2 Kings 16
The Reign of
Ahaz |
2 Chr. 28.1-27 |
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In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son
of Remali'ah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to
reign.
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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.
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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. Deut. 12.31
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And he sacrificed and burnt incense in
the high places, and on the hills, and under every green
tree.
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Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son
of Remali'ah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war: and they
besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. Is. 7.1
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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.
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So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tig'lath-pile'ser 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.
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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.
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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.
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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
Tig'lath-pile'ser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Uri'jah the priest the fashion of
the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship
thereof.
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And Uri'jah the priest built an altar
according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Uri'jah
the priest made it against king Ahaz came from
Damascus.
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And when the king was come from Damascus,
the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and
offered thereon.
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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.
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And he brought also the brazen altar, Ex.
27.1, 2 · 2 Chr. 4.1 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.
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And king Ahaz commanded Uri'jah 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 brazen altar shall be
for me to inquire by.
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Thus did Uri'jah the priest, according to
all that king Ahaz commanded.
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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 brazen oxen that were under it, 1 Kgs.
7.23-39 · 2
Chr. 4.2-6 and put it upon a pavement of
stones.
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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.
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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?
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And Ahaz slept with his fathers, Is.
14.28 and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David: and Hezeki'ah his son reigned in his
stead.
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