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Thursday, July 10th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 28:22

When his troubles were at their worst, that man Ahaz sinned against the Lord more than ever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Ahaz;   Idolatry;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Impenitence;   Penitence-Impenitence;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions of the Wicked, the;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Presumption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mortar;   Thieves;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaz ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaz;   Amasa;   Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaz;   Hezekiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD, this same king Achaz.
King James Version
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord : this is that king Ahaz.
English Standard Version
In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord —this same King Ahaz.
New Century Version
During Ahaz's troubles he was even more unfaithful to the Lord .
New English Translation
During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
In the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
World English Bible
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in ye time of his tribulation did he yet trespasse more against ye Lord, (this is King Ahaz)
Legacy Standard Bible
Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
Even after all these terrible things happened to Ahaz, he sinned against the Lord even worse than before.
Complete Jewish Bible
During his time of distress this same King Achaz added to his treachery against Adonai
Darby Translation
And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
Easy-to-Read Version
In Ahaz's troubles, he sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
But they transgressed still more against the LORD: this same King Ahaz.
Lexham English Bible
And in the time of his distress, King Ahaz continued to act unfaithfully against Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And in the time of his distressing he added to act slyly against Jehovah, this King Ahaz.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble,
American Standard Version
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
Bible in Basic English
And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the very time of his tribulation, did king Ahaz trespasse yet more against the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the time of his distress did he act even more treacherously against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.
King James Version (1611)
And in the time of this distresse did hee trespasse yet more against the Lord: This is that king Ahaz.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but only troubled him in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said,
English Revised Version
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ferthermore also in the tyme of his angwisch he encreesside dispit ayens God; thilke kyng Achaz bi
Update Bible Version
And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
Webster's Bible Translation
And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.
New King James Version
2 Kings 16:12-20">[xr] Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD. This is that King Ahaz.
New Living Translation
Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord .
New Life Bible
In the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz became even less faithful to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord —this same King Ahaz.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in the time of his distress, he yet further acted unfaithfully with Yahweh, - he, King Ahaz!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord: king Achaz himself by himself,
Revised Standard Version
In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz.
Young's Literal Translation
And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz),
THE MESSAGE
But King Ahaz didn't learn his lesson—at the very time that everyone was turning against him, he continued to be against God ! He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus. He had just been defeated by Damascus; he thought, "If I worship the gods who helped Damascus, those gods just might help me, too." But things only went from bad to worse: first Ahaz in ruins and then the country. He cleaned out The Temple of God of everything useful and valuable, boarded up the doors of The Temple, and then went out and set up pagan shrines for his own use all over Jerusalem. And not only in Jerusalem, but all over Judah—neighborhood shrines for worshiping any and every god on sale. And was God ever angry!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

16The Edomites began to raid Judah again and captured many prisoners, so King Ahaz asked Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, to send help. 18 At this same time the Philistines were raiding the towns in the western foothills and in southern Judah. They captured the cities of Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, and the cities of Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages, and settled there permanently. 19 Because King Ahaz of Judah had violated the rights of his people and had defied the Lord , the Lord brought troubles on Judah. 20 The Assyrian emperor, instead of helping Ahaz, opposed him and caused him trouble. 21 So Ahaz took the gold from the Temple, the palace, and the homes of the leaders of the people, and gave it to the emperor, but even this did not help. 22 When his troubles were at their worst, that man Ahaz sinned against the Lord more than ever. 23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of the Syrians, who had defeated him. He said, "The Syrian gods helped the kings of Syria, so if I sacrifice to them, they may help me too." This brought disaster on him and on his nation. 24 In addition, he took all the Temple equipment and broke it in pieces. He closed the Temple and set up altars in every part of Jerusalem. 25 In every city and town in Judah he built pagan places of worship, where incense was to be burned to foreign gods. In this way he brought on himself the anger of the Lord , the God of his ancestors. 26 All the other events of his reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the: 2 Chronicles 33:12, Psalms 50:15, Isaiah 1:5, Ezekiel 21:13, Hosea 5:15, Revelation 16:9-11

this is: Esther 7:6, Psalms 52:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 10:9 - Even Exodus 9:34 - and hardened 1 Kings 21:1 - after 2 Kings 23:37 - all that 2 Chronicles 16:12 - in his disease 2 Chronicles 24:7 - that wicked 2 Chronicles 33:23 - trespassed more and more Job 15:26 - runneth Job 35:10 - none Job 36:13 - heap Proverbs 27:22 - General Isaiah 7:12 - I will not ask Isaiah 9:13 - the people Isaiah 57:10 - There is Jeremiah 2:25 - after Jeremiah 2:30 - In vain Jeremiah 5:3 - thou hast stricken Jeremiah 11:12 - go Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah Ezekiel 22:24 - General Ezekiel 31:18 - This is Daniel 4:17 - the basest Amos 4:6 - yet Haggai 2:17 - yet Luke 15:15 - he went Luke 23:40 - seeing John 5:14 - lest Acts 7:37 - that Revelation 9:20 - yet

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 14:20
May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered.
Genesis 21:33
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord , the Everlasting God.
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 28:15
Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you."
Genesis 28:17
He was afraid and said, "What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate that opens into heaven."
Genesis 28:22
This memorial stone which I have set up will be the place where you are worshiped, and I will give you a tenth of everything you give me."
Genesis 33:20
He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.
Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."
Genesis 35:7
He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord,.... By increasing his idolatries, as appears by what he did, in imitation of what he saw at Damascus, where he had an interview with the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 16:10

this is that King Ahaz; that monster of iniquity, than whom there was none worse, nor any so bad, of all the kings of Judah.


 
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