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2 Kings 16
Ahaz Reigns over Judah
2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth
year
of Pekah
the son
of Remaliah
Ahaz
the son
of Jotham
king
of Judah
began to reign
.
2 Kings 16:2
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
.
2 Kings 16:3
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
.
2 Kings 16:4
And he sacrificed
and burnt incense
in the high places
,
and on the hills
,
and under every green
tree
.
2 Kings 16:5
¶
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
.
2 Kings 16:6
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
.
Ahaz Seeks Help of Assyria
2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz
sent
messengers
to Tiglath-pileser
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.
2 Kings 16:8
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
.
2 Kings 16:9
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
.
Damascus Falls
2 Kings 16:10
¶
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.
2 Kings 16:11
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
.
2 Kings 16:12
And when the king
was come
from Damascus
,
the king
saw
the altar
:
and the king
approached
to the altar
,
and offered
thereon.
2 Kings 16:13
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
.
2 Kings 16:14
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
.
2 Kings 16:15
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
.
2 Kings 16:16
Thus did
Urijah
the priest
,
according to all that king
Ahaz
commanded
.
2 Kings 16:17
¶
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
.
2 Kings 16:18
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
.
Hezekiah Reigns over Judah
2 Kings 16:19
¶
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
?
2 Kings 16:20
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.