2 Chronicles 28:1
in 2 Chronicles 28Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
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ASV
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father;
KJV
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAhaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,.... These verses are much the same with 2Ki 16:2, only in 2Ch 28:2 it is said, he made also molten images for Baalim; the several Baals or idols of the nations round about, as well as served Jeroboam's calves; see Jdg 2:11, and he is said in 2Ch 28:3, to burn incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom; to Molech, the god of the Ammonites, who was worshipped there. See Gill on 2Ki 16:2, 2Ki 16:3, 2Ki 16:4.
This site's exposition
unlike David his father
on 2 Chronicles 28:1-3
Verse 1 measures Ahaz against David his father and says he “did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD”. Verse 2 adds “cast images of the Baals”, and verse 3 has him sacrifice “his sons in the fire”, plural, in the Valley of Hinnom, where 2 Kings 16:3 names one son. Chronicles builds its catalogue past the Kings account, naming the valley Josiah will later defile in 2 Kings 23:10.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), nay, he did a great deal that was wrong, a wrong to God, to his own soul, and to his people; he walked in the way of the revolted Israelites and the devoted Canaanites, made molten images and worshipped them, contrary to the second commandment; nay, he made them for Baalim, contrary to the first commandment.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This chapter is supplemental in character, The writer seems to assume that the narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is known, and is mainly anxious to add points which the author of that narrative has omitted.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This prince, discarding the principles and example of his excellent father, early betrayed a strong bias to idolatry. He ruled with an arbitrary and absolute authority, and not as a theocratic sovereign: he not only forsook the temple of God, but embraced first the symbolic worship established in the sister kingdom, and afterwards the gross idolatry practised by the Canaanites.
Ahaz was twenty years old - For the difficulties in this chronology, see the notes on 2Ki 16:2 (note).
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אָחָ֣ז | ʾachaz | Ahaz | H271 → | 42 times |
| בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | bemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וְשֵׁשׁ־ | veshesh- | and six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עָשָׂ֧ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֛ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּדָוִ֥יד | kedavid | like David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִֽיו׃ | ʾaviv | ancestor his | H1 → | 1212 times |
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
אָחָ֣זAhaz
ʾachazH271 →42 times
בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he
bemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וְשֵׁשׁ־and six-
veshesh-H8337 →216 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
עָשָׂ֧הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֛רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּדָוִ֥ידlike David
kedavidH1732 →999 times
אָבִֽיו׃ancestor his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 17:3Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 22:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- 2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Genesis 39:2–3
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- Genesis 39:21
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- 2 Kings 22:2
Through
Micah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a…
- Isaiah 1:1
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Jeremiah 26:18
Through
1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 18:1
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 18:1
About 2 Chronicles
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.