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* In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign . * Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign , and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem ; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully , as David his father had done . * And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , yea , he 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 . * And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places , and upon the hills , and under every (note :)Gr . tree of the grove or wood (:note ) shady tree . * Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war , and besieged Achaz , but could not (note :)Gr . fight (:note ) prevail against him . * At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Ælath to Syria , and drove out the Jews from Ælath , and the Idumeans came to Ælath , and dwelt there until this day . * And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians , saying , I am thy servant and thy son : come up , deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria , and out of the hand of the king of Israel , who are rising up against me . * And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord , and of the king ’s house , and sent gifts to the king . * And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him : and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it , and removed (note :)Gr . it (:note ) the inhabitants , and slew king Raasson . * And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus ; and he saw (note :)Or , the altar (:note ) an altar at Damascus . And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar , and its proportions , and all its workmanship . * And Urias the priest built the altar , according to all the directions which king Achaz sent from Damascus . * And the king saw the altar , and went up to it , * and (note :)Gr . and Hebrews . offered in way of incense ; See 2 Ch strkjv @13:10 (:note ) offered his whole-burnt-offering , and his meat-offering , and his drink-offering , and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord . * And he brought forward the one before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord , and he (note :)Or , displayed it (:note ) set it openly by the Gr . thigh side of the altar northwards . * And king Achaz charged Urias the priest , saying , Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening , and the whole-burnt-offering of the king , and his meat-offering , and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people , and their meat-offering , and their drink-offering ; and thou shalt pour (note :)Or , the blood of every , etc (:note ) all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering , and all the blood of any other sacrifice upon it : and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning . * And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him . * And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases , and removed the laver from off them , and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it , and set it upon a base of stone . * And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord , and he turned the king ’s entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians . * And the rest of the acts of Achaz , even all that he did , are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda ? * And Achaz slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David : and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead .

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