ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 16
1. In the seventeenth[H6240] year[H8141] of Pekah[H6492] the son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425] Ahaz[H271] the son[H1121] of Jotham[H3147] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began to reign[H4427].
2. Twenty[H6242] years[H8141] old[H1121] was Ahaz[H271] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] sixteen[H8337] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and he did[H6213] not that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430], like David[H1732] his father[H1].
3. But he walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478], yea[H1121], and made his son to pass through[H5674] the fire[H784], according to the abominations[H8441] of the nations[H1471], whom Jehovah[H3068] cast out[H3423] from before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
4. And he sacrificed[H2076] and burnt incense[H6999] in the high places[H1116], and on the hills[H1389], and under every green[H7488] tree[H6086].
5. Then Rezin[H7526] king[H4428] of Syria[H758] and Pekah[H6492] son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] came up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389] to war[H4421]: and they besieged[H6696] Ahaz[H271], but could[H3201] not overcome him[H3898].
6. At that time[H6256] Rezin[H7526] king[H4428] of Syria[H758] recovered[H7725] Elath[H359] to Syria[H758], and drove[H5394] the Jews[H3064] from Elath[H359]; and the Syrians[H726] came[H935] to Elath[H359], and dwelt[H3427] there[H3117], unto this day.
7. So Ahaz[H271] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to Tiglath-pileser[H8407] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], saying[H559], I am thy servant[H5650] and thy son[H1121]: come up[H5927], and save[H3467] me out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758], and out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], who rise up against me[H6965].
8. And Ahaz[H271] took[H3947] the silver[H3701] and gold[H2091] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and in the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and sent[H7971] it for a present[H7810] to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
9. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] hearkened[H8085] unto him[H4428]; and the king of Assyria[H804] went up[H5927] against Damascus[H1834], and took[H8610] it[H1540], and carried the people of it captive to Kir[H7024], and slew[H4191] Rezin[H7526].
10. And king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] went[H3212] to Damascus[H1834] to meet[H7125] Tiglath-pileser[H8407] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and saw[H7200] the altar[H4196] that was at Damascus[H1834]; and king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] sent[H7971] to Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548] the fashion[H1823] of the altar[H4196], and the pattern[H8403] of it[H4639], according to all the workmanship thereof.
11. And Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548] built[H1129] an altar[H4196]: according to all that king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] had sent[H7971] from Damascus[H1834], so did Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548] make[H6213] it against the coming[H935] of king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] from Damascus[H1834].
12. And when the king[H4428] was come[H935] from Damascus[H1834], the king[H4428] saw[H7200] the altar[H4196]: and the king[H4428] drew near[H7126] unto the altar[H4196], and offered thereon[H5927].
13. And he burnt[H6999] his burnt-offering[H5930] and his meal-offering[H4503], and poured[H5258] his drink-offering[H5262], and sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] of his peace-offerings[H5262], upon the altar[H4196].
14. And the brazen[H5178] altar[H4196], which was before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], he brought[H7126] from the forefront[H6440] of the house[H1004], from between his altar[H4196] and the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and put[H5414] it on the north[H6828] side[H3409] of his altar[H4196].
15. And king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] commanded[H6680] Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548], saying[H559], Upon the great[H1419] altar[H4196] burn[H6999] the morning[H1242] burnt-offering[H5930], and the evening[H6153] meal-offering[H4503], and the king[H4428]'s burnt-offering[H4503], and his meal-offering[H4503], with the burnt-offering[H5930] of all the people[H5971] of the land[H776], and their meal-offering[H5930], and their drink-offerings[H5262]; and sprinkle[H2236] upon it all the blood[H1818] of the burnt-offering[H5930], and all the blood[H1818] of the sacrifice[H2077]: but the brazen[H5178] altar[H4196] shall be for me to inquire by[H1239].
16. Thus did[H6213] Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548], according to all that king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] commanded[H6680].
17. And king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] cut off[H7112] the panels[H4526] of the bases[H4350], and removed[H5493] the laver[H3595] from off them[H3381], and took down the sea[H3220] from off the brazen[H5178] oxen[H1241] that were under it[H5414], and put it upon a pavement[H4837] of stone[H68].
18. And the covered[H4329] way for the sabbath[H7676] that they had built[H1129] in the house[H1004], and the king[H4428]'s entry[H3996] without[H2435], turned[H5437] he unto the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], because[H6440] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
19. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Ahaz[H271] which he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063]?
20. And Ahaz[H271] slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Hezekiah[H2396] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
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