2 Kings 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. ”

2 Kings 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ahaz was threatened on all sides, on the north by Rezin and Pekah; on the southeast by Edom 2 Chronicles 28:17 ; and on the southwest by the Philistines 2 Chronicles 28:18 . To these external dan...
2 Kings 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So Ahaz sent (e) messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Is...
2 Kings 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16. Reign of Ahaz. This chapter is assigned to different sources, and deals mainly with the king's alteration of the Temple, though it alludes to his apostasy and his wars. The Temple recor...
2 Kings 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent messengers. This was opposed by Isaiah ( 2 Kings 7:17 ). Compare Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 7:11 ; Hosea 7:12 ; Hosea 8:9 ; Hosea 11:5 . Tiglath-pileser is the "razor" of Isaiah 7:20 .
2 Kings 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel...
2 Kings 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Isr...
2 Kings 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ahaz and Assyria This chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and the overthrow of Damascus by the king of Assyria....
2 Kings 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So Ahaz sent messengers. — See Notes on 2 Chronicles 28:16 ; 2 Chronicles 28:20 . Which rise up against me. — Or, which are assailing me. “The vain confidence of the rulers of Judah, describ...
2 Kings 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ 2 Kings 16:1-18 "For when we in our wickedness grow hard, Oh the misery on't! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our...
2 Kings 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Help from Wrong Sources 2 Kings 16:1-9 Ahaz was one of the most wicked kings of Judah. He not only passed his children through the lines of fire, but seems to have burned some of them,...
2 Kings 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps the sin of Judah had its most awful expression during the reign of Ahaz. The king first sought help from the Assyrians under Tiglathpileser in his time of difficulty, and this was by delibera...
2 Kings 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The prophet Isaiah, hath given us an account of this transaction in the 7th chapter of his prophecy. The Reader will do well, therefore, to consult the passage in Isaiah's writings. But what I would...
2 Kings 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria ,.... Of whom see 2 Kings 15:29 saying, [I am] thy servant, and thy son ; signifying, that he would be his vassal, and become tributary...
2 Kings 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel...
2 Kings 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser Having forsaken God, he had neither courage nor strength to make head against his enemies, and therefore made his court to the king of Assyria, and endeav...
2 Kings 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WICKEDNESS OF AHAZ (vv.1-4). Ahaz stands in startling contrast to his father. His mother's name is not mentioned, perhaps because she was not worth mentioning. Ahaz was 20 years old when he...
2 Kings 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria rec...
2 Kings 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am thy servant and thy son; I yield myself to thee, as thy vassal, to serve and obey thee, and pay thee tribute, upon condition thou dost assist me against my enemies. Out of the hand of the kin...
2 Kings 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Ahaz King Of Judah c. 732/1-716/15 BC. Co-regent from 744/43 BC. Ahaz came to the throne of Judah as sole ruler at a crucial time in Judah's history. Never before in that history had...
2 Kings 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF AHAZ IN JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 16:2 . Twenty years old was Ahab when, &c.—The Sept. MS. of the Vatican, and other MSS., give “ twenty-five ” in the c...
2 Kings 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:3 . Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. It appears from the poets that the heathens did commonly dedicate a child to a god by lustrations; that is, by causing him to pass between t...
2 Kings 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the seventeenth year of Pekah. A people’s king and priest, or kinghood and priesthood I. The kinghood. 1. The de-humanising force of false religion. Ahaz was an idolator. 2. The nation...
2 Kings 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 16:1-12 REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH - PILESER AGAINST THEM . RELIGIOUS CHANGES...
2 Kings 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahaz Calls upon Assyria for Help
2 Kings 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 5:26 ; 1 Kings 20:32 ; 1 Kings 20:33 ; 1 Kings 20:4 ; 2 Chronicles 28:20 ; 2 Kings 15:29 ; Hosea 14:3 ; Jeremiah 17:5 ; Lamentations 4:17 ; Psalms 146:3-5
2 Kings 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sent messengers, &c. — But was it because there was no God in Israel, that he sent to the Assyrian for help? The sin itself was its own punishment; for tho' it served his present turn, yet he m...

2 Kings 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes