Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Chronicles 28
Albert Barnes Commentary
2 Chronicles 28
Albert Barnes Commentary
2 Chronicles 28
"Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father;" — 2 Chronicles 28:1 (ASV)
This chapter is supplemental in character. The writer seems to assume that the reader is familiar with the narrative in the book of Kings and is mainly concerned with adding points that the author of that account has omitted.
"but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim." — 2 Chronicles 28:2 (ASV)
Images for Baalim - Or, to serve as Baalim, that is, as representatives of the different forms or characters of the chief Phoenician deity.
"Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel." — 2 Chronicles 28:3 (ASV)
Compare the note on 2 Kings 16:3.
"And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree." — 2 Chronicles 28:4 (ASV)
He sacrificed also, and so forth: Compare 2 Kings 16:4.
"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." — 2 Chronicles 28:5 (ASV)
The two battles mentioned here, one with Rezin (king of Syria) and the other with Pekah (king of Israel), are additions to the narrative of the writer of Kings. The events of the Syro-Israelite war were probably spread over several years.
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