1 Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν Ἄχαζ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, ὡς Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. 2 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς βασιλέων Ἰσραήλ· καὶ γὰρ γλυπτὰ ἐποίησε, καὶ τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν 3 ἐν γὲ Βενεννόμ· καὶ διῆγε τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ διὰ πυρὸς κατὰ τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξωλόθρευσε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. 4 Καὶ ἐθυμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων, καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους. 5 Καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ χειρὸς βασιλέως Συρίας, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσεν ἐξ αὐτῶν αἰχμαλωσίαν πολλὴν, καὶ ἤγαγεν εἰς Δαμασκόν· καὶ εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῷ πληγὴν μεγάλην. 6 Καὶ ἀπέκτεινε Φακεὲ ὁ τοῦ Ῥομελία βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἰούδᾳ ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν δυνατῶν ἰσχύϊ, ἐν τῷ καταλιπεῖν αὐτοὺς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. 7 Καὶ ἀπέκτεινε Ζεχρὶ ὁ δυνατὸς τοῦ Ἐφραὶμ τὸν Μαασίαν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὸν Ἐζρικὰν ἡγούμενον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν Ἐλκανὰ τὸν διάδοχον τοῦ βασιλέως. 8 Καὶ ᾐχμαλώτισαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν τριακοσίας χιλιάδας, γυναῖκας καὶ υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας· καὶ σκῦλα πολλὰ ἐσκύλευσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὰ σκῦλα εἰς Σαμάρειαν. 9 Καὶ ἐκεῖ ἦν ὁ προφήτης τοῦ Κυρίου, Ὠδὴδ ὄνομα αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν τῆς δυνάμεως τῶν ἐρχομένων εἰς Σαμάρειαν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἰδοὺ ὀργὴ Κυρίου Θεοῦ τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐν ὀργῇ, καὶ ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔφθακε. 10 Καὶ νῦν υἱοὺς Ἰούδα καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑμεῖς λέγετε κατακτήσασθαι εἰς δούλους καὶ δούλας· οὐκ ἰδού εἰμι μεθʼ ὑμῶν μαρτυρῆσαι Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ὑμῶν; 11 Καὶ νῦν ἀκούσατέ μου, καὶ ἀποστρέψατε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἣν ᾐχμαλωτεύσατε τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν, ὅτι ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου ἐφʼ ὑμῖν. 12 Καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄρχοντες ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐφραὶμ, Οὐδείας ὁ τοῦ Ἰωανοῦ, καὶ Βαραχίας ὁ τοῦ Μοσολαμὼθ, καὶ Ἐζεκίας ὁ τοῦ Σελλὴμ, καὶ Ἀμασίας ὁ τοῦ Ἐλδαῒ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐρχομένους ἀπὸ τοῦ πολέμου, 13 καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς, οὐ μὴ εἰσαγάγητε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, ὑμεῖς λέγετε προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄγνοιαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἡμῶν, καὶ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 14 Καὶ ἀφῆκαν οἱ πολεμισταὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ τὰ σκῦλα ἐναντίον τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας. 15 Καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄνδρες οἳ ἐπεκλήθησαν ἐν ὀνόματι, καὶ ἀντελάβοντο τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, καὶ πάντας τοὺς γυμνοὺς περιέβαλον ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων, καὶ ἐνέδυσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑπέδησαν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἔδωκαν φαγεῖν καὶ ἀλείψασθαι, καὶ ἀντελάβοντο καὶ ἐν ὑποζυγίοις παντὸς ἀσθενοῦντος, καὶ κατέστησαν αὐτοὺς εἰς Ἱεριχὼ πόλιν φοινίκων πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς Σαμάρειαν. 16 Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἄχας πρὸς βασιλέα Ἀσσοὺρ βοηθῆσαι αὐτῷ 17 καὶ ἐν τούτῳ, ὅτι οἱ Ἰδουμαῖοι ἐπέθεντο, καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἐν Ἰούδα, καὶ ᾐχμαλώτισαν αἰχμαλωσίαν. 18 Καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τῆς πεδινῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ Λιβὸς τοῦ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν Βαιθσαμὺς, καὶ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων, καὶ ἔδωκαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν Ἀϊλὼν, καὶ τὴν Γαληρὼ, καὶ τὴν Σωχὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν Θαμνὰ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν Γαμζὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς· καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ. 19 Ὅτι ἐταπείνωσε Κύριος τὸν Ἰούδαν διὰ Ἄχαζ βασιλέα Ἰούδα, ὅτι ἀπέστη ἀποστάσει ἀπὸ Κυρίου. 20 Καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Θαλγαφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσοὺρ, καὶ ἔθλιψεν αὐτόν. 21 Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἄχας τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων, καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀσσούρ· καὶ οὐκ εἰς βοήθειαν αὐτῷ ἦν, 22 ἀλλʼ ἢ τῷ θλιβῆναι αὐτόν· καὶ προσέθηκε τοῦ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἄχαζ, 23 ἐκζητήσω τοὺς θεοὺς Δαμασκοῦ τοὺς τύπτοντάς με· καὶ εἶπεν, ὅτι θεοὶ βασιλέως Συρίας αὐτοὶ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτοὺς, αὐτοῖς τοίνυν θύσω, καὶ ἀντιλήψονταί μου· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ εἰς σκῶλον καὶ παντὶ Ἰσραήλ. 