Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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Interpretation
Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 16:1-4.
Glossary
- David Person
- Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.