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1 # Ahaz <0271> was twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800) , and he reigned <04427> (8804) sixteen <08337> <06240> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>: but he did <06213> (8804) not that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, like David <01732> his father <01> :
2 For he walked in <03212> (8799) the ways <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, and made <06213> (8804) also molten images <04541> for Baalim <01168>.
3 Moreover he burnt incense <06999> (8689) in the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, and burnt <01197> (8686) his children <01121> in the fire <0784>, after the abominations <08441> of the heathen <01471> whom the LORD <03068> had cast out <03423> (8689) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
4 He sacrificed <02076> (8762) also and burnt incense <06999> (8762) in the high places <01116>, and on the hills <01389>, and under every green <07488> tree <06086>.
5 Wherefore the LORD <03068> his God <0430> delivered <05414> (8799) him into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758>; and they smote <05221> (8686) him, and carried away <07617> (8799) a great multitude <01419> of them captives <07633>, and brought <0935> (8686) them to Damascus <01834>. And he was also delivered <05414> (8737) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, who smote <05221> (8686) him with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>.
6 # For Pekah <06492> the son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> slew <02026> (8799) in Judah <03063> an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> in one <0259> day <03117>, which were all valiant <02428> men <01121> ; because they had forsaken <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of their fathers <01>.
7 And Zichri <02147>, a mighty man <01368> of Ephraim <0669>, slew <02026> (8799) Maaseiah <04641> the king's <04428> son <01121>, and Azrikam <05840> the governor <05057> of the house <01004>, and Elkanah <0511> that was next <04932> to the king <04428>.
8 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> carried away captive <07617> (8799) of their brethren <0251> two hundred <03967> thousand <0505>, women <0802>, sons <01121>, and daughters <01323>, and took also away <0962> (8804) much <07227> spoil <07998> from them, and brought <0935> (8686) the spoil <07998> to Samaria <08111>.
9 But a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068> was there, whose name <08034> was Oded <05752>: and he went out <03318> (8799) before <06440> the host <06635> that came <0935> (8802) to Samaria <08111>, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Behold, because the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01> was wroth <02534> with Judah <03063>, he hath delivered <05414> (8804) them into your hand <03027>, and ye have slain <02026> (8799) them in a rage <02197> that reacheth up <05060> (8689) unto heaven <08064>.
10 And now ye purpose <0559> (8802) to keep under <03533> (8800) the children <01121> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> for bondmen <05650> and bondwomen <08198> unto you: but are there not with you, even <07535> with you, sins <0819> against the LORD <03068> your God <0430>?
11 Now hear <08085> (8798) me therefore, and deliver <07725> (8685) the captives <07633> again, which ye have taken captive <07617> (8804) of your brethren <0251>: for the fierce <02740> wrath <0639> of the LORD <03068> is upon you.
12 Then certain <0582> of the heads <07218> of the children <01121> of Ephraim <0669>, Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Johanan <03076>, Berechiah <01296> the son <01121> of Meshillemoth <04919>, and Jehizkiah <03169> the son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, and Amasa <06021> the son <01121> of Hadlai <02311>, stood up <06965> (8799) against them that came <0935> (8802) from the war <06635>,
13 And said <0559> (8799) unto them, Ye shall not bring in <0935> (8686) the captives <07633> hither: for whereas we have offended <0819> against the LORD <03068> already, ye intend <0559> (8802) to add <03254> (8687) more to our sins <02403> and to our trespass <0819>: for our trespass <0819> is great <07227>, and there is fierce <02740> wrath <0639> against Israel <03478>.
14 So the armed men <02502> (8803) left <05800> (8799) the captives <07633> and the spoil <0961> before <06440> the princes <08269> and all the congregation <06951>.
15 And the men <0582> which were expressed <05344> (8738) by name <08034> rose up <06965> (8799), and took <02388> (8686) the captives <07633>, and with the spoil <07998> clothed <03847> (8689) all that were naked <04636> among them, and arrayed <03847> (8686) them, and shod <05274> (8686) them, and gave them to eat <0398> (8686) and to drink <08248> (8686), and anointed <05480> (8799) them, and carried <05095> (8762) all the feeble <03782> (8802) of them upon asses <02543>, and brought <0935> (8686) them to Jericho <03405>, the city <05892> of palm trees <08558> (8677) <05899>, to <0681> their brethren <0251>: then they returned <07725> (8799) to Samaria <08111>.
16 # At that time <06256> did king <04428> Ahaz <0271> send <07971> (8804) unto the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> to help <05826> (8800) him.
17 For again the Edomites <0130> had come <0935> (8804) and smitten <05221> (8686) Judah <03063>, and carried away <07617> (8799) captives <07628>.
18 The Philistines <06430> also had invaded <06584> (8804) the cities <05892> of the low country <08219>, and of the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, and had taken <03920> (8799) Bethshemesh <01053>, and Ajalon <0357>, and Gederoth <01450>, and Shocho <07755> with the villages <01323> thereof, and Timnah <08553> with the villages <01323> thereof, Gimzo <01579> also and the villages <01323> thereof: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) there.
19 For the LORD <03068> brought <03665> <00> Judah <03063> low <03665> (8689) because of Ahaz <0271> king <04428> of Israel <03478>; for he made <06544> <00> Judah <03063> naked <06544> (8689), and transgressed <04603> (8800) sore <04604> against the LORD <03068>.
20 And Tilgathpilneser <08407> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came <0935> (8799) unto him, and distressed <06696> (8799) him, but strengthened <02388> (8804) him not.
21 For Ahaz <0271> took away a portion <02505> (8804) out of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and out of the house <01004> of the king <04428>, and of the princes <08269>, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>: but he helped <05833> him not.
22 And in the time <06256> of his distress <06887> (8687) did he trespass <04603> (8800) yet more <03254> (8686) against the LORD <03068>: this is that king <04428> Ahaz <0271>.
23 For he sacrificed <02076> (8799) unto the gods <0430> of Damascus <01834>, which smote <05221> (8688) him: and he said <0559> (8799), Because the gods <0430> of the kings <04428> of Syria <0758> help <05826> (8688) them, therefore will I sacrifice <02076> (8762) to them, that they may help <05826> (8799) me. But they were the ruin <03782> (8687) of him, and of all Israel <03478>.
24 And Ahaz <0271> gathered together <0622> (8799) the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of God <0430> , and cut in pieces <07112> (8762) the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, and shut up <05462> (8799) the doors <01817> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and he made <06213> (8799) him altars <04196> in every corner <06438> of Jerusalem <03389>.
25 And in every several city <05892> of Judah <03063> he made <06213> (8804) high places <01116> to burn incense <06999> (8763) unto other <0312> gods <0430>, and provoked to anger <03707> (8686) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of his fathers <01>.
26 Now the rest <03499> of his acts <01697> and of all his ways <01870>, first <07223> and last <0314>, behold, they are written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>.
27 And Ahaz <0271> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>, and they buried <06912> (8799) him in the city <05892>, even in Jerusalem <03389>: but they brought <0935> (8689) him not into the sepulchres <06913> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>: and Hezekiah <03169> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.