Dual Panel1Ahaz <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>, in contrast to his ancestor <01> David <01732>.
2He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>; he also <01571> made <06213> images <04541> of the Baals <01168>.
3He <01931> offered sacrifices <06999> in the Valley <01516> of Ben-Hinnom <02011> <01121> and passed <01197> his sons <01121> through <01197> the fire <0784>, a horrible sin <08441> practiced by the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> drove out <03423> 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>.
5The Lord <03068> his God <0430> handed <03027> him over to the king <04428> of Syria <0758>. The Syrians defeated <05221> him and deported <07617> many captives <07633> to Damascus <01834> <0935> <01419>. He was also <01571> handed <03027> over to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, who thoroughly <04347> defeated <05221> him.
6In one <0259> day <03117> King Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> of Israel killed <02026> 120,000 <0505> <06242> <03967> warriors <02428> <01121> in Judah <03063>, because they had abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>.
7Zikri <02147>, an Ephraimite <0669> warrior <01368>, killed <02026> the king’s <04428> son <01121> Maaseiah <04641>, Azrikam <05840>, the supervisor <05057> of the palace <01004>, and Elkanah <0511>, the king’s <04428> second-in-command <04932>.
8The Israelites <03478> <01121> seized <07617> from their brothers <0251> 200,000 <0505> <03967> wives <0802>, sons <01121>, and daughters <01323>. They <01992> also <01571> carried off <0962> a huge amount <07227> of plunder <07998> and took <0935> it <07998> back <0935> to Samaria <08111>.
9Oded <05752>, a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068>, was there <08033>. He went <03318> to meet <06440> the army <06635> as they arrived <0935> in Samaria <08111> and said <0559> to them: “Look <02009>, because the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestors <01> was angry <02534> with <05921> Judah <03063> he handed <05414> them over <03027> to you. You have killed <02026> them so <05704> mercilessly <02197> that <05704> God <08064> has taken notice <05060>.
10And now <06258> you <0859> are planning <0559> to enslave <03533> the people <01121> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>. Yet <07535> are you <0859> not <03808> also guilty <0819> before <05973> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>?
11Now <06258> listen <08085> to me! Send back <07725> those <07633> you have <0834> seized <07617> from your brothers <0251>, for <03588> the Lord <03069> is very <02740> angry <0639> at <05921> you!”
12So some <0376> of the Ephraimite <0669> <01121> family leaders <07218>, Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Jehochanan <03076>, Berechiah <01296> son <01121> of Meshillemoth <04919>, Jechizkiah <03169> son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, and Amasa <06021> son <01121> of Hadlai <02311> confronted <06965> those returning <0935> from <04480> the battle <06635>.
13They said <0559> to them, “Don’t <03808> bring <0935> those <03588> captives <07633> here <02008>! Are you <0859> planning on making <0559> us even more <03254> sinful <02403> and guilty <0819> before <05921> the Lord <03068>? Our guilt <0819> is already great <07227> and the Lord is very <02740> angry <0639> at <05921> Israel <03478>.”
14So <05800> the soldiers released <02502> the captives <07633> and the plunder <0961> before <06440> the officials <08269> and the entire <03605> assembly <06951>.
15Men <0376> were assigned <05344> to take <02388> the prisoners <07633> and find clothes <03847> among <04480> the plunder <07998> for those who were naked <04636>. So they clothed <03847> them, supplied them with sandals <05274>, gave them food <0398> and drink <08248>, and provided them with oil to rub <05480> on their skin. They put <05095> the ones <03605> who couldn’t walk <03782> on donkeys <02543>. They brought <0935> them back to their brothers <0251> at Jericho <03405>, the city <05892> of the date <08558> palm trees, and then returned <07725> to Samaria <08111>.
16At that <01931> time <06256> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> asked <07971> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> for help <05826>.
17The Edomites <0130> had again <05750> invaded <0935> and defeated <05221> Judah <03063> and carried off <07617> captives <07628>.
18The Philistines <06430> had raided <06584> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> in the lowlands <08219> and the Negev <05045>. They captured <03920> and settled <03427> in Beth Shemesh <01053>, Aijalon <0357>, Gederoth <01450>, Soco <07755> and its surrounding villages <01323>, Timnah <08553> and its surrounding villages <01323>, and Gimzo <01579> and its surrounding villages <01323>.
19The Lord <03068> humiliated <03665> Judah <03063> because <05668> of King <04428> Ahaz <0271> of Israel <03478>, for <03588> he encouraged <06544> Judah <03063> to sin and was very unfaithful <04604> <04603> to the Lord <03068>.
20King <04428> Tiglath-pileser <08407> of Assyria <0804> came <0935>, but he gave <06696> him more trouble <06696> than <03808> support <02388>.
21Ahaz <0271> gathered riches <02505> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and the officials <08269> and gave <05414> them to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, but that did not <03808> help <05833>.
22During his time <06256> of trouble <06887> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> was even more <03254> unfaithful <04603> to the Lord <03068>.
23He offered sacrifices <02076> to the gods <0430> of Damascus <01834> whom he thought had defeated <05221> him. He reasoned <0559>, “Since <03588> the gods <0430> of the kings <04428> of Damascus <0758> helped <05826> them, I will sacrifice <02076> to them so they will help <05826> me.” But they <01992> caused <01961> him and all <03605> Israel <03478> to stumble <03782>.
24Ahaz <0271> gathered <0622> the items <03627> in God’s <0430> temple <01004> and removed <07112> them. He <0430> shut <05462> the doors <01817> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and erected <06213> altars <04196> on every <03605> street corner <06438> in Jerusalem <03389>.
25In every <03605> city <05892> throughout Judah <03063> he set up <06213> high places <01116> to offer sacrifices <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>. He angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of his ancestors <01>.
26The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments <01870> from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the Scroll <05612> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>.
27Ahaz <0271> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the City of David <03389> <05892>; they did not <03808> bring <0935> him to the tombs <06913> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. His son <01121> Hezekiah <02396> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.