Passage Research
2 Chronicles 28 — Sermon Preparation
Ahaz promotes idolatry and is successively attacked by Aram and Israel; he seeks Assyrian help rather than God's, deepening Judah's distress. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 450 / 191
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 28 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָחָז | ʼÂchâz | H271 | 7 | Achaz |
| יְהוּדָה | Yᵉhûwdâh | H3063 | 9 | Jehudah |
| שִׁבְיָה | shibyâh | H7633 | 5 | exile |
| אַשְׁמָה | ʼashmâh | H819 | 4 | guiltiness, fault |
| שָׁבָה | shâbâh | H7617 | 4 | transport into captivity |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 5 | city, waking |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 5 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“COSTLY AND FATAL HELP He sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.'--2 CHRON. xxviii. 23. Ahaz came to the throne when a youth of twenty. From the beginning he reversed the policy of his father, and threw himself into the arms of the heathen party. In a comparatively short reign of sixteen years he stamped out the worship of God, and nearly ruined the kingdom. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of the Holy Scriptures: Second Kings from Chap., on 2 Chronicles 28:23–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 28:1
- City of Palms 1— 2 Chr 28:15
- Jericho 1— 2 Chr 28:15
- Samaria 1— 2 Chr 28:15
- Assyria— 2 Chr 28:16
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