2 Chronicles 28:22
20 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
21 Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
23 Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
24 Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
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Compare
- BSB
- In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- KJV
- And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
- WEB
- In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
- ASV
- And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
- DARBY
- And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
- BLB
- And in the time of distress to him he added to act faithlessly against YHWH (this [was] King Ahaz).
- ÅB
- Og på den tid han var stedt i nød, bar han seg enda mere troløst at mot Herren - han, kong Ahas;
- OTB
- Nå i hans nød ble denne samme kong Akas enda mer utro mot Herren.
- B1930
- Og på den tid han var stedt i nød, bar han sig ennu mere troløst at mot Herren - han, kong Akas;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:13
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Read in contextHosea 5:15
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Read in contextPsalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:12
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Read in contextRevelation 16:9–11
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
Read in contextPsalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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