2Ki 16 | ABEn | STEP | In [ 2 year 1 the seventeenth] of Pekah son of Remaliah, [ 6 reigned 1 Ahaz 2 son 3 of Jotham 4 king 5 of Judah].

2 Kings 16

CHAPTER 16 Ahaz Reigns in Judah

1 In [²year ¹the seventeenth] of Pekah son of Remaliah, [⁶reigned ¹Ahaz ²son ³of Jotham ⁴king ⁵of Judah]. 2 [²a son ³being twenty ⁴years old ¹Ahaz was] in his reigning. And sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem, and he did not do the upright thing in the eyes of the lord his God as David his father. 3 And he went in the way of the kings of Israel, and indeed [²his son ¹he led] through fire, according to the abominations of the nations, which the lord removed in front of the sons of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and upon the hills, and underneath every tree of the woods.

Syria and Israel War Against Judah

5 Then [⁴ascended ¹Rezin ²king ³of Syria], and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem for war. And they made assault against Ahaz, and they were not able to wage war. 6 In that time [⁴returned ¹Rezin ²king ³of Syria] Elath to Syria, and cast out the Jews from Elath. And the Edomites came into Elath, and they dwelt there until this day. 7 And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians, saying, [²your servant ³and ⁴your son ¹I am]. Ascend and deliver me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel! the ones rising up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and the gold he found in the treasuries of the house of the lord and of the house of the king, and he sent [²to the ³king ⁴of the Assyrians ¹gifts]. 9 And [⁴heard ⁵him ¹the ²king ³of the Assyrians]. And [³ascended up ¹the king ²of the Assyrians] against Damascus, and he seized it, and he resettled it, and he killed Rezin. 10 And [³went ¹king ²Ahaz] to meet Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians in Damascus. And he saw the altar, the one in Damascus. And [³sent ¹king ²Ahaz] to Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and the proportions of it, according to all its makings. 11 And [⁴built ¹Urijah ²the ³priest] the altar according to all as much as [³sent ¹king ²Ahaz] from Damascus. Thus [⁴did ¹Urijah ²the ³priest] until the coming of the king from Damascus. 12 And [³came ¹the ²king] from Damascus. And [³beheld ¹the ²king] the altar. And [³drew near ⁴to ⁵the ⁶altar ¹the ²king], and ascended unto it. 13 And he offered his whole burnt-offering, and his sacrifice offering; and [²of his libation offering ¹he offered a libation] to it; and he poured upon it the blood [²peace offerings ¹of his] -- upon the altar, 14 And the brass altar which was before the lord he brought forward in front of the house of the lord, from between the altar and from between the house of the lord. And he put it by the side of the altar according to the north. 15 And [³gave charge ¹king ²Ahaz] to Uriah the priest, saying, Upon the [²altar ¹great] offer the whole burnt-offering, the early morning sacrifice, and the [³sacrifice offering ¹the ²evening], and the whole burnt-offerings of the king, and his sacrifice offerings, and the whole burnt-offering of all the people, and their sacrifice offerings, and their libation offerings! And all the blood of the whole burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice offering [²upon ³it ¹you shall pour out]! And the altar of brass will be for me in the morning. 16 And [⁴did ¹Urijah ²the ³priest] according to all as much as [⁴gave charge ⁵to him ¹Ahaz ²the ³king]. 17 And [³cut down ¹king ²Ahaz] the joinery of the bases, and he moved [³from ⁴them ¹the ²bathing tub]; and the sea he lowered from the oxen of brass, of the ones underneath it, and he put it upon [²base ¹a stone]. 18 And the foundation of the chair of the Sabbaths he built in the house of the lord, and the entrance of the king the one outside, he turned in the house of the lord from in front of the king of the Assyrians. 19 And the rest of the words of Ahaz, as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was entombed with his fathers in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Hezekiah ²his son] instead of him.