16In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.H7651H6240H8141H8141H6492H1121H7425H271H1121H3147H4428H3063H44272Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king; he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God like his ancestor DavidH6242H8141H1121H271H4427H4427H8337H6240H8141H3389H6213H3477H5869H3068H430H1732H13but walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even made his son pass through the fire, imitating the abominations of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.H3212H1870H4428H3478H1121H5674H784H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H34784He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.H2076H6999H1116H1389H7488H60865Then Aram's King Rezin and Israel's King Pekah son of Remaliah came to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but were not able to conquer him.H7526H4428H758H6492H1121H7425H4428H3478H5927H3389H4421H6696H271H3201H38986At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram and expelled the Judahites from Elath. Then the Arameans came to Elath, and they live there until today.H6256H7526H4428H758H7725H359H758H130H5394H3064H359H726H935H359H3427H31177So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. March up and save me from the power of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me."H271H7971H4397H8407H4428H804H559H5650H1121H5927H3467H3709H4428H758H3709H4428H3478H69658Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the LORD's temple and in the treasuries of the king's palace and sent [them] to the king of Assyria as a gift.H271H3947H3701H2091H4672H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H7971H7810H4428H8049So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.H4428H804H8085H4428H804H5927H1834H8610H1540H7024H4191H7526
Ahaz’s Idolatry
10King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to Uriah the priest.H4428H271H3212H1834H7125H8407H4428H804H7200H4196H1834H4428H271H7971H223H3548H1823H4196H8403H463911Uriah built the altar according to all [the instructions] King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, Uriah the priest had made it.H223H3548H1129H4196H4428H271H7971H1834H223H3548H6213H4428H271H935H183412When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it.H4428H935H1834H4428H7200H4196H4428H7126H4196H592713He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar.H6999H5930H4503H5258H5262H2236H1818H8002H419614He took the bronze altar that was before the LORD in front of the temple between [his] altar and the LORD's temple, and put it on the north side of [his] altar.H7126H5178H4196H6440H3068H6440H1004H4196H1004H3068H5414H6828H3409H419615Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, "Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt offering and his grain offering. [Also offer] the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance."H4428H271H6680H223H3548H559H1419H4196H6999H1242H5930H6153H4503H4428H5930H4503H5930H5971H776H4503H5262H2236H1818H5930H1818H2077H5178H4196H123916Uriah the priest did everything King Ahaz commanded.H6213H223H3548H4428H271H668017Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the water carts and removed the bronze basin from [each of] them. He took the reservoirfrom the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.H4428H271H7112H4526H4350H5493H3595H3381H3220H5178H1241H5414H4837H6818To satisfy the king of Assyria, he removed from the LORD's temple the Sabbath canopy they had built in the palace, and [he closed] the outer entrance for the king.H4329H4329H7676H1129H1004H4428H3996H2435H5437H1004H3068H6440H4428H804
Ahaz’s Death
19The rest of the events of Ahaz's [reign], along with his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.H3499H1697H271H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306320Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Hezekiah became king in his place.H271H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H2396H1121H4427
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