2Kings:16

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* In the seventeenth year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu , became Achaz , the son of Jotham the king of Judah , king . * Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king , and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem ; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord his God , like David his father . * But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , and even his son he caused to pass through the fire , after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel . * And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high –places , and on the hills , and under every green tree . * Then came up Rezin the king of Syria and Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel to Jerusalem to war : and they besieged Achaz , but were not able to make an attack . * At that time did Rezin the king of Syria bring Elath back to Syria , and drove the Jews from Elath : and the Edomeans came to Elath and dwelt there , even until this day . * And Achaz then sent messengers to Tiglath –pilesser the king of Assyria , saying , Thy servant and thy son am I : come up , and help me out of the hand of the king of Syria , and out of the hand of the king of Israel , who rise up against me . * And Achaz took the silver and the gold that were found in the house of the Lord , and in the treasures of the king ’s house , and sent to the king of Assyria as a bribe . * And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him ; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus , and captured it , and led it away captive to Kir , and Rezin did he put to death . * And King Achaz went to meet Tiglath –pilesser the king of Assyria to Damascus , and he saw the altar that was at Damascus : and king Achaz then sent to Uriyah the priest the form of the altar , and its pattern , after all its workmanship . * And Uriyah the priest built the altar ; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus , so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus . * And when the king came from Damascus , the king saw the altar ; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon . * And he burnt his burnt –offering and his meat –offering , and poured out his drink –offering , and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar . * And as respecteth the copper altar which was before the Lord , he moved it back from the forefront of the house , from between the altar and the house of the Lord , and set it on the side of the altar to the north . * And king Achaz commanded Uriyah the priest , saying , Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt –offering , and the evening meat –offering , and the king ’s burnt –offering , and his meat –offering , with the burnt –offering of all the people of the land , and their meat –offering , and their drink –offerings ; and all the blood of the burnt –offering , and all the blood of the sacrifices shalt thou sprinkle on it ; and the copper altar shall be for me to visit occasionally . * And Uriyah the priest did in accordance with all that king Achaz had commanded . * And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases , and removed the lavers from off them ; and the sea he took down from off the copper oxen that were under it , and placed it upon a pavement of stones . * And the covered passage for the sabbath that they had built on the house , and the outer king ’s entrance , turned he from the house of the Lord , on account of the king of Assyria . * Now the rest of the acts of Achaz which he did , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah . * And Achaz slept with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead .

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