Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord: king Achaz himself by himself,

And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.

And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

And in the time of his distress did he act even more treacherously against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.

Moreover, in the time of his anguish, he also added to his contempt against the Lord. King Ahaz himself, by himself,

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord,.... By increasing his idolatries, as appears by what he did, in imitation of what he saw at Damascus, where he had an interview with the king of Assyria, 2-Kings 16:10
this is that King Ahaz; that monster of iniquity, than whom there was none worse, nor any so bad, of all the kings of Judah.

HIS IDOLATRY IN HIS DISTRESS. (2-Chronicles 28:22-27)
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 (2-Chronicles 28:23) and a ruthless defiance of God (see on 2-Kings 16:10-20).

Increase of Ahaz' transgressions against the Lord. - 2-Chronicles 28:22. After this proof that Ahaz only brought greater oppression upon himself by seeking help from the king of Assyria (2-Chronicles 28:16-21), there follows (2-Chronicles 28:22.) an account of how he, in his trouble, continued to sin more and more against God the Lord, and hardened himself more and more in idolatry. לו הצר וּבעת corresponds to the ההיא בּעת 2-Chronicles 28:16. "At the time when they oppressed him, he trespassed yet more against the Lord, he King Ahaz." In the last words the rhetorical emphasizing of the subject comes clearly out. The sentence contains a general estimation of the attitude of the godless king under the divine chastisement, which is then illustrated by facts (2-Chronicles 28:23-25).

That Ahaz - That monster and reproach of mankind, that unteachable and incorrigible prince, whom even grievous afflictions made worse, which commonly make men better. This is he, whose name deserves to be remembered and detested for ever.