2Kings:16:1-9
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In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remali '
ah ,
Ahaz the son of Jotham ,
king of Judah ,
began to reign .
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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 his God ,
as his father David had done ,
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but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel .
He even burned his son 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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Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali '
ah ,
king of Israel ,
came up to wage war on Jerusalem ,
and they besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him .
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At that time the king of Edom recovered Elath for Edom ,
and drove the men of Judah from Elath ;
and the E '
domites came to Elath ,
where they dwell to this day .
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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tig '
lath-pile '
ser king of Assyria ,
saying , "
I am your servant and your son .
Come up ,
and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel ,
who are attacking me ."
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Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasures of the king '
s house ,
and sent a present to the king of Assyria .
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And the king of Assyria hearkened to him ;
the king of Assyria marched up against Damascus ,
and took it ,
carrying its people captive to Kir ,
and he killed Rezin .
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