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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 28

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2 Chronicles 28 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Chronicles 28 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 28 of 2 Chronicles—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and 2he did not do right in the sight of the LORD as David his father had done.
  2. 3But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also 4made molten images for the Baals.
  3. Moreover, 5he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and 6burned his sons in fire, 7according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
  4. He sacrificed and 8burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree.
  5. ¶ Wherefore, 9the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they [a]defeated him and carried away from him a great number of captives and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who [b]inflicted him with heavy casualties.
  6. For 10Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,000 in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
  7. And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king.
  8. 11The sons of Israel carried away captive of 12their brethren 200,000 women, sons and daughters; and they [c]took also a great deal of spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
  9. But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and 13he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, 14was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage 15which has even reached heaven.
  10. Now you are proposing to 16subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the LORD your God?
  11. Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives 17whom you captured from your brothers, 18for the burning anger of the LORD is against you.”
  12. Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim—Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—arose against those who were coming from the battle,
  13. and said to them, “You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring upon us guilt against the LORD adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great so that His burning anger is against Israel.”
  14. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly.
  15. Then 19the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and 20gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, 21the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.
  16. 22At that time King Ahaz sent to the [d]kings of Assyria for help.
  17. 23For again the Edomites had come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
  18. 24The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the [e]lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.
  19. For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of 25Israel, for he had brought about a lack of restraint in Judah and was very unfaithful to the LORD.
  20. So 26Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.
  21. 27Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
  22. ¶ Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz 28became yet more unfaithful to the LORD.
  23. 29For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had [f]defeated him, and said, “30Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they became the [g]downfall of him and all Israel.
  24. Moreover, when Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, he 31cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he 32closed the doors of the house of the LORD and 33made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.
  25. In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers, to anger.
  26. 34Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  27. 35So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of 36Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit smote
  2. ^ Lit smote him with a great smiting
  3. ^ Lit plundered
  4. ^ Ancient versions read king
  5. ^ Heb shephelah
  6. ^ Lit smitten
  7. ^ Lit stumbling

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 16:2-4
  2. ^ 2Ch 27:2
  3. ^ 2Ch 22:3
  4. ^ Ex 34:17
  5. ^ Jos 15:8
  6. ^ Le 18:21; 2Ch 33:6
  7. ^ 2Ch 33:2
  8. ^ 2Ch 28:25
  9. ^ 2Ki 16:5; 2Ch 24:24; Is 7:1
  10. ^ 2Ki 16:5
  11. ^ De 28:25, 41
  12. ^ 2Ch 11:4
  13. ^ 2Ch 25:15
  14. ^ Is 47:6
  15. ^ Ezr 9:6; Re 18:5
  16. ^ Le 25:39
  17. ^ 2Ch 28:8
  18. ^ Jm 2:13
  19. ^ 2Ch 28:12
  20. ^ 2Ki 6:22; Pr 25:21, 22
  21. ^ De 34:3
  22. ^ 2Ki 16:7
  23. ^ Ob 10, 14
  24. ^ Eze 16:57
  25. ^ 2Ch 21:2
  26. ^ 1Ch 5:26
  27. ^ 2Ki 16:8, 9
  28. ^ Is 1:5; Je 5:3; Re 16:11
  29. ^ 2Ch 25:14
  30. ^ Je 44:17, 18
  31. ^ 2Ki 16:17
  32. ^ 2Ch 29:7
  33. ^ 2Ch 30:14; 33:3-5
  34. ^ 2Ki 16:19, 20
  35. ^ 2Ki 16:20; 2Ch 24:25; Is 14:28
  36. ^ 2Ch 21:2

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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