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28:1–27 Ahaz. The account of Ahaz’s reign (735–715 b.c.) shows how his spiritual unfaithfulness brought Judah to ruin. Yet the dark picture of Judah’s decline is lessened somewhat by its northern kinsmen, who respond to the prophetic word (vv. 8–15). Although the Chronicler does not mention it here, the northern kingdom fell to Assyria in 722 b.c., during the reign of Ahaz in the south (see 2 Kings 17:6).
2 Chron. 28:1 he did not do what was right. See note on 2 Kings 16:1–4.
2 Chron. 28:2 metal images for the Baals. Baal worship was especially associated with Ahab’s dynasty (1 Kings 16:31).
2 Chron. 28:3 Valley of the Son of Hinnom. See 33:6 and Jer. 7:31. The Canaanite practice of child sacrifice is strongly condemned in Lev. 20:1–5.
2 Chron. 28:5–7 See 2 Kings 16:5–7 and Isa. 7:1–6. The attacks by Syria and Israel were acts of divine judgment. The captives taken to Damascus were a sign of the coming exile (2 Chron. 36:20).
2 Chron. 28:8–15 Just as Syria has done (v. 5), Israel takes captives with the intention of enslaving them. The intervention by Oded indicates that the northern tribes still belong to “the Israel of God,” even though they are “in rebellion against the house of David” (10:19). The northern and southern tribes are relatives, and both have caused God’s anger by their unfaithfulness (28:9, 11). Both sides need to repent, which the leaders of Ephraim demonstrate.
2 Chron. 28:16–21 Ahaz appeals to Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria, rather than God, for help against the Edomites and Philistines, who were invading Judah’s southern borders (see 2 Kings 16:6–7a). This decision misfired. Although Judah received relief from its enemies (including the Syro-Ephraimite coalition, 2 Kings 16:9), it would be controlled by Assyria for 30 years (see Isa. 7:17; 8:7–8).
2 Chron. 28:22–27 Compare 2 Kings 16:10–18. Judah reaches its lowest point before the exile when Ahaz desecrates the temple and discourages faithful worship (2 Chron. 28:24; see 29:7; 18–19). Although this will be reversed somewhat by the reforming kings Hezekiah (chs. 29–32) and Josiah (chs. 34–35), Judah is headed for destruction and exile (see 28:5).
2 Chron. 28:26 On the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel, see note on 1 Kings 14:19.
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