2 Chronicles 28:24

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ahaz	אָחָ֜ז 'a.Chaz	H271	Achaz · proper noun, a man's name
together	וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף vai.ye.'e.Sof	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
vessels	כְּלֵ֣י ke.Lei	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct
house	בֵית veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
pieces	וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ vay.ka.Tzetz	H7112	to chop off (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
vessels	כְּלֵ֣י ke.Lei	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct
house	בֵית veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	וַיִּסְגֹּ֖ר vai.yis.Gor	H5462	to shut up · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
doors	דַּלְת֣וֹת dal.Tot	H1817	something swinging · noun, common feminine plural construct
house	בֵּית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
made	וַיַּ֨עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altars	מִזְבְּח֛וֹת miz.be.Chot	H4196	an altar · noun, common feminine plural absolute
corner	פִּנָּ֖ה pi.Nah	H6438	an angle · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy pl…
2 Kings 16:17-18 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that wer…
2 Chronicles 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook…
2 Chronicles 33:3-5 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worsh…
2 Kings 25:13-17 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Ch…
2 Chronicles 29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
Jeremiah 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the numb…
Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:16–end

Here is, I. The great distress which the kingdom of Ahaz was reduced to for his sin. In general, 1. The Lord brought Judah low, Ch2 28:19. They had lately been very high in wealth and power; but God found means to bring them down, and make them as despicable as they had been formidable. Those that will not humble themselves under the word of God will justly be humbled by his judgments. Iniquity brings men low, Psa 106:43. 2. Ahaz made Judah naked. As his sin debased them, so it exposed them. It made them naked to their shame; for it exposed them to contempt, as a man unclothed. It made them naked to their danger; for it exposed them to assaults, as a man unarmed, Exo 32:25. Sin strips men. I…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:22

HIS IDOLATRY IN HIS DISTRESS. (Ch2 28:22-27) in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord--This infatuated king surrendered himself to the influence of idolatry and exerted his royal authority to extend it, with the intensity of a passion--with the ignorance and servile fear of a heathen (Ch2 28:23) and a ruthless defiance of God (see on Kg2 16:10-20). Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 29

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 28:24

Shut up the doors - He caused the Divine worship to be totally suspended; and they continued shut till the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah, one of whose first acts was to reopen them, and thus to restore the Divine worship, Ch2 29:3.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 28:24

And gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God,.... And converted them to his own use, sold them, or melted the gold and silver, of which they were, and made money of them, his treasures being exhausted: and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord: that the people might not come and worship there, but on the high places he made: and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem; that the priests might sacrifice there, and not in the temple.

Dictionary and topics

Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Ahaz · .Idolatrous abominations of — .Idolatrous abominations of
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Ahaz — Who reigned over Judah: Ahaz
Sacrilege · .Of Ahaz — .Of Ahaz

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 28:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 28:24

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 28:24

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 28:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 28:24

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 28:24

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 28:22-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 28:24-25

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 28:24