2Ki 16:3-4, 7-8, 10 | ESV | STEP | but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel . He even burned his son as an offering, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel .

2 Kings 16:3-4

3 but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. ^aHe even burned his son as an offering, ^{▼▼Or made his son pass through the fire} ^caccording to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 4 ^dAnd he sacrificed and made offerings ^eon the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

2 Kings 16:7-8

7 ^fSo Ahaz sent messengers to ^gTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” 8 Ahaz also ^htook the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:10

10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet ⁱTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to ^jUriah the priest a model of the altar, and its pattern, exact in all its details.