2Ch 28:22-27 | JFB | STEP | 22. in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord-- This infatuated king surrendered himself to the influence of idolatry and exerted his royal authority to extend it, with the intensity of a passion--with the ignorance and servile fear of a heathen ( ) and a ruthless defiance of God (see on ).

‏ 2 Chronicles 28:22-27

22. in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord--This infatuated king surrendered himself to the influence of idolatry and exerted his royal authority to extend it, with the intensity of a passion--with the ignorance and servile fear of a heathen (2Ch 28:23) and a ruthless defiance of God (see on 2Ki 16:10-20).