Dual Panel1In the seventeenth <06240> <07651> year <08141> <08141> of the reign of Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425>, Jotham’s <03147> son <01121> Ahaz <0271> became <04427> king <04428> over Judah <03063>.
2Ahaz <0271> was twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for sixteen <06240> <08337> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. He did not <03808> do <06213> what pleased <05869> <03477> the Lord <03068> his God <0430>, in contrast to his ancestor <01> David <01732>.
3He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. He passed <05674> his son <01121> through <05674> the fire <0784>, a horrible sin practiced <08441> by the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> drove out <03423> from before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
4He offered <02076> sacrifices and burned incense <06999> on the high places <01116>, on <05921> the hills <01389>, and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>.
5At that time <0227> King <04428> Rezin <07526> of Syria <0758> and King <04428> Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> of Israel <03478> attacked <04421> <05927> Jerusalem <03389>. They besieged <05921> <06696> Ahaz <0271>, but were unable <03201> <03808> to conquer <03898> him.
6(At that time <06256> King <04428> Rezin <07526> of Syria <0758> recovered <07725> Elat <0359> for Syria <0758>; he drove <05394> the Judahites <03064> from there <0359>. Syrians <0726> arrived <0935> in Elat <0359> and live <03427> there <08033> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.)
7Ahaz <0271> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> King <04428> Tiglath-pileser <08407> of Assyria <0804>, saying <0559>, “I <0589> am your servant <05650> and your dependent <01121>. March up <05927> and rescue <03467> me from the power <03709> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> and the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, who have attacked <05921> <06965> me.”
8Then Ahaz <0271> took <03947> the silver <03701> and gold <02091> that were <04672> in the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and in the treasuries <0214> of the royal <04428> palace <01004> and sent <07971> it as tribute <07810> to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
9The king <04428> of Assyria <0804> responded <08085> favorably to <0413> his request; he <0804> <04428> attacked <0413> <05927> Damascus <01834> and captured <08610> it. He deported <01540> the people to Kir <07024> and executed <04191> Rezin <07526>.
10When King <04428> Ahaz <0271> went <01980> to meet <07125> with King <04428> Tiglath-pileser <08407> of Assyria <0804> in Damascus <01834>, he saw <07200> the <0853> altar <04196> there. King <04428> Ahaz <0271> sent <07971> to <0413> Uriah <0223> the priest <03548> a drawing <01823> of the altar <04196> and a blueprint <08403> for its design <04639>.
11Uriah <0223> the priest <03548> built <01129> an altar <04196> in conformity to the plans King <04428> Ahaz <0271> had sent <07971> from Damascus <01834>. Uriah <0223> the priest <03548> finished <06213> it before <05704> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> arrived <0935> back from Damascus <01834>.
12When the king <04428> arrived <0935> back from Damascus <01834> and saw <07200> the altar <04196>, he approached <07126> it <04196> and offered <05927> a sacrifice on <05921> it.
13He offered <06999> his burnt sacrifice <05930> and his grain offering <04503>. He poured out <05258> his libation <05262> and sprinkled <02236> the blood <01818> from his peace offerings <08002> on <05921> the altar <04196>.
14He moved <07126> the bronze <05178> altar <04196> that <0834> stood in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440> from the front <06440> of the temple <01004> (between <0996> the altar <04196> and <0996> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>) and put <05414> it on <05921> the north <06828> side <03409> of the new altar <04196>.
15King <04428> Ahaz <0271> ordered <06680> Uriah <0223> the priest <03548>, “On <05921> the large <01419> altar <04196> offer <06999> the <0853> morning <01242> burnt sacrifice <05930>, the <0853> evening <06153> grain offering <04503>, the <0853> royal <04428> burnt sacrifices <05930> and grain offering <04503>, the burnt sacrifice <05930> for all <03605> the people <05971> of Israel, their grain offering <04503>, and their libations <05262>. Sprinkle <02236> all <03605> the blood <01818> of the burnt sacrifice <05930> and other <03605> sacrifices <02077> on <05921> it. The bronze <05178> altar <04196> will be <01961> for my personal use.”
16So Uriah <0223> the priest <03548> did <06213> exactly as <0834> <03605> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> ordered <06680>.
17King <04428> Ahaz <0271> took off <07112> the frames <04526> of the movable stands <04350>, and removed <05493> the basins from <05921> them. He took <03381> “The Sea <03220>” down <03381> from <05921> the bronze <05178> bulls <01241> that <0834> supported it and put <05414> it on <05921> the pavement <068> <04837>.
18He also removed <05437> the Sabbath <07676> awning <04329> that <0834> had been built <01129> in the temple <01004> and the king’s <04428> outer <02435> entranceway <03996>, on account <06440> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
19The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Ahaz’s <0271> reign, including <0834> his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
20Ahaz <0271> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Hezekiah <02396> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.