2 Chronicles 28:5
in 2 Chronicles 28So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
BSB
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ASV
Wherefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
KJV
Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The two battles here mentioned, one with Rezin (king of Syria), and the other with Pekah (king of Israel) are additions to the narrative of the writer of Kings (marginal reference “g”). The events of the Syro-Israelite war were probably spread over several years.
This site's exposition
under every green tree
on 2 Chronicles 28:4-6
The high places, hills and green trees of verse 4 spread the idolatry across the land before the military disasters begin. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel both defeat Ahaz in verses 5 and 6, and Chronicles supplies the casualty count Kings never gives, a hundred and twenty thousand valiant men slain by Pekah in one day. The narrator states the cause plainly, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers, so the reader is not left to guess why a two-front defeat fell on a king 2 Kings 16 sums up in one clause about a failed siege.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Never was such bloody work made among them since they were a kingdom, and by Israelites too. Ahaz walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and the king of Israel was the instrument God made use of for his punishment. It is just with God to make those our plagues whom we make our patterns or make ourselves partners with in sin.
Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria,.... Whose name was Rezin, 2Ki 16:5, though that is an after expedition to this, which is there related.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria - For the better understanding of these passages, the reader is requested to refer to what has been advanced in the notes on the sixteenth chapter of 2Ki 16:5, etc.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּ | vaiyitenehu | and he gave him | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהָיו֮ | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּיַ֣ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָם֒ | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וַיַּ֨כּוּ־ | vaiyaku- | and they defeated | H5221 → | 499 times |
| ב֔וֹ | vo | <in> him | ||
| וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּ | vaiyishbu | and they took captive | H7617 → | 47 times |
| מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ | mimenu | from him | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| שִׁבְיָ֣ה | shivyah | a group of captives | H7633 → | 9 times |
| גְדוֹלָ֔ה | gedolah | large | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ | vaiyaviu | and they brought [them] | H935 → | 2568 times |
| דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק | darmasek | Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
| וְ֠גַם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֶ֤לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| נִתָּ֔ן | nitan | he was given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| וַיַּךְ־ | vaiyakh- | and he defeated | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | <in> him | ||
| מַכָּ֥ה | makah | a defeat | H4347 → | 48 times |
| גְדוֹלָֽה׃ ס | gedolah | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּand he gave him
vaiyitenehuH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהָיו֮God his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
בְּיַ֣דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אֲרָם֒Aram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וַיַּ֨כּוּ־and they defeated
vaiyaku-H5221 →499 times
ב֔וֹ<in> him
vo
וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּand they took captive
vaiyishbuH7617 →47 times
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙from him
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
שִׁבְיָ֣הa group of captives
shivyahH7633 →9 times
גְדוֹלָ֔הlarge
gedolahH1419 →526 times
וַיָּבִ֖יאוּand they brought [them]
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂקDamascus
darmasekH1834 →45 times
וְ֠גַםand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
נִתָּ֔ןhe was given
nitanH5414 →2011 times
וַיַּךְ־and he defeated
vaiyakh-H5221 →499 times
בּ֖וֹ<in> him
bo
מַכָּ֥הa defeat
makahH4347 →48 times
גְדוֹלָֽה׃ סgreat
gedolahH1419 →526 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
Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:20
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Psalms 106:40–42
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.…
- Joshua 7:12–13
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be…
- 2 Kings 17:20
Through
Isaiah 7:1Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:37
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
- 2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:37
Through
2 Chronicles 24:24Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 22:8
So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
- 2 Chronicles 22:8
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
