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Text -- 2 Chronicles 28:1-19 (NET)
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Ahaz’s Reign
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem . He did not do what pleased the Lord , in contrast to his ancestor David .
28:2 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel ; he also made images of the Baals .
28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire , a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites .
28:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places , on the hills , and under every green tree .
28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria . The Syrians defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus . He was also handed over to the king of Israel , who thoroughly defeated him.
28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah , because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors .
28:7 Zikri , an Ephraimite warrior , killed the king’s son Maaseiah , Azrikam , the supervisor of the palace , and Elkanah , the king’s second-in-command .
28:8 The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives , sons , and daughters . They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria .
28:9 Oded , a prophet of the Lord , was there . He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look , because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice .
28:10 And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem . Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God ?
28:11 Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers , for the Lord is very angry at you!”
28:12 So some of the Ephraimite family leaders , Azariah son of Jehochanan , Berechiah son of Meshillemoth , Jechizkiah son of Shallum , and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted those returning from the battle .
28:13 They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here ! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord ? Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel .”
28:14 So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly .
28:15 Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked . So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals , gave them food and drink , and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn’t walk on donkeys . They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho , the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria .
28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help .
28:17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives .
28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands and the Negev . They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh , Aijalon , Gederoth , Soco and its surrounding villages , Timnah and its surrounding villages , and Gimzo and its surrounding villages .
28:19 The Lord humiliated Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel , for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very unfaithful to the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Ahaz |
Oded |
SAMARIA, CITY OF |
Israel |
Pekah |
Jericho |
Repentance |
Captive |
Meshillemoth |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
Rulers |
Maaseiah |
Afflictions and Adversities |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
Berechiah |
Amasa |
Hadlai |
Gimzo |
Jehizkiah |
Gederoth |
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NET Notes -> 2Ch 28:1; 2Ch 28:1; 2Ch 28:2; 2Ch 28:3; 2Ch 28:3; 2Ch 28:5; 2Ch 28:5; 2Ch 28:5; 2Ch 28:6; 2Ch 28:8; 2Ch 28:8; 2Ch 28:9; 2Ch 28:10; 2Ch 28:10; 2Ch 28:10; 2Ch 28:11; 2Ch 28:12; 2Ch 28:12; 2Ch 28:13; 2Ch 28:13; 2Ch 28:15; 2Ch 28:15; 2Ch 28:15; 2Ch 28:15; 2Ch 28:16; 2Ch 28:18; 2Ch 28:19; 2Ch 28:19; 2Ch 28:19
NET Notes: 2Ch 28:1 Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”
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NET Notes: 2Ch 28:16 Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular i...
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