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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>. 28:19 The Lord <03068> humiliated <03665> Judah <03063> because <05668> of King <04428> Ahaz <0271> of Israel <03478>, for <03588> he encouraged <06544> Judah <03063> to sin and was very unfaithful <04604> <04603> to the Lord <03068>.

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• HEZEKIAH (2)

  [isbe] HEZEKIAH (2) - (chizqiyah, "Yahweh has strengthened"; also written chizqiyahu, "Yah has strengthened him"; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of Judah; reigned (according to the most self-consistent chronology) from...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• Gederoth

  [isbe] GEDEROTH - ged'-e-roth, ge-de'-roth (gedheroth): A town in the Shephelah of Judah, named with Kithlish, Beth-dagon, Naamah and Makkedah (Josh 15:41). It is mentioned along with Bethshemesh and Aijalon as taken by the Philist...
  [smith] (sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 15:41; 2 Chronicles 28:18)
  [nave] GEDEROTH, a city in plain of Judah, Josh. 15:41; 2 Chr. 28:18.
  

• The Unfaithfulness and Punishment of Ahaz

  

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