20<\/strong>. Tilgath-pilneser<\/em> ] i.e. Tiglath-pileser III. Cp. 1Ch 5:6<\/span> (note).<\/p>\n came him not<\/em> ] Some error in the text is probable here. The Hebrew cannot be rendered as in the A.V., but no satisfactory emendation has been proposed.<\/p>\n Tilgath-pilneser – <\/B>This form of the name is doubly corrupt. See the properly Hebraized form in 2Ki 15:29<\/span>.<\/P> Distressed him, but strengthened him not – <\/B>This statement, and that at the end of 2Ch 28:21<\/span>, is supplemental to, and not contradictory of, 2Ki 16:9<\/span>. Here it is the writers object to note that the material assistance rendered by Tiglath-pileser to Ahab, was no real help or strength, but rather a cause of distress.<\/P><\/p>\n 20. Tilgath-pilneser . . .distressed him, but strengthened him not<\/B>that is,notwithstanding the temporary relief which Tilgath-pilneser affordedhim by the conquest of Damascus and the slaughter of Rezin (2Ki16:9<\/span>), little advantage resulted from it, for Tilgath-pilneserspent the winter in voluptuous revelry at Damascus; and theconnection formed with the Assyrian king was eventually a source ofnew and greater calamities and humiliation to the kingdom of Judah(2Ch 28:2<\/span>; 2Ch 28:3<\/span>).<\/P> 2Ch28:22-27<\/span>. HIS IDOLATRYIN HIS DISTRESS.<\/P><\/p>\n And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him<\/strong>,…. Not to Jerusalem, but to Damascus, where he made a diversion in his favour, and took that city, and where Ahaz met him, 2Ki 16:9<\/span><\/p>\n and distressed him, but strengthened him not<\/strong>; exhausted his treasures, and laid a tribute upon him, but did not help him against the Edomites and Philistines, or recover for him the cities they had taken from him; and, in taking Damascus, he served himself more than Ahaz, and paved the way for seizing upon the ten tribes.<\/p>\n (20) Tilgath-pilneser<\/strong> (Heb., Pilneser<\/em>).<\/em> In 2 Kings more correctly called Tiglath-pileser<\/em> (Pilser<\/em>).<\/em> (See Note on 1Ch. 5:26<\/span>.) According to the As syrian Eponym Canon, Tiglath-pileser II. came to the throne B.C. 745, and marched westward against Damascus and Israel, B.C. 734. The importance of these dates for the chronology of the period is obvious.<\/p>\n Came unto him.<\/strong>Comp. the more detailed narrative in 2Ki. 16:7-10<\/span>; and see Note on 2Ch. 28:16<\/span>. Tiglath was induced by the message and present of Ahaz to undertake a campaign in the west; he captured Damascus, slew Rezin, and transported the population of the city to Kir (Kings, l.c.<\/em>).<\/em> After this, king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet<\/em> Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria (2Ki. 16:10<\/span>). The chronicler in the words before us, is estimating the results of this expedition as they affected the interests of Judah. At the prayer of Ahaz the Assyrian had indeed come to him; but not with any purpose of strengthening the southern kingdom. Glad of a pretext for interference in the affairs of the west, the ambitious usurper was simply bent on the extension of his own empire; and when the more powerful states of Syria and Israel lay at his feet, he naturally proceeded to require a most unequivocal acknowledgment of vassalage from Ahaz. He thus distressed or oppressed him by reducing his kingdom to a mere dependency of Assyria, besides impoverishing him of all his treasure, which Ahaz had sent as the price of this ruinous help.<\/p>\n Distressed him, but strengthened him not.<\/strong>This is correct. A possible rendering is: and besieged him, and conquered him not; but the context is against it. (The word chazaq,<\/em> strengthened, everywhere else means to be strong,<\/em> or, to prevail.<\/em> LXX. omits the last words, rendering the whole .