The submission of Judah, which Ahaz offered, was of the utmost importance for any plans of Egyptian conquest. Naturally, Damascus was the first tar…

Went up against Damascus, and took it. — We learn from the inscriptions that Damascus stood a two years’ siege. (The Epon…

And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him
Complied with his request:

for the king of Syria went …

Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them will go anywhere in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own …