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2 Chronicles 28:22

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And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles 28:22 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
  • BSB In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  • NKJV Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the Lord. This is that King Ahaz.
  • NASB Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.
  • NLT Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.

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Quick answer

In his distress Ahaz trespasses against the LORD even more. Affliction hardens rather than humbles this faithless king.

Overview

Rather than repenting under God's discipline, Ahaz responds to his troubles with deeper rebellion, the very opposite of how the godly respond to chastening. The Chronicler highlights the tragedy of a heart that grows harder under judgment. This hardening shows the deadly nature of unbelief and underscores the need for the new heart God gives through the gospel of Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Isa 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
  • Ezek 21:13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 5:3O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
  • Hos 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
  • Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Rev 16:9–11And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
  • 2 Chr 33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • Esth 7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

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And in the timeעֵתof his distressצָרַרdid he trespassמָעַלyet moreיָסַףagainst the LORDיְהֹוָהthis is that kingמֶלֶךְAhazאָחָז
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