2 Chronicles 28:19
in 2 Chronicles 28For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
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ASV
For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against Jehovah.
KJV
For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ahaz king of Israel - An instance of the lax use of the word “Israel” 2Ch 12:6; 2Ch 21:2. It is simply equivalent to “king of Judah.” He made Judah naked - literally, “he had caused licentiousness in Judah” - i. e. he had allowed Judah to break loose from all restraints of true religion, and to turn to any idolatry that they preferred 2Ch 28:2-4. In this and in the following expression there is implied an apostasy resembling the unfaithfulness of a wife.
This site's exposition
he made Judah naked
Verse 19 supplies the verdict the list of disasters has been building toward: the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz, for he made Judah naked. Albert Barnes reads the phrase as covenant language, a licentiousness that breaks a marriage bond, the same figure Israel's prophets use for idolatry. The verse credits every defeat since verse 5 to one cause rather than to bad luck or weak armies.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel,....
Those that will not humble themselves under the word of God will justly be humbled by his judgments. Iniquity brings men low, Ps. cvi. As his sin debased them, so it exposed them.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And Philistines raided the cities of the lowlands and the southland which was opposite them, as it is written about the Philistines, (Zeph.:5): “the inhabitants of the seacoast.”
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
came upon him for he had sent after him to aid him, as is written in II Kings (16:7): “And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pilneser.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִכְנִ֤יעַ | hikhnia' | he had humbled | H3665 → | 36 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בַּעֲב֖וּר | baavur | forsake of | H5668 → | |
| אָחָ֣ז | ʾachaz | Ahaz | H271 → | 42 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִפְרִ֙יעַ֙ | hifria' | he had allowed lack of restraint | H6544 → | |
| בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה | bihudah | in Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּמָע֥וֹל | umaol | and he had acted unfaithfully | H4603 → | 36 times |
| מַ֖עַל | maal | unfaithfulness | H4603 → | 36 times |
| בַּיהוָֽה׃ | bayahweh | against Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הִכְנִ֤יעַhe had humbled
hikhnia'H3665 →36 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בַּעֲב֖וּרforsake of
baavurH5668 →
אָחָ֣זAhaz
ʾachazH271 →42 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִפְרִ֙יעַ֙he had allowed lack of restraint
hifria'H6544 →
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔הin Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
וּמָע֥וֹלand he had acted unfaithfully
umaolH4603 →36 times
מַ֖עַלunfaithfulness
maalH4603 →36 times
בַּיהוָֽה׃against Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 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
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Matthew 24:42–43
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to…
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
- Revelation 3:3–4
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
Through
Genesis 3:11“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
it leads to
- Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- Genesis 4:10
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Romans 3:20
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.