2 Chronicles 28:16-23
King ..... king <04428> [did king.]
King ..... king <04428> [the kings.]
Instead of {malchey,} "kings," the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, one MS., and the parallel place, have {mailech}, "king."
Edomites <0130> [the Edomites.]
captives <07628> [captives. Heb. a captivity.]
Philistines <06430> [Philistines.]
Beth Shemesh <01053> [Beth-shemesh.]
Aijalon <0357> [Ajalon.]
[Aijalon. Gederoth.]
Soco <07755> [Shocho.]
[Socoh. Timnah.]
[Timnath.]
Lord ...................... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Ahaz <0271> [because of Ahaz.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Judah .......... encouraged Judah <03063 06544> [made Judah.]
Tiglath-pileser <08407> [A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. Tilgath-pilneser.]
[Tiglath-pileser.]
support <06696 02388> [distressed him.]
riches <02505> [took away.]
time <06256> [in the.]
King <04428> [this is.]
offered sacrifices ........................... sacrifice <02076> [For he sacrificed.]
This passage, says Mr. Hallet, greatly surprised me; for the sacred historian is here represented as saying, "The gods of Damascus had smitten Ahaz." But it is impossible to suppose that an inspired author should say this; for the Scripture every where represents the heathen idols as nothing and vanity, and as incapable of doing either good or hurt. All difficulty is avoided if we follow the old Hebrew copies, from which the Greek translation was made: "And king Ahaz said, I will seek to the gods of Damascus which have smitten me."
Damascus <01834> [Damascus. Heb. Darmesek. Because the gods.]
offered sacrifices ....................... helped ..... sacrifice ....... help <02076 05826> [sacrifice to them.]
stumble <03782> [But they were.]
