Dual Panel1In the seventeenth<7651><6240> year<8141> of Pekah<6492> the son<1121> of Remaliah<7425>, Ahaz<271> the son<1121> of Jotham<3147>, king<4428> of Judah<3063>, became<4427> king<4427>.
2Ahaz<271> was twenty<6242> years<8141> old<1121> when he became<4427> king<4427>, and he reigned<4427> sixteen<8337><6240> years<8141> in Jerusalem<3389>; and he did not do<6213> what<3477> was right<3477> in the sight<5869> of the LORD<3068> his God<430>, as his father<1> David<1732> had done.
3But he walked<1980> in the way<1870> of the kings<4428> of Israel<3478>, and even<1571> made his son<1121> pass<5674> through the fire<784>, according to the abominations<8441> of the nations<1471> whom<834> the LORD<3068> had driven<3423> out from before<6440> the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>.
4He sacrificed<2076> and burned<6999> incense<6999> on the high<1116> places<1116> and on the hills<1389> and under<8478> every<3605> green<7488> tree<6086>.
5Then<227> Rezin<7526> king<4428> of Aram<758> and Pekah<6492> son<1121> of Remaliah<7425>, king<4428> of Israel<3478>, came<5927> up to Jerusalem<3389> to wage war<4421>; and they besieged<6696><5921> Ahaz<271>, but could<3201> not overcome<3898> him.
6At that time<6256> Rezin<7526> king<4428> of Aram<758> recovered<7725> Elath<365> for Aram<758>, and cleared<5394> the Judeans<3064> out of Elath<359> entirely; and the Arameans<130> came<935> to Elath<365> and have lived<3427> there<8033> to this<2088> day<3117>.
7So Ahaz<271> sent<7971> messengers<4397> to Tiglath-pileser<8407> king<4428> of Assyria<804>, saying<559>, "I am your servant<5650> and your son<1121>; come<5927> up and deliver<3467> me from the hand<3709> of the king<4428> of Aram<758> and from the hand<3709> of the king<4428> of Israel<3478>, who are rising<6965> up against<5921> me."
8Ahaz<271> took<3947> the silver<3701> and gold<2091> that was found<4672> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and in the treasuries<214> of the king's<4428> house<1004>, and sent<7971> a present<7810> to the king<4428> of Assyria<804>.
9So the king<4428> of Assyria<804> listened<8085> to him; and the king<4428> of Assyria<804> went<5927> up against<413> Damascus<1834> and captured<8610> it, and carried<1540> the people of it away<1540> into exile<1540> to Kir<7024>, and put<4191> Rezin<7526> to death<4191>.
10Now King<4428> Ahaz<271> went<1980> to Damascus<1834> to meet<7122> Tiglath-pileser<8407> king<4428> of Assyria<804>, and saw<7200> the altar<4196> which<834> was at Damascus<1834>; and King<4428> Ahaz<271> sent<7971> to Urijah<223> the priest<3548> the pattern<1823> of the altar<4196> and its model<8403>, according to all<3605> its workmanship<4639>.
11So Urijah<223> the priest<3548> built<1129> an altar<4196>; according to all<3605> that King<4428> Ahaz<271> had sent<7971> from Damascus<1834>, thus<3651> Urijah<223> the priest<3548> made<6213> it, before<5704> the coming<935> of King<4428> Ahaz<271> from Damascus<1834>.
12When the king<4428> came<935> from Damascus<1834>, the king<4428> saw<7200> the altar<4196>; then the king<4428> approached<7126> the altar<4196> and went<5927> up to it,
13and burned<6999> his burnt<5930> offering<5930> and his meal<4503> offering<4503>, and poured<5258> his drink<5262> offering<5262> and sprinkled<2236> the blood<1818> of his peace<8002> offerings<8002> on the altar<4196>.
14The bronze<5178> altar<4196>, which<834> was before<6440> the LORD<3068>, he brought<7126> from the front<6440> of the house<1004>, from between<996> his altar<4196> and the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, and he put<5414> it on the north<6828> side<3409> of his altar<4196>.
15Then King<4428> Ahaz<271> commanded<6680> Urijah<223> the priest<3548>, saying<559>, "Upon the great<1419> altar<4196> burn<6999> the morning<1242> burnt<5930> offering<5930> and the evening<6153> meal<4503> offering<4503> and the king's<4428> burnt<5930> offering<5930> and his meal<4503> offering<4503>, with the burnt<5930> offering<5930> of all<3605> the people<5971> of the land<776> and their meal<4503> offering<4503> and their drink<5262> offerings<5262>; and sprinkle<2236> on it all<3605> the blood<1818> of the burnt<5930> offering<5930> and all<3605> the blood<1818> of the sacrifice<2077>. But the bronze<5178> altar<4196> shall be for me to inquire<1239> by."
16So Urijah<223> the priest<3548> did<6213> according to all<3605> that King<4428> Ahaz<271> commanded<6680>.
17Then King<4428> Ahaz<271> cut<7112> off<7112> the borders<4526> of the stands<4350>, and removed<5493> the laver<3595> from them; he also took<3381> down<3381> the sea<3220> from the bronze<5178> oxen<1241> which<834> were under<8478> it and put<5414> it on a pavement<4837> of stone<68>.
18The covered<4146> way<4146> for the sabbath<7676> which<834> they had built<1129> in the house<1004>, and the outer<2435> entry<3996> of the king<4428>, he removed<5437> from the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> because<4480><6440> of the king<4428> of Assyria<804>.
19Now the rest<3499> of the acts<1697> of Ahaz<271> which<834> he did<6213>, are they not written<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Chronicles<1697><3117> of the Kings<4428> of Judah<3063>?
20So Ahaz<271> slept<7901> with his fathers<1>, and was buried<6912> with his fathers<1> in the city<5892> of David<1732>; and his son<1121> Hezekiah<2396> reigned<4427> in his place<8478>.