The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 28:22 Explained

2 Chronicles 28:22

KJV: And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

YLT: And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz),

Darby: And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.

ASV: And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the time  of his distress  did he trespass  yet more  against the LORD:  this [is that] king  Ahaz. 

What does 2 Chronicles 28:22 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 28:12-27 - A Wicked King's Blind Folly
This sending of the captives home, clothed, shod, and anointed was a beautiful act, and anticipates the spirit of Christianity. This is the true way of making and maintaining peace. Magnanimity is, after all, the best solvent of national hatred, and lays the foundations of enduring brotherhood. The Edomites and Philistines smote Judah and weakened it, but they were only the instruments. We are distinctly told that the Lord brought Israel low, 2 Chronicles 28:19. The relief bought from the king of Assyria at so great a sacrifice secured a temporary respite. See 2 Kings 16:7-9. In the end, however, it only added to his distress, 2 Chronicles 28:20. None can help the man who has forfeited the help of God. If He is against us, who can be for us!
The more distressed Ahaz was, the more he trespassed. See Isaiah 1:5-6. With blind infatuation he went step by step farther from God, sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, and offered wanton insult to God's house. The detestation of the people was evidenced in their treatment of his remains. See Proverbs 10:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 28

1  Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians
6  Judah, being captivated by the Israelites, is sent home by the counsel of Oded
16  Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not helped thereby,
22  In his distress he grows more idolatrous
26  He dying, Hezekiah succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 28:22 mean?

And in the time of distress his and increasingly King Ahaz became unfaithful to Yahweh That [was] King Ahaz
וּבְעֵת֙ הָצֵ֣ר ל֔וֹ וַיּ֖וֹסֶף לִמְע֣וֹל בַּיהוָ֑ה ה֖וּא הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אָחָֽז

וּבְעֵת֙  And  in  the  time 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
הָצֵ֣ר  of  distress 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: צָרַר 
Sense: to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound.
ל֔וֹ  his 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
וַיּ֖וֹסֶף  and  increasingly 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
לִמְע֣וֹל  King  Ahaz  became  unfaithful 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: מָעַל  
Sense: to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass.
בַּיהוָ֑ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ה֖וּא  That  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
אָחָֽז  Ahaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָחָז  
Sense: king of Judah, son Jotham, father of Hezekiah.