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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 2 Chronicles 28:21

19The Lord was humbling Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah, for he had encouraged his people to sin and had been utterly unfaithful to the Lord. 20So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him. 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. 22Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord. 23He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, for he said, “Since these gods helped the kings of Aram, they will help me, too, if I sacrifice to them.” But instead, they led to his ruin and the ruin of all Judah.

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 King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
• 2 Kings 18:15To gather this amount, King Hezekiah used all the silver stored in the Temple of the Lord and in the palace treasury.
• Proverbs 20:25Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost.

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