24 Καὶ ἀπέστησεν Ἄχαζ τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ κατέκοψεν αὐτὰ, καὶ ἔκλεισε τὰς θύρας οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ θυσιαστήρια ἐν πάσῃ γωνίᾳ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, 25 καὶ ἐν πάσῃ πόλει καὶ πόλει ἐν Ἰούδᾳ ἐποίησεν ὑψηλὰ θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις, καὶ παρώργισαν Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. 26 Καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτοῦ αἱ πρῶται καὶ ἔσχαται, ἰδοὺ γεγραμμέναι ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. 27 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἄχαζ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς τάφους τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἐζεκίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
2 Chronicles · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Chronicles 28 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahaz
A faithless king who courted Assyria and even sacrificed his own son.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 16; 2 Chron. 28; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:9
Amasa
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azariah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azrikam
Governor of the palace killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Berechiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Elkanah
The one second to the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Hadlai
Named as the father of Amasa, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehizkiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehohanan
Named as the father of Azariah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Maaseiah
Called the son of the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Meshillemoth
Named as the father of Berechiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Oded
Prophet of the LORD who met the army returning to Samaria and told them to return the Judahite captives.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:9
Shallum
Named as the father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Zichri
Mighty man of Ephraim who killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the palace governor and Elkanah the second to the king.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Cross references (26)
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- 1 1 Chronicles 3:13; Isaiah 1:1; 2 Kings 16:1–20; 2 Chronicles 17:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Exodus 34:17; Judges 2:11; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; Leviticus 19:4; Judges 2:13
- 3 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Chronicles 33:2; Leviticus 18:21; Joshua 15:8; 2 Kings 23:10
- 4 Leviticus 26:30; 2 Kings 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:2–3
- 5 Isaiah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Kings 16:5–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 20:2–3
- 6 Jeremiah 15:6; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 2:19; Joshua 24:20; 2 Kings 15:27
- 7 Genesis 43:15; Genesis 43:12; Esther 10:3; Genesis 41:43
- 8 2 Chronicles 11:4; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:41; Acts 13:26; Acts 7:26
- 9 Isaiah 47:6; Revelation 18:5; Ezra 9:6; Zechariah 1:15; Ezekiel 26:2–3
- 10 Leviticus 25:39–46; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Matthew 7:2–4; Romans 12:20–21; Jeremiah 25:29
- 11 James 2:13; Hebrews 13:1–3; 2 Chronicles 28:8; Ezra 10:14; Jeremiah 34:14–15
- 12 Jeremiah 26:6; 1 Chronicles 28:1
- 13 Romans 2:5; Joshua 22:17–18; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 23:32; Numbers 32:14
- 15 Deuteronomy 34:3; Proverbs 25:21–22; Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 6:22; Matthew 25:35–45
- 16 2 Kings 16:5–7; Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 7:1–9
- 17 Obadiah 10; Obadiah 13–14; Leviticus 26:18; 2 Chronicles 25:11–12
- 18 Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 16:27; Judges 14:1; 2 Chronicles 11:10; Joshua 15:41
- 19 2 Chronicles 21:2; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Hosea 5:11; Psalm 106:41–43
- 20 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 7:20; Hosea 5:13
- 21 2 Kings 18:15–16; 2 Kings 16:8–9; 2 Chronicles 12:9; Proverbs 20:25
- 22 Isaiah 1:5; Ezekiel 21:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Hosea 5:15; Psalm 50:15
- 23 2 Chronicles 25:14; Jeremiah 44:20–28; Habakkuk 1:11; Hosea 13:9; Isaiah 1:28
- 24 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Kings 16:17–18; 2 Chronicles 33:3–5; Acts 17:16
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:3
- 26 2 Kings 16:19–20; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 27:7–9
- 27 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Proverbs 10:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 2 Chronicles 33:20
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