Ahaz, by H A Ironside, On Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded Podcast

By H. A. Ironside,
Ahaz was wicked as his father Jotham was righteous. “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father: for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places” (not removed in Jotham’s day, 2 Kings 15:35), “and on the hills, and under every green tree.” It seems strange that the best of men frequently have the worst of sons. Ahaz’s mother is not mentioned, and it is possible that his father was unfortunate in his choice of a wife.
This book is presented on Down To Earth But Heavenly Minded Podcast by I W Risch