In the seventeenth year
of Pekah
the son
of Remaliah
Ahaz
the son
of Jotham
king
of Judah
began to reign
.
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
.
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
.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense
in the high places
, and on the hills
, and under every green
tree
.
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 .
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
And when the king was come
from Damascus
, the king
saw
the altar
: and the king
approached
to the altar
, and offered
thereon.
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
.
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
.
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 .
Thus did Urijah
the priest
, according to all that king
Ahaz
commanded
.
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
.
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
.
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
?
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.