> and said <0559> to them: “Look <02009>, because the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestors <01> was angry <02534> with <05921> Judah <03063> he handed <05414> them over <03027> to you. You have killed <02026> them so <05704> mercilessly <02197> that <05704> God <08064> has taken notice <05060>. 28:10 And now <06258> you <0859> are planning <0559> to enslave <03533> the people <01121> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>. Yet <07535> are you <0859> not <03808> also guilty <0819> before <05973> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>? 28:11 Now <06258> listen <08085> to me! Send back <07725> those <07633> you have <0834> seized <07617> from your brothers <0251>, for <03588> the Lord <03069> is very <02740> angry <0639> at <05921> you!”

• 2Ch 28:1-27 -- Ahaz's Reign

• Ahaz

  [ebd] possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the ...
  [isbe] AHAZ - a'-haz ('achaz, "he has grasped," 2 Ki 16; 2 Ch 28; Isa 7:10 ff; Achaz). 1. Name: The name is the same as Jehoahaz; hence appears on Tiglath-pileser's Assyrian inscription of 732 BC as Ia-u-ha-zi. The sacred historian...
  [nave] AHAZ 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16:3, 4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4, 22-25. Kingdom of, invaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:...
  

• Oded

  [ebd] restoring, or setting up. (1.) Father of the prophet Azariah (2 Chr. 15:1, 8). (2.) A prophet in the time of Ahaz and Pekah (2 Chr. 28:9-15).
  [isbe] ODED - o'-ded (`owdhedh (2 Ch 15), `odhedh (elsewhere), `odhedh, "restorer"): (1) According to 2 Ch 15:1, he was the father of Azariah who prophesied in the reign of Asa of Judah (c 918-877), but 15:8 makes Oded himself the ...
  [smith] (restoring). The father of Azariah the prophet, in the reign of Asa. (2 Chronicles 15:1) (B.C. before 953.) A prophet of Jehovah in Samaria, at the time of Pekah?s invasion of Judah. (2 Chronicles 28:9) (B.C. 739.)
  [nave] ODED 1. A prophet in Samaria, 2 Chr. 28:9. 2. Father of the prophet Azariah, 2 Chr. 15:1.
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• SAMARIA, CITY OF

  [isbe] SAMARIA, CITY OF - sa-ma'-ri-a, (shomeron; Samareia, Semeron, and other forms): (1) Shechem was the first capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 12:25). Jeroboam seems later to have removed the royal residence to Tirzah (1 Ki...
  

• Pekah

  [isbe] PEKAH - pe'-ka (peqach, "opening" (of the eyes) (2 Ki 15:25-31); Phakee): 1. Accession: Son of Remaliah, and 18th king of Israel. Pekah murdered his predecessor, Pekahiah, and seized the reins of power (2 Ki 15:25). His usur...
  [nave] PEKAH, son of Remaliah. Captain of the army of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:25. Conspires against and assassinates King Pekahiah, 2 Kin. 15:25. Is made king of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:27. Victorious in war with Judah, 2 Chr. 28:5, 6. Is p...
  

• Jericho

  [nave] JERICHO 1. A city E. of Jerusalem and near the Jordan, Num. 22:1; 26:3; Deut. 34:1. Called the City of Palm Trees, Deut. 34:3. Situation of, pleasant, 2 Kin. 2:19. Rehab the harlot lived in, Josh. 2; Heb. 11:31. Joshua s...
  

• APOSTASY; APOSTATE

  [isbe] APOSTASY; APOSTATE - a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in th...
  

• Maaseiah

  [ebd] the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1...
  [isbe] MAASEIAH - ma-a-se'-ya, ma-a-si'a (ma`aseyahu, "Yahweh's work"; Maassaia, and Massaias in the Septuagint): A name common in exilic and late monarchic times (Gray, H P N). (1) A Levite musician named in connection with David'...
  [smith] (work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra, A descendant of Jeshua the priest. (Ezra 10:18) A priest, of the sons of Harim. (Ezra 10:21) A priest, of the sons of Pashur. (...
  [nave] MAASEIAH 1. A Levite musician, 1 Chr. 15:18, 20. 2. A captain of hundreds, 2 Chr. 23:1. 3. An officer of Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:11. 4. Son of Ahaz. Slain by Zichri, 2 Chr. 28:7. 5. Governor of Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 34:8. 6. The ...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Reproof

  [nave] REPROOF. Lev. 19:17; Psa. 141:5; Prov. 9:7, 8; Prov. 10:17; Prov. 12:1; Prov. 13:18; Prov. 15:5, 10, 12, 31, 32; Prov. 17:10; Prov. 19:25; Prov. 21:11; Prov. 25:12; Prov. 26:5; Prov. 27:5, 6; Prov. 28:23; Eccl. 7:5; Amos 5:...
  

• Captive

  [ebd] one taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were sl...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Zichri

  [isbe] ZICHRI - zik'-ri (zikhri, meaning uncertain): (1) Levites: (a) grandson of Kohath (Ex 6:21, where some the King James Version editions read wrongly, "Zithri"); (b) an Asaphite (1 Ch 9:15), called "Zabdi" in Neh 11:17, where ...
  [smith] (memorable). Son of Ishar the son of Kohath. (Exodus 6:21) (B.C. 1401.) A Benjamite of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. 1440.) A Benjamite of the sons of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) A Benjamite of the son...
  [nave] ZICHRI 1. Son of Izhar, Ex. 6:21. 2. Three Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:19, 23, 27. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:15. 4. Two chiefs in the days of David, 1 Chr. 26:25; 27:16. 5. Father of Amasiah, 2 Chr. 17:16. 6. Father of Elishaphat,...
  

• Azrikam

  [isbe] AZRIKAM - az-ri'-kam `azriqam, "my help has arisen": (1) A descendant of King David through Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:23). (2) A prince of Judah in the time of Ahaz. He was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite soldier (2 Ch 28:7). (3) On...
  [smith] (help against the enemy). A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:23) Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C after 1037.) A Levite,...
  [nave] AZRIKAM 1. Son of Neariah, 1 Chr. 3:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 4. Governor of the house of Ahaz, 2 Chr. 28:7.
  

• TIGLATHPILESER

  [smith] (In (1 Chronicles 5:26) and again in 2Chr 28:20 The name of this king is given as TIGLATH-PILNESER.) Tiglath-pileser is the second Assyrian king mentioned in Scripture as having come into contact with the Israelites. He at...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• Remaliah

  [smith] (protected by Jehovah). The father of Pekah, captain of Pekahiah; king of Israel, who slew his master and usurped his throne. (2 Kings 15:25-37; 16:1,5; 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaiah 7:1-9; 8:6) (B.C. 756.)
  [nave] REMALIAH, father of Pekah, king of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:25, 27, 30; 16:1, 5; 2 Chr. 28:6; Isa. 7:1, 4; 8:6.
  

• HIGH PLACE

  [isbe] HIGH PLACE - 1. General: (1) "High place" is the normal translation of bamah, a word that means simply "elevation" (Jer 26:18; Ezek 36:2, etc.; compare the use in Job 9:8 of the waves of the sea. For the plural as a proper n...
  

• Isaiah

  [ebd] (Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., "the salvation of Jehovah"). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic...
  

• GOVERNOR

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27...
  [smith] In the Authorized Version this one English word is the representative of no less than ten Hebrew and four Greek words. The chief of a tribe or family. A ruler in his capacity of lawgiver and dispenser of justice. A ruler con...
  

• The Unfaithfulness and Punishment of Ahaz

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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