19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 16:19

Commentary on 2 Kings 16:17-20

(Read 2 Kings 16:17-20)

Ahaz put contempt upon the sabbath, and thus opened a wide inlet to all manner of sin. This he did for the king of Assyria. When those who have had a ready passage to the house of the Lord, turn it another way to please their neighbours, they are going down-hill apace to ruin.