Introduction
Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham, and reigns wickedly for sixteen years, Ch2 28:1. He restores idolatry in its grossest forms, Ch2 28:2-4; and is delivered Into the hands of the kings of Israel and Syria, Ch2 28:5. Pekah slays one hundred and twenty thousand Jews in one day, and carries away captive two hundred thousand of the people, whom, at the instance of Oded the prophet, they restore to liberty, and send home, clothed and fed, Ch2 28:6-15. Ahaz sends to the king of Assyria for help against the Edomites, Philistines, etc., from whom he receives no effectual succor, Ch2 28:16-21. He sins yet more, spoils and shuts up the temple of God, and propagates idolatry throughout the land, Ch2 28:22-25. A reference to has acts, his death, and burial, Ch2 28:26, Ch2 28:27.
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Introduction
AHAZ, REIGNING WICKEDLY, IS AFFLICTED BY THE SYRIANS. (2Ch. 28:1-21)
Ahaz was twenty years old--(See on Kg2 16:1-4). 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.
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the men which were expressed by name rose up--These were either the "heads of the children of Ephraim" (mentioned Ch2 28:12), or some other leading individuals chosen for the benevolent office. Under their kindly superintendence, the prisoners were not only released, but out of the spoils were comfortably relieved with food and clothing, and conveyed as far as Jericho on their way back to their own homes. This is a beautiful incident, and full of interest, as showing that even at this period of national decline, there were not a few who steadfastly adhered to the law of God.
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