2 Chronicles 28:1

Achaz was five and 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 sight of the Lord, as David his father.

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In The King James Version

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

2But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:13Achaz his son, Ezekias his son, Manasses his son,

2 Chronicles 27:9And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 1:1The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned over Judea.

Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.

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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