John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:24
2Ch 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. Ver. 24. And Ahaz gathered together. ] See 2 Kings 16:8 . And shut up the doors of the house of the Lord. ] As Julian shut up the churches of the Christians. Herein Ahaz was worse than Athaliah; who suffered Jehoiada and the priests to execute their offices in the temple,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 28:23
2Ch 28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. Ver. 23. Unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him. ] So he thought, at least - for they could not smite him Jeremiah 10:5 1Co 8:4 - in the same sense as Christ is said to have bought reprobates, 2Pe 2:1 putative scilicet. And he said, Because the... read more