2Kings:16

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ylt @2Kings:16:1 @In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah . ylt @2Kings:16:2 @A son of twenty years [is ] Ahaz in his reigning , and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and he hath not done that which [is ] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God , like David his father , ylt @2Kings:16:3 @and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel , and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire , according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel , ylt @2Kings:16:4 @and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places , and on the heights , and under every green tree . ylt @2Kings:16:5 @Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up , and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel , to Jerusalem , to battle , and they lay siege to Ahaz , and they have not been able to fight . ylt @2Kings:16:6 @At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram , and casteth out the Jews from Elath , and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath , and dwell there unto this day . ylt @2Kings:16:7 @And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur , saying , 'Thy servant and thy son [am ] I ; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram , and out of the hand of the king of Israel , who are rising up against me .' ylt @2Kings:16:8 @And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah , and in the treasures of the house of the king , and sendeth to the king of Asshur -- a bribe . ylt @2Kings:16:9 @And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur , and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus , and seizeth it , and removeth [the people of ] it to Kir , and Rezin he hath put to death . ylt @2Kings:16:10 @And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at ] Damascus , and seeth the altar that [is ] in Damascus , and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar , and its pattern , according to all its work , ylt @2Kings:16:11 @and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus ; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus . ylt @2Kings:16:12 @And the king cometh in from Damascus , and the king seeth the altar , and the king draweth near on the altar , and offereth on it , ylt @2Kings:16:13 @and perfumeth his burnt-offering , and his present , and poureth out his libation , and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath , on the altar . ylt @2Kings:16:14 @As to the altar of brass that [is ] before Jehovah -- he bringeth [it ] near from the front of the house , from between the altar and the house of Jehovah , and putteth it on the side of the altar , northward . ylt @2Kings:16:15 @And king Ahaz commandeth him -- Urijah the priest -- saying , 'On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning , and the present of the evening , and the burnt-offering of the king , and his present , and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land , and their present , and their libations ; and all the blood of the burnt-offering , and all the blood of the sacrifice , on it thou dost sprinkle , and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by ].' ylt @2Kings:16:16 @And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded . ylt @2Kings:16:17 @And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases , and turneth aside from off them the laver , and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are ] under it , and putteth it on a pavement of stones . ylt @2Kings:16:18 @And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house , and the entrance of the king without , he turned [from ] the house of Jehovah , because of the king of Asshur . ylt @2Kings:16:19 @And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? ylt @2Kings:16:20 @And Ahaz lieth with his fathers , and is buried with his fathers , in the city of David , and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead .

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