<\/em> Syriac and Arabic, besieged him. The Vulg. has: et afflixit eum, et nullo resistente vastavit. That Judah now became tributary to Assyria is evident from 2Ki. 18:7<\/span>; 2Ki. 18:14<\/span>; 2Ki. 18:20<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Ch 28:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Distressed him, but strengthened him not<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> And yet in 2Ki 16:9<\/span> it is said that he did help him. <\/em>How then can he be said to have distressed him? <\/em>Very well: for as he came to his assistance against the king of Syria, so he took Damascus, carried the people captive, and delivered Ahaz from the power of the Syrians: but this did Ahaz little good; for he helped him not to recover the cities which the Philistines had taken from him. He sent him no forces, nor enabled him to recruit his own. On the contrary, he rather weakened him by exhausting his treasures, and destroying Samaria, which opened a way for the invasion of his country with more facility, as it happened in the next reign. For, it is no uncommon thing, even in later ages, to hear of kingdoms, which have called in the help of some foreign prince against their enemies, being over-run and conquered by those who came to their assistance. <\/p>\n Observe the progression of sin when the mind is hardened under its influence. You see Ahaz robs God’s house to purchase man’s arm against him; sacrificeth to devil’s to gain human interest. And thus goeth on from bad to worse, until the measure of his iniquity is full. And observe, Reader! for it is an observation highly proper to be connected with it, how disappointment, vexation, and ruin, accompany the steps of such transgressors. The king of Assyria takes his gifts but laughs at his calamity. Such invariably is the friendship of sinners in every instance. And as Ahaz’s distresses and disappointments increased, so his sins multiplied, and he transgressed yet more against the Lord. And do remark how the Holy Ghost hath branded forever his character in those few words; This is that king Ahaz. As if the Lord meant thereby to make his memorial detested forever.<\/p>\n 2Ch 28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. And Tilgathpilneser.<\/strong> ] See 2Ki 16:10<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And distressed him, but strengthened him not.<\/strong> ] This beast observing the hedge to be low, went over it, making Ahaz his tributary: how else is it said, that Hezekiah rebelled against him? 2Ki 18:7 Many princes have lost what they had, by calling in foreigners to their help. The Romans and Turks got much by this means.<\/p>\n Tilgath-pilneser. Compare 2Ki 16:10. The accounts in Kings and Chronicles are complementary. See App-56. <\/p>\n am 3264, bc 740 <\/p>\n Tilgathpilneser: 2Ki 15:29, 2Ki 16:7-10, Tiglath-pileser, 1Ch 5:26, Hos 5:13 <\/p>\n distressed him: 2Ki 17:5, Isa 7:20, Isa 30:3, Isa 30:16, Jer 2:37 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 16:8 – the silver 2Ch 30:6 – escaped Pro 25:19 – General Isa 10:20 – no more Isa 30:6 – riches Jer 2:18 – or what hast Jer 2:36 – as thou wast Jer 50:17 – first Hos 2:7 – she shall follow<\/p>\n 2Ch 28:20-21. Tilgath-pilneser came and distressed him By quartering the Assyrian soldiers upon his country, by growing insolent and imperious, and creating him a great deal of vexation, and by proving as a broken reed, which not only fails him that leans upon it, but pierces his hand. Or, straitened him, (as , jatsar, rather signifies,) namely, by robbing him of his treasures. For Ahaz took away a portion, &c. He pillaged the house of God, and the kings house, and pressed the princes for money to hire these foreign forces into his service. For though he had conformed to the idolatry of these his heathen neighbours, they did not value or love him the more for that; nor did his compliance, by which he lost God, gain them; nor could he make any interest with them but by his money. Thus it is generally found that wicked men have no real affection for those that revolt to them, nor care to do them a kindness. But he strengthened him not A most emphatical expression: for though he weakened his present enemy, the Syrian, as is related 2Ki 16:9, taking Damascus, and carrying the people away captive; yet really, all things considered, he did not strengthen Ahaz and his kingdom. He did not help him to recover the cities which the Philistines had taken from him; nor did he lend him any forces, or enable him to recruit his own. On the contrary, he weakened him; for by removing the Syrian, who, though a troublesome neighbour, was a kind of bulwark to him, and by destroying Samaria, he opened a way for the invasion of his country with more facility, as happened in the very next reign.<\/p>\n And Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 20. Tilgath-pilneser ] i.e. Tiglath-pileser III. Cp. 1Ch 5:6 (note). came him not ] Some error in the text is probable here. The Hebrew cannot be rendered as in the A.V., but no satisfactory emendation has been proposed. 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