2 Chronicles 28:21
For Ahaz plundered the house of Yahweh and the houses of the king and the leaders, to give the valuable things to the kings of Assyria. But doing this did not benefit him.
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20Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came to him and troubled him instead of strengthening him.
22This same King Ahaz sinned even more against Yahweh in his time of suffering.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:15So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king's palace.
2 Chronicles 16:2Then Asa brought the silver and gold out of the storerooms in the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent it to Ben Hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus. He said,
Proverbs 25:19An unfaithful man in whom you trust in a time of trouble 1 is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. 1
Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, 1 and Judah saw his wound, 1 then Ephraim went to Assyria, 1 and Judah sent messengers to the great king. 1 But he was not able to cure you people 1 or heal your wound. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:17-27
The Death of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Judah low because of… Read the whole commentary →