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28:20 King <04428> Tiglath-pileser <08407> of Assyria <0804> came <0935>, but he gave <06696> him more trouble <06696> than <03808> support <02388>. 28:21 Ahaz <0271> gathered riches <02505> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and the officials <08269> and gave <05414> them to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, but that did not <03808> help <05833>. 28:22 During his time <06256> of trouble <06887> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> was even more <03254> unfaithful <04603> to the Lord <03068>. 28:23 He offered sacrifices <02076> to the gods <0430> of Damascus <01834> whom he thought had defeated <05221> him. He reasoned <0559>, “Since <03588> the gods <0430> of the kings <04428> of Damascus <0758> helped <05826> them, I will sacrifice <02076> to them so they will help <05826> me.” But they <01992> caused <01961> him and all <03605> Israel <03478> to stumble <03782>. 28:24 Ahaz <0271> gathered <0622> the items <03627> in God’s <0430> temple <01004> and removed <07112> them. He <0430> shut <05462> the doors <01817> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and erected <06213> altars <04196> on every <03605> street corner <06438> in Jerusalem <03389>. 28:25 In every <03605> city <05892> throughout Judah <03063> he set up <06213> high places <01116> to offer sacrifices <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>. He angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of his ancestors <01>. 28:26 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments <01870> from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the Scroll <05612> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>. 28:27 Ahaz <0271> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the City of David <03389> <05892>; they did not <03808> bring <0935> him to the tombs <06913> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. His son <01121> Hezekiah <02396> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 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...
  [smith] (possessor), eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham, reigned 741-726, about sixteen years. At the time of his accession, Rezin king of Damascus and Pekah king of Israel had recently formed a league against Judah, and they proc...
  [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:...
  

• 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...
  

• ODED

  [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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Tiglath-pileser

  [isbe] TIGLATH-PILESER - tig-lath-pi-le-zer tighlath pil'eser, as the name is read in 2 Kings, tilleghath pilnecer, in 2 Chronicles; Septuagint Algathphellasar; Assyrian, Tukulti-abal-i-sarra): King of Assyria in the days of Menahe...
  [nave] TIGLATH-PILESER, called also Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria. Invades Israel; carries part of the people captive to Assyria, 2 Kin. 15:29; 1 Chr. 5:6, 26. Forms an alliance with Ahaz; captures Damascus, 2 Kin. 16:7-10; 2 C...
  

• Idolatry

  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• 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...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Sacrilege

  [nave] SACRILEGE, profaning holy things. Forbidden, Lev. 19:8; 1 Cor. 3:17; Tit. 1:11; 1 Pet. 5:2. Instances of Esau sells his birthright, Gen. 25:33. Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire, Lev. 10:1-7; Num. 3:4. Of Uzzah, 2 Sam. 6...
  

• Book

  [nave] BOOK Genealogies kept in, Gen. 5:1. Law of Moses written in, Num. 5:23; Deut. 17:18; 31:9, 24, 26; 2 Kin. 22:8. Topography of Palestine, recorded in, Josh. 18:9. Chronicles of the times kept in: By Jasher, Josh. 10:13; 2 ...
  

• TILGATHPILNESER

  [smith] a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6,26; 2 Chronicles 28:20)
  

• GODS

  [isbe] GODS - ('elohim; theoi): I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. Superhuman Beings (God and Angels) 2. Judges, Rulers 3. Gods of the Nations 4. Superiority of Yahweh to Other Gods 5. Regulations Regarding the Gods of the Nations 6. Israe...
  

• ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 1

  [isbe] ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 1 - || I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL II. HISTORICAL OUTLINE 1. Pre-Mosaic Religion of the Ancestors of Israel (1) The Traditional View (2) The Modern View (3) A High...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• Alliances

  [nave] ALLIANCES. Political With idolaters forbidden, Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-15; Deut. 7:2; Judg. 2:2; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:37; Isa. 30:2; 31:1; Hos. 4:17; 5:13; 12:1; Ezek. 17:15. Ratification of: By oaths, Gen. 21:23; 26:28-31; Josh....
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• The Unfaithfulness and Punishment of Ahaz

  

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