2 Chronicles 28:21

2 Chronicles 28:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
• New International Version (NIV)Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the Lord, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Ahaz took valuable items from the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him.

Context of 2 Chronicles 28:21

19For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully and had been very unfaithful to the Lord. 20So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him. 22In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz. 23For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:21 word by word

כִּֽי־חָלַ֤ק אָחָז֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים וַיִּתֵּן֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְלֹ֥א לְעֶזְרָ֖ה לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For Ahazאָחָז'âchâz · AhazH271
• took away a portionחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and of the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• and gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• but he helpedעֶזְרָה‛ezrâh ‛ezrâth · helpH5833

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:21

• 2 Chronicles 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made,
• 2 Kings 18:15And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
• Proverbs 20:25It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21But he helped him not - He did him no ultimate service. See the note on 2 Kings 16:9. After 2 Kings 16:15, the 23d, 24th, and 25th verses are introduced before the 16th, in the Syriac and Arabic, and the 22d verse is wholly wanting in both, though some of the expressions may be found in the twenty-first verse.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-212Ch 28:1-21. Ahaz, Reigning Wickedly, Is Afflicted by the Syrians. 1-4. Ahaz was twenty years old--(See on 2Ki 16:1-4). This prince, discarding the principles and example of his excellent father, early betrayed a strong bias to idolatry. He ruled with an arbitrary and absolute authority, and not as a theocratic sovereign: he not only forsook the temple of God, but embraced first the symbolic worship established in the sister kingdom, and afterwards the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 28:21

• Ahaz
• Alliances
• Tiglath-Pileser

In the dictionaries

• Ahaz
• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Offend
• Reach
• Ruin
• Trespass
• Hezekiah (2)
• Oded
• Samaria, City of

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings