2 Chronicles 28:16 KJV
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
Difficult Passages
- Did the king of Assyria help Ahaz?He took Damascus and slew Rezin, as Ahaz asked; but he made Ahaz his vassal, took his treasures, and left him to the Edomites and Philistines: Ahaz was distressed, not strengthened.
Matthew Henry
- The wicked reign of Ahaz in JudahIsrael gained this victory because God was wroth with Judah, and made them the rod of his indignation. He reminds them of their own sins. It ill becomes...
Thompson Chains
- Trust in ManSee the chain from Psalms 118:9 · 8 links
Parallel Passages
- 2 Kings 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 2 Kings 16:5–7 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. …
- Isaiah 7:1–9 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. …
- Isaiah 7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
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Topics
- Alliances Ahaz and Tiglath
- Armies Confederated
- Israel, prophecies concerning Jotham is succeeded by Ahaz
- Zichri 7. An Ephraimite
Kings of Israel & Judah
- AhazKing of Judah · 742–726 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible759–726 BC · Ahaz reigns in Judah; Pekah reigns in Israel
Places
- AssyriaRegion · today Nineveh · Location well established
- Places in 2 Chronicles 28 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- At that time בָּעֵת bāʿēt עֵת Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the הַהִיא hahîʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular · with the
- did king הַמֶּלֶךְ hammelek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular · with the
- Ahaz אָחָז ʾāḥāz אָחָז Proper name
- send שָׁלַח šālaḥ שָׁלַח Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- unto the kings עַל ʿal Preposition מַלְכֵי malkê מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Assyria אַשּׁוּר ʾaššûr אַשּׁוּר Proper name
- to help לַעְזֹר laʿzōr עָזַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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