2 Chronicles 28:16-27

Judah Defeated

16 u At that time King Ahaz sent to the king 1 of Assyria for help. 17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives. 18 v And the Philistines had made raids on w the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco x with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there. 19 For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made y Judah act sinfully 2 and had been very unfaithful to the Lord. 20 So z Tiglath-pileser 3 king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 a For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

Ahaz's Idolatry

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord - this same King Ahaz. 23 For b he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, c "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and d cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made himself e altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 In every city of Judah he made high places to f make offerings to other gods, provoking to anger the Lord, the God of his fathers. 26 g Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for h they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:7 - 8
    So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:27
    Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and diminished your allotted portion and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
    Ezekiel 16:57
    Before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 15:33 - 36
    And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 21:25
    And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
  5. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 21:2
    He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:29
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
    2 Kings 16:7
    So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:8 - 9
    Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:14
    After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:17 - 18
    But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:17
    And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands and removed the basin from them, and he took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pedestal.
  11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 30:14
    They set to work and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for burning incense they took away and threw into the Kidron Valley.
  12. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 28:3
    And he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
  13. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 28:26 - 27
    Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
    2 Kings 16:19 - 20
    Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  14. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 21:20
    He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
    2 Chronicles 24:25
    When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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