Isaiah 14:28
28 In the year [shaneh ] that king [melek] Ahaz ['Achaz] died [maveth] was this burden [massa']. KJV-Interlinear
28 In the year that King Ahaz
died this oracle came: NASB
Prior to King Ahaz, the
Philistines had been subdued by the predecessor of Ahaz, who was Azariah, 2 Kg.
15:1, also known as Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26:1.
While Ahaz was
preoccupied with Samaria and Syria, the Philistines took back a few of the
cities, 2 Chron. 28, and had their eyes on taking more of Judah.
When Ahaz died, approximately
716 B.C., the Philistines saw that the reign of Hezekiah seemed to be weak, and
so they planned to invade Judah, and here God warns them that any such invasion
would not go well for them.
And thus this series of
verses is made to give comfort to Judah, at the time of Ahaz’s death and a
change in leaders was at hand.
Even though the verses
in this warning are directed toward Philistia, the intent here is to give
comfort and assurance to Judah, that any plans of the Philistines, would be
thwarted, leaving Judah safe.
