John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:17
2Ch 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. Ver. 17. For again the Edomites. ] "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; whenas he that trusteth in the Lord" - which Ahaz would not hear of - "mercy shall compass him round about," Psa 32:10 as it did his good son Hezekiah. read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
2 Chronicles 28:3 . Burnt his children. In 2 Kings 16:3, it is said he made his son “pass through the fire.” The Hebrew term has a double meaning. Sometimes it implies the burning of children in the arms of Moloch till they were consumed, and so it is explained in Ezekiel 16:20-21. Others made their children pass between two fires, to dedicate them to Moloch. Hence it appears that Ahaz burnt one of his sons, and dedicated all the others by making them pass between the fires. The Talmud has... read more