2 Chronicles 28:16. At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
When men are determined to be unbelievers and disobedient, they will send anywhere for help but to the Lord. Israel and Syria were very little kingdoms; but Assyria was a great empire, the mighty nation of the period. Yet no help came to Ahaz from that quarter, for we read in the twentieth verse, "And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not." The twenty-first verse tells us that Ahaz bribed the king of Assyria; "but he helped him not." That is always the dirge at the end of all efforts to secure human instead of divine aid.
This exposition consisted of readings from Isaiah 7:1-16, and 2 Chronicles 28:1-16.
2 Chronicles 28:16. At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
When men are determined to be unbelievers and disobedient, they will send anywhere for help but to the Lord. Israel and Syria were very little kingdoms; but Assyria was a great empire, the mighty nation of the period. Yet no help came to Ahaz from that quarter, for we read in the twentieth verse, "And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not." The twenty-first verse tells us that Ahaz bribed the king of Assyria; "but he helped him not." That is always the dirge at the end of all efforts to secure human instead of divine aid.
This exposition consisted of readings from Isaiah 7:1-16, and 2 Chronicles 28:1-16.