Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing to GOD as his forefather David had done,
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןעשרים
672
שנה
355
אחז
16
במלכו
98
וששעשרה
1181
שנה
355
מלך
90
בירושלם
588
ולאעשה
412
הישר
515
בעיני
142
יהוה
26
כדויד
44
אביו
19
II Chronicles 28:2
Gematria: 2075
וילךבדרכימלכיישראלוגםמסכותעשהלבעלים
but followed the ways of the kings of Israel; he even made molten images for the Baals.
He made offerings in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, in the abhorrent fashion of the nations that GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites.
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והוא
18
הקטיר
324
בגיא
16
בןהנם
147
ויבער
288
אתבניו
469
באש
303
כתעבות
898
הגוים
64
אשר
501
הריש
515
יהוה
26
מפני
180
בני
62
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 28:4
Gematria: 2794
ויזבחויקטרבבמותועלהגבעותותחתכלעץרענן
He sacrificed and made offerings at the shrines, on the hills, and under every leafy tree.
The ETERNAL his God delivered him over to the king of Aram, who defeated him and took many of his men captive, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered over to the king of Israel, who inflicted a great defeat on him.
The Israelites captured 200,000 of their kin—including women, boys, and girls; they also took a large amount of booty from them and brought the booty to Samaria.
A prophet of GOD by the name of Oded was there, who went out to meet the army on its return to Samaria. He said to them, “Because of the fury of the ETERNAL God of your ancestors against Judah, they were delivered over to you, and you killed them in a rage that reached heaven.
Do you now intend to subjugate the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem to be your slaves? As it is, you have nothing but offenses against the ETERNAL your God.
Some of the Ephraimite chiefs—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those returning from the campaign
and said to them, “Do not bring these captives here, for it would mean our offending GOD, adding to our sins and our offenses; for our offense is grave enough, and there is already wrath upon Israel.”
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ויאמרו
263
להם
75
לאתביאו
450
אתהשביה
723
הנה
60
כי
30
לאשמת
771
יהוה
26
עלינו
166
אתם
441
אמרים
291
להסיף
185
עלחטאתנו
574
ועלאשמתנו
903
כירבה
237
אשמה
346
לנו
86
וחרון
270
אף
81
עלישראלס
701
II Chronicles 28:14
Gematria: 2304
ויעזבהחלוץאתהשביהואתהבזהלפניהשריםוכלהקהל
So the soldiers released the captives and the booty in the presence of the officers and all the congregation.
Then the men named above proceeded to take the captives in hand, and with the booty they clothed all the naked among them—they clothed them and shod them and gave them to eat and drink and anointed them and provided donkeys for all who were failing and brought them to Jericho, the city of palms, back to their kin. Then they returned to Samaria.
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ויקמו
162
האנשים
406
אשרנקבו
659
בשמות
748
ויחזיקו
147
בשביה
319
וכלמערמיהם
461
הלבישו
353
מןהשלל
455
וילבשם
388
וינעלום
212
ויאכלום
113
וישקום
462
ויסכום
142
וינהלום
147
בחמרים
300
לכלכושל
436
ויביאום
75
ירחו
224
עירהתמרים
975
אצל
121
אחיהם
64
וישובו
330
שמרוןפ
676
II Chronicles 28:16
Gematria: 1992
בעתההיאשלחהמלךאחזעלמלכיאשורלעזרלו
At that time, King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.
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בעת
472
ההיא
21
שלח
338
המלך
95
אחז
16
עלמלכי
200
אשור
507
לעזר
307
לו
36
II Chronicles 28:17
Gematria: 906
ועודאדומיםבאוויכוביהודהוישבושבי
Again the Edomites came and inflicted a defeat on Judah and took captives.
And the Philistines made forays against the cities of the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah; they seized Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they settled there.
Thus GOD brought Judah low on account of King Ahaz of Israel,aIsrael Some mss. and ancient versions read “Judah.” for he threw off restraint in Judah and trespassed against GOD.
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כיהכניע
185
יהוה
26
אתיהודה
431
בעבור
280
אחז
16
מלךישראל
631
כי
30
הפריע
365
ביהודה
32
ומעול
152
מעל
140
ביהוה
28
II Chronicles 28:20
Gematria: 2486
ויבאעליותלגתפלנאסרמלךאשורויצרלוולאחזקו
Tillegath-pilneser, king of Assyria, marched against him and gave him trouble, instead of supporting him.
sacrificing to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him, for he thought, “The gods of the kings of Aram help them; I shall sacrifice to them and they will help me”; but they were his ruin and that of all Israel.
Ahaz collected the utensils of the House of God, and cut the utensils of the House of God to pieces. He shut the doors of the House of GOD and made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city, in Jerusalem; his body was not brought to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.