2Chronicles:28:1-27
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Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign ,
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem .
And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD ,
like his father David ,
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but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel .
He even made molten images for the Ba '
als ;
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and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom ,
and burned his sons as an offering ,
according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel .
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And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places ,
and on the hills ,
and under every green tree .
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Therefore the LORD his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria ,
who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus .
He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel ,
who defeated him with great slaughter .
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For Pekah the son of Remali '
ah slew a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day ,
all of them men of valor ,
because they had forsaken the LORD ,
the God of their fathers .
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And Zichri ,
a mighty man of E '
phraim ,
slew Ma-asei '
ah the king '
s son and Azri '
kam the commander of the palace and Elka '
nah the next in authority to the king .
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The men of Israel took captive two hundred thousand of their kinsfolk ,
women ,
sons ,
and daughters ;
they also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Sama '
ria .
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But a prophet of the LORD was there ,
whose name was Oded ;
and he went out to meet the army that came to Sama '
ria ,
and said to them , "
Behold ,
because the LORD ,
the God of your fathers ,
was angry with Judah ,
he gave them into your hand ,
but you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven .
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And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem ,
male and female ,
as your slaves .
Have you not sins of your own against the LORD your God ?
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Now hear me ,
and send back the captives from your kinsfolk whom you have taken ,
for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you ."
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Certain chiefs also of the men of E '
phraim ,
Azari '
ah the son of Joha '
nan ,
Berechi '
ah the son of Meshil '
lemoth ,
Jehizki '
ah the son of Shallum ,
and Ama '
sa the son of Hadlai ,
stood up against those who were coming from the war ,
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and said to them , "
You shall not bring the captives in here ,
for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the LORD in addition to our present sins and guilt .
For our guilt is already great ,
and there is fierce wrath against Israel ."
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So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly .
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And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives ,
and with the spoil they clothed all that were naked among them ;
they clothed them ,
gave them sandals ,
provided them with food and drink ,
and anointed them ;
and carrying all the feeble among them on asses ,
they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho ,
the city of palm trees .
Then they returned to Sama '
ria .
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At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help .
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For the E '
domites had again invaded and defeated Judah ,
and carried away captives .
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And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephe '
lah and the Negeb of Judah ,
and had taken Beth-she '
mesh ,
Ai '
jalon ,
Gede '
roth ,
Soco with its villages ,
Timnah with its villages ,
and Gimzo with its villages ;
and they settled there .
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For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel ,
for he had dealt wantonly in Judah and had been faithless to the LORD .
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So Til '
gath-pilne '
ser king of Assyria came against him ,
and afflicted him instead of strengthening him .
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For Ahaz took from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes ,
and gave tribute to the king of Assyria ;
but it did not help him .
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In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz .
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For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him ,
and said , "
Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them ,
I will sacrifice to them that they may help me ."
But they were the ruin of him ,
and of all Israel .
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And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God ,
and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD ;
and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem .
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In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods ,
provoking to anger the LORD ,
the God of his fathers .
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Now the rest of his acts and all his ways ,
from first to last ,
behold ,
they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel .
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And Ahaz slept with his fathers ,
and they buried him in the city ,
in Jerusalem ,
for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel .
And Hezeki '
ah his son reigned in his stead .
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