UNDER THE PRESSURE OF NEW ENEMIES, AHAZ ASKS HELP FROM ASSYRIA, BUT RECEIVES HURT (2 Chronicles 28:17-21). (Comp. 2 Kings 16:7-18.)
(16) At that time. — Apparently after the events above narrated; how soon after we can hardly decide.
The kings of Assyria. — A generalised expression, as in 2 Chronicles 28:3 (comp. 2 Chronicles 28:20-21), where the actual king is named. All the old versions have “king.”