2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz was twenty when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not do what was right in the Lord's sight as his forefather David had.

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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

2He followed the example of the kings of Israel, and also cast metal idols for worshiping the Baals.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh,

2 Chronicles 27:9Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.

Isaiah 1:1This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Hosea 1:1The Lord sent a message to Hosea son of Beeri at the time when Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was the king of Israel.

Matthew 1:9and Uzziah the father of Jotham; and Jotham the father of Ahaz; and Ahaz the father of 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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