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II Kings
Chapter 16
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 Jehovah/God his God, like David his father.
3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes,
and
made his son to pass through the fire,
according
to the abominations of the heathen,
whom
Jehovah/God 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
drove the Jews from Elath
and
the Syrians came to Elath,
and
dwelt there unto this day.
7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria,
saying,
I am your servant and your 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 Jehovah/God,
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 Tiglath-Pileser 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 brazen altar,
which
was before Jehovah/God,
from
the forefront of the house,
from
between the altar and the house of Jehovah/God,
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 brazen altar shall be for me to inquire 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 brazen 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 Jehovah/God
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 place/stead.
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