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* Achaz was (note :)Alex . 20 years (:note ) five and twenty years old when he began to reign , and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord , as David his father . * But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel , for he made graven images . * And (note :)Supplied from Alex .(:note ) he sacrificed to their Alex . gh idols in the valley of Benennom , and passed his children through the fire , according to the abominations of the heathen , whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel . * And he burnt incense upon the high places , and upon the roofs , and under every shady tree . * And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria ; and he smote him , and took captive of them a great band of prisoners , and carried him to Damascus . Also God delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel , who smote him with a great slaughter . * And Phakee the son of Romelias king of Israel , slew in Juda in one day a hundred and twenty thousand mighty men ; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers . * And Zechri , (note :)Or , the (:note ) a mighty man of Ephraim , slew Maasias the king ’s son , and Ezrican the chief of his house , and Elcana the king ’s deputy . * And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand , women , and sons , and daughters , and they spoiled them of much property , and brought the spoils to Samaria . * And there was there a prophet of the Lord , his name was Oded : and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria , and said to them , Behold , the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers is upon Juda , and he has delivered them into your hands , and ye have slain them in wrath , and it has reached even to heaven . * And now ye talk of keeping the children of Juda and Jerusalem for servants and handmaidens . Lo , am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God ? * And now hearken to me , and restore the (note :)Gr . captivity (:note ) prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken : for the Gr . anger of wrath fierce anger of the Lord is upon you . * And the chiefs of the sons of Ephraim rose up , (note :)Alex . Azarias (:note ) Udias the son of Joanas , and Barachias the son of Mosolamoth , and Ezekias the son of Sellem , and Amasias the son of Eldai , against those that came from the war , * and said to them , Ye shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us , for whereas sin against the Lord is upon us , ye mean to add to our sins , and to our trespass : for our sin is great , and the fierce anger of the Lord is upon Israel . * So the warriors left the prisoners and the spoils before the princes and all the congregation . * And the men who were called by name rose up , and took hold of the prisoners , and clothed all the naked from the spoils , and gave them garments and shoes , and gave them food to eat , and oil to anoint themselves with , and they helped also every one that was weak with asses , and placed them in Jericho , the city of palm-trees , with their brethren ; and they returned to Samaria . * At that time king Achaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him , and on this occasion , * because the Idumeans had attacked him , and smitten Juda , and taken (note :)See Ps strkjv @68:18 ; Eph strkjv @4:8 (:note ) a number of prisoners . * Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country , and the cities of the south of Juda , and taken Baethsamys , and (note :)Alex . omits the words between the brackets (:note ) the things in the house of the Lord , and the things in the house of the king , and of the princes : and they gave to the king Ælon , and Galero , and Socho and her villages , and Thamna and her villages , and Gamzo and her villages : and they dwelt there . * For the Lord humbled Juda because of Achaz king of Juda , because he grievously departed from the Lord . * And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria , and he afflicted him . * And Achaz took the things that were in the house of the Lord , and the things in the house of the king , and of the princes , and gave them to the king of Assyria : but he was no help to him , * but only troubled him in his affliction : and he departed yet more from the Lord , and king Achaz said , * I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me . And he said , Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them , therefore will I sacrifice to them , and they will help me . But they became a stumbling-block to him , and to all Israel . * And Achaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord , and cut them in pieces , and shut the doors of the house of the Lord , and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem : * and in each several city in Juda he made high places to burn incense to strange gods : and they provoked the Lord God of their fathers . * And the rest of his acts , and his deeds , the first and the last , behold , they are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel . * And Achaz slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David ; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead .

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