2 KINGS XVI. ver. 7. to 17.
[World 3271] [Ahaz 4] [Pekah 20] [Division 242] AHAZ hireth Tiglath-Pi∣lefer; this rasor that is hi∣red, namely Assyria, Esa. 7. 20. doth now shave Galilee, Gilead and Damascus; and ere long it lighteth on him that hired it. Tiglath captiveth Damascus to Kir, and slayeth Rezin, as Amos 1. 5. Ahaz goeth to Damascus to see him, and bringeth away with him the pattern of an idolatrous Altar.
[Ahaz 5] [Pekah 1] [Division 243] Ahaz as he falleth into great [Ahaz 6] [Pekah 2] [Division 244] sins, so falleth he into great [Ahaz 7] [Pekah 3] [Division 245] miseries, being oppressed by [Ahaz 8] [Pekah 4] [Division 246] enemies on every hand; yet [Ahaz 9] [Pekah 5] [Division 247] still groweth he worse and [Ahaz 10] [Pekah 6] [Division 248] worse, and is no whit hum∣bled [Ahaz 11] [Pekah 7] [Division 249] by his calamities; there∣fore the Text sets a special mark and brand upon him for such impenitency. This is that King Ahaz, 2 Chron. 28. 22. He setteth up a Dial, which yieldeth a miraculous sign to his son Hezekiah, though he himself had scorned to ask for a sign.