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+title = "2 Chronicles 28:16–27"
+date = "2025-05-24"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles28.16-27)
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+Even though Israel returned their captives, more of Judah's neighbors invaded and captured people from its villages.
+Edom and Philistia again rose up and raided Judah, even going so far as to settle their own peple in the land.
+King Ahaz attempts to get help from Assyria, the dominant world power of the time, by sending tribute, but it did not help.
+Tiglath-pileser was not impressed with the gift and instead of helping, afflicted Judah still further.
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+Ahaz's response to these problems is the exact opposite of what we should do.
+Instead of recognizing them as punishments from the Lord for leading the people of Judah into idolatry, he doubles down.
+He believes that the gods of Syria were mightier than the God of his fathers, and begins sacrificing to them in the hope of gaining their favor.
+Not only does he give his own allegience to them, but he actively inhibits the worship of Yahweh by destroying the vessels of the temple and blocking up the doors.
+Until this point, idolatry in Israel and Judah seems to have been fairly syncretic.
+People would worship the Lord in His temple, but also go to the high places and sacrifice there.
+For a lot of the time, they didn't see a problem with these split allegiences.
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+I find it shocking, really, that the exile of Judah didn't start at this point.
+However, the Lord in His faithfulness to His people, even in the midst of their faithlessness, knew that it was not the right time in history for it.
+Babylon when it conquered would keep the people as a cohesive community within its empire, but when Assyria conquered Israel it dispersed them so that they would integrate better.
+The kings and prophets that came after Ahaz would not have had the chance to do as they did, which have direct impacts on the Scriptures we have today.
+The Lord has an eternal perspective and knows all things that can and would happen, so He always makes perfect decisions.
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+Do not let us be discouraged, because we can trust You to do what is ultimately right.