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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!” 28:12 So some <0376> of the Ephraimite <0669> <01121> family leaders <07218>, Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Jehochanan <03076>, Berechiah <01296> son <01121> of Meshillemoth <04919>, Jechizkiah <03169> son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, and Amasa <06021> son <01121> of Hadlai <02311> confronted <06965> those returning <0935> from <04480> the battle <06635>. 28:13 They said <0559> to them, “Don’t <03808> bring <0935> those <03588> captives <07633> here <02008>! Are you <0859> planning on making <0559> us even more <03254> sinful <02403> and guilty <0819> before <05921> the Lord <03068>? Our guilt <0819> is already great <07227> and the Lord is very <02740> angry <0639> at <05921> Israel <03478>.” 28:14 So <05800> the soldiers released <02502> the captives <07633> and the plunder <0961> before <06440> the officials <08269> and the entire <03605> assembly <06951>. 28:15 Men <0376> were assigned <05344> to take <02388> the prisoners <07633> and find clothes <03847> among <04480> the plunder <07998> for those who were naked <04636>. So they clothed <03847> them, supplied them with sandals <05274>, gave them food <0398> and drink <08248>, and provided them with oil to rub <05480> on their skin. They put <05095> the ones <03605> who couldn’t walk <03782> on donkeys <02543>. They brought <0935> them back to their brothers <0251> at Jericho <03405>, the city <05892> of the date <08558> palm trees, and then returned <07725> to Samaria <08111>. 28:16 At that <01931> time <06256> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> asked <07971> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> for help <05826>. 28:17 The Edomites <0130> had again <05750> invaded <0935> and defeated <05221> Judah <03063> and carried off <07617> captives <07628>. 28:18 The Philistines <06430> had raided <06584> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> in the lowlands <08219> and the Negev <05045>. They captured <03920> and settled <03427> in Beth Shemesh <01053>, Aijalon <0357>, Gederoth <01450>, Soco <07755> and its surrounding villages <01323>, Timnah <08553> and its surrounding villages <01323>, and Gimzo <01579> and its surrounding villages <01323>.

• 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

  [isbe] JERICHO - jer'-i-ko (the word occurs in two forms. In the Pentateuch, in 2 Ki 25:5 and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles it is written yerecho; yericho, elsewhere): In 1 Ki 16:34 the final Hebrew letter is he (h), instead of waw...
  [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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Meshillemoth

  [ebd] requitals. (1.) The father of Berechiah (2 Chr. 28:12). (2.) A priest, the son of Immer (Neh. 11:13).
  [isbe] MESHILLEMOTH - me-shil'-e-moth, me-shil'-e-moth (meshillemoth, "recompense"): (1) An Ephraimite ancestor of Berechiah, chief of the tribe, in the reign of Pekah (2 Ch 28:12). (2) The "Meshillemith" of Neh 11:13.
  [smith] (recompense). An Ephraimite, one of the chiefs of the tribe in the reign of Pekah. (2 Chronicles 28:12) The same as MESHILLEMITH. (Nehemiah 11:13)
  [nave] MESHILLEMOTH 1. Father of an Ephraimite who protested against the attempt of the Israelites to enslave their captive brethren, 2 Chr. 28:12, 13. 2. A priest, Neh. 11:13.
  

• Jehizkiah

  [ebd] Jehovah strengthens, one of the chiefs of Ephraim (2 Chr. 28:12).
  [isbe] JEHIZKIAH - je-hiz-ki'-a (yechizqiyahu, "Yah strengthens"): One of the Ephraimite chiefs (2 Ch 28:12) who with Obed are said to have opposed the enslavement of the Judahites taken captive by Pekah in his war against Ahaz (ci...
  [smith] (Jehovah strengthens), son of Shallum, one of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:12) comp. 2Chr 28:8,13,15 (B.C. 738.)
  [nave] JEHIZKIAH, son of Shallum, 2 Chr. 28:12.
  

• 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 ...
  

• Gimzo

  [ebd] a place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda.
  [isbe] GIMZO - gim'-zo (gimzo; Gamzo): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz (2 Ch 28:18). It is the modern Jimzu, a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of ...
  [smith] (fertile in sycamores), a town which with its dependent villages was taken possession of by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:18) The name (Jimzu) still remains attached to a large village between two ...
  [nave] GIMZO, a city of Judah, 2 Chr. 28:18.
  

• Berechiah

  [ebd] blessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17). (2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chr. 28:12). (3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, ...
  [isbe] BERECHIAH - ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:20). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Ch 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Ch 15:17). (3) A f...
  [smith] (blessed of Jehovah). A descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:20) A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:4,30; 6:18) A Levite. (1 C...
  [nave] BERECHIAH 1. Father of Asaph, 1 Chr. 15:17, 23. Called Berachiah, 1 Chr. 6:39. 2. A warrior of Ephraim, 2 Chr. 28:12. 3. A brother of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:20. 4. Son of Asa, 1 Chr. 9:16. 5. Son of Iddo, Zech. 1:1, 7. 6...
  

• 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...
  

• Hadlai

  [ebd] resting, an Ephraimite; the father of Amasa, mentioned in 2 Chr. 28:12.
  [isbe] HADLAI - had'-li, had'-la-i (chadhlay, "resting"): An Ephraimite (2 Ch 28:12), father of Amasa, who was one of the heads of the tribe in the time of Pekah, king of Israel.
  [smith] (rest of God), a man of Ephraim. (2 Chronicles 28:12)
  [nave] HADLAI, an Ephraimite, 2 Chr. 28:12.
  

• Amasa

  [ebd] burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr. 2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (2 Sam. 19:13), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a...
  [isbe] AMASA - a-ma'-sa (`amasa', or read `ammishai, i.e. `am yishai, "people of Jesse"): The form `amasa', is based upon a mistaken etymology (from = `amac "to burden"). (1) According to 2 Sam 17:25, Amasa is the son of Abigail, t...
  [smith] (a burden). Son of Ithra, or Jether, by Abigail, David?s sister. (2 Samuel 17:25) He joined in Absalom?s rebellion, B.C. 1023, was appointed commander-in-chief and suffered defeat by Joab. (2 Samuel 18:6) David, incens...
  [nave] AMASA 1. Nephew of David, 2 Sam. 17:25; 1 Chr. 2:17. Joins Absalom, 2 Sam. 17:25. Returns to David, and is made captain of the army, 2 Sam. 19:13. Slain, 2 Sam. 20:8-12; 1 Kin. 2:5, 32. 2. Son of Hadlai, 2 Chr. 28:12.
  

• Azariah

  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  [nave] AZARIAH 1. Son of Ethan, 1 Chr. 2:8. 2. Son of Jehu, 1 Chr. 2:38, 39. 3. Son of Zadok, 1 Kin. 4:2; perhaps identical with No. 6, below. 4. Captain of Solomon's guards, 1 Kin. 4:5. 5. A prophet, called Oded, 2 Chr. 15:1; ...
  

• 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.
  

• 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:...
  

• 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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