“1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son
of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz
when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did
not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David
his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and
made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of
the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.”
“5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not
overcome [him]. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to
Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and
save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the
king of Israel, which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and
gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of
the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria. 9
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went
up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive
to Kir, and slew Rezin.”
“10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to
Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,
according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built
an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so
Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And
when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the
king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his
burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he
brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the
forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the
LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz
commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the
morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s
burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all
the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and
all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to
enquire [by]. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king
Ahaz commanded.”
“17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the
laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that
[were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the covert
for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry
without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
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? 20 And Ahaz slept
with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:
and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.” (2 Kings 16:1-20 AV)
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