but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals,
Never surely had a man greater opportunity of doing well than Ahaz had, finding things in a good posture, the kingdom rich and strong and religion established; and yet here we have him in these few verses, 1. Wretchedly corrupted and debauched. He had had a good education given him and a good example set him: but parents cannot give grace to their children.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 28:1-5
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. (a) He was an idolater like them. (b) As the idolaters have certain chief idols, who are as patrons (as were these Baalim) so have they others who are inferior and represent the great idols.
2Ch 28:1-4 In the general statements as to the king’s age, and the duration and the spirit of his reign, both accounts (2Ch 28:1-4; 2Ki 16:1-4), agree entirely, with the exception of some unessential divergences; see the commentary on 2Ki 16:1-4. From 2Ch 28:5 onwards both historians go their own ways, so that they coincide only in mentioning the most important events of the reign of this quite untheocratic king.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 28:1-4