In the seventeenth year
of Pekah
the son
of Remaliah
, aAhaz
the son
of Jotham
, king
of Judah
, became
king
.
aAhaz was twenty
years
old
when he became
king
, and he reigned
sixteen
years
in Jerusalem
; and he did not do
what
was right
in the sight
of the LORD
his God
, as his father
David
had done.
But he walked in the way
of the kings
of Israel
, aand even
made his son
pass
through the fire
, baccording to the abominations
of the nations
whom
the LORD
had 1driven
out from before
the sons
of Israel
.
He asacrificed and burned
incense
on the high
places
and on the hills
and under
every
green
tree
.
Then aRezin
king
of Aram
and Pekah
son
of Remaliah
, king
of Israel
, came
up to Jerusalem
to wage war
; and they besieged
Ahaz
, bbut could
not 1overcome
him.
At that time Rezin
king
of Aram
recovered
aElath
for Aram
, and cleared
the Judeans
out of 1Elath
entirely; and the 2Arameans
came
to Elath
and have lived
there
to this
day
.
aSo Ahaz sent
messengers
to bTiglath-pileser
king
of Assyria
, saying
, "I am your servant
and your son
; come
up and deliver
me from the 1hand
of the king
of Aram
and from the 1hand
of the king
of Israel
, who are rising
up against
me."
aAhaz took
the silver
and gold
that was found
in the house
of the LORD
and in the treasuries
of the king's
house
, and sent
a present
to the king
of Assyria
.
aSo the king of Assyria
listened
to him; and the king
of Assyria
went
up against
Damascus
and bcaptured
it, and carried
the people of it away
into exile
to cKir
, and put
Rezin
to death
.
Now King Ahaz
went
to Damascus
to meet
aTiglath-pileser
king
of Assyria
, and saw
the altar
which
was at Damascus
; and King
Ahaz
sent
to bUrijah
the priest
the 1pattern
of the altar
and its model
, according to all
its workmanship
.
So Urijah the priest
built
an altar
; according to all
that King
Ahaz
had sent
from Damascus
, thus
Urijah
the priest
made
it, 1before
the coming
of King
Ahaz
from Damascus
.
When the king came
from Damascus
, the king
saw
the altar
; then athe king
approached
the altar
and 1went
up to it,
and 1burned his burnt
offering
and his meal
offering
, and poured
his drink
offering
and sprinkled
the blood
of his peace
offerings
on the altar
.
aThe bronze altar
, which
was before
the LORD
, 1he brought
from the front
of the house
, from between
bhis altar
and the house
of the LORD
, and he put
it on the north
side
of his altar
.
Then King Ahaz
1commanded
Urijah
the priest
, saying
, "Upon the great
altar
2burn
athe morning
burnt
offering
and the evening
meal
offering
and the king's
burnt
offering
and his meal
offering
, with the burnt
offering
of all
the people
of the land
and their meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
; and sprinkle
on it all
the blood
of the burnt
offering
and all
the blood
of the sacrifice
. But bthe bronze
altar
shall be for me to inquire
by."
So Urijah the priest
did
according to all
that King
Ahaz
commanded
.
Then King Ahaz
acut
off
the borders
of the stands
, and removed
the laver
from them; he also btook
down
the sea
from the bronze
oxen
which
were under
it and put
it on a pavement
of stone
.
The covered way
for the sabbath
which
they had built
in the house
, and the outer
entry
of the king
, he removed
from the house
of the LORD
because
of the king
of Assyria
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Ahaz
which
he did
, are they not written
ain the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Judah
?
So aAhaz slept
with his fathers
, and bwas buried
with his fathers
in the city
of David
; and his son
Hezekiah
reigned
in his place
.