2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what is right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David did.

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Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

In Context

2Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he also cast statues for the Baals.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:13conceived Ahaz, the father of Hezekiah, from whom was born Manasseh.

2 Chronicles 27:9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And his son, Ahaz, reigned in his place.

Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Joatham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Matthew 1:9And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:1

This chapter is the history of the reign of Ahaz the son of Jotham; a bad reign it was, and which helped to augment the fierce anger of the Lord. We have here, I. His great wickedness, ver. 1-4 . II. The trouble he brought himself into by it, ver. 5-8 . III. The reproof which God sent by a prophet to the army of Israel for trampling upon their brethren of Judah, and the obedient ear they gave to that reproof, ver. 9-15 . IV. The many calamities that followed to Ahaz and his people, ver. 16-21 . V. The continuance… Read the whole commentary →

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