And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.
Ver. 22. And yet in the time of his distress.] So stubborn was he and stiff necked, he would sooner break than bend. Such refractories also were Pharaoh, Saul, the Scribes and Pharisees, the railing thief that suffered with our Saviour: "reprobate silver" the Scripture calleth them; Jer 6:30 they add rebellion to their sin, Job 34:37 and to their sinews of iron, brows of brass. Isa 48:4
This is that king Ahaz.] That stigmatical Belialist. There are three men in Scripture that have a special brand or mark of ignominy set upon them: Cain, Gen 4:15 Dathan, Num 26:9 and Ahaz here; the reason whereof was, chiefly, the sin of stubbornness.