1Ahaz[H271] was twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]sixteen[H8337]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: but he did[H6213] not that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], like David[H1732] his father[H1]:
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For he walked in[H3212] the ways[H1870] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and made[H6213] also molten images[H4541] for Baalim[H1168].
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Moreover he burnt[H1197]incense[H6999] in the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], and burnt[H1197] his children[H1121] in the fire[H784], after the abominations[H8441] of the heathen[H1471] whom the LORD[H3068] had cast out[H3423]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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He sacrificed[H2076] also and burnt incense[H6999] in the high places[H1116], and on the hills[H1389], and under every green[H7488]tree[H6086].
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Wherefore the LORD[H3068] his God[H430]delivered[H5414] him into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758]; and they smote[H5221] him, and carried away[H7617] a great[H1419]multitude[H1419] of them captives[H7633], and brought[H935] them to Damascus[H1834]. And he was also delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], who smote[H5221] him with a great[H1419]slaughter[H4347].
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For Pekah[H6492] the son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425]slew[H2026] in Judah[H3063] an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505] in one[H259]day[H3117], which were all valiant[H2428]men[H1121]; because they had forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
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And Zichri[H2147], a mighty man[H1368] of Ephraim[H669], slew[H2026]Maaseiah[H4641] the king[H4428]'s son[H1121], and Azrikam[H5840] the governor[H5057] of the house[H1004], and Elkanah[H511] that was next[H4932] to the king[H4428].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] carried away[H962]captive[H7617] of their brethren[H251] two hundred[H3967]thousand[H505], women[H802], sons[H1121], and daughters[H1323], and took also away[H962]much[H7227]spoil[H7998] from them, and brought[H935] the spoil[H7998] to Samaria[H8111].
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But a prophet[H5030] of the LORD[H3068] was there, whose name[H8034] was Oded[H5752]: and he went out[H3318]before[H6440] the host[H6635] that came[H935] to Samaria[H8111], and said[H559] unto them, Behold, because the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1] was wroth[H2534] with Judah[H3063], he hath delivered[H5414] them into your hand[H3027], and ye have slain[H2026] them in a rage[H2197] that reacheth up[H5060] unto heaven[H8064].
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And now ye purpose[H559] to keep under[H3533] the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] for bondmen[H5650] and bondwomen[H8198] unto you: but are there not with you, even[H7535] with you, sins[H819] against the LORD[H3068] your God?[H430]
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Now hear[H8085] me therefore, and deliver[H7725] the captives[H7633] again, which ye have taken captive[H7617] of your brethren[H251]: for the fierce[H2740]wrath[H639] of the LORD[H3068] is upon you.
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Then certain[H582] of the heads[H7218] of the children[H1121] of Ephraim[H669], Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Johanan[H3076], Berechiah[H1296] the son[H1121] of Meshillemoth[H4919], and Jehizkiah[H3169] the son[H1121] of Shallum[H7967], and Amasa[H6021] the son[H1121] of Hadlai[H2311], stood up[H6965] against them that came[H935] from the war[H6635],
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And said[H559] unto them, Ye shall not bring in[H935] the captives[H7633] hither: for whereas we have offended[H819] against the LORD[H3068] already, ye intend[H559] to add[H3254] more to our sins[H2403] and to our trespass[H819]: for our trespass[H819] is great[H7227], and there is fierce[H2740]wrath[H639] against Israel[H3478].
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So the armed men[H2502]left[H5800] the captives[H7633] and the spoil[H961]before[H6440] the princes[H8269] and all the congregation[H6951].
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And the men[H582] which were expressed[H5344] by name[H8034] rose up[H6965], and took[H2388] the captives[H7633], and with the spoil[H7998]clothed[H3847] all that were naked[H4636] among them, and arrayed[H3847] them, and shod[H5274] them, and gave them to[H681]eat[H398] and to[H681]drink[H8248], and anointed[H5480] them, and carried[H5095] all the feeble[H3782] of them upon asses[H2543], and brought[H935] them to[H681]Jericho[H3405], the city[H5892] of palm trees[H8558], to[H681] their brethren[H251]: then they returned[H7725]to[H681]Samaria[H8111].
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At that time[H6256] did king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]send[H7971] unto the kings[H4428] of Assyria[H804] to help[H5826] him.
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For again the Edomites[H130] had come[H935] and smitten[H5221]Judah[H3063], and carried away[H7617]captives[H7628].
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The Philistines[H6430] also had invaded[H6584] the cities[H5892] of the low country[H8219], and of the south[H5045] of Judah[H3063], and had taken[H3920]Bethshemesh[H1053], and Ajalon[H357], and Gederoth[H1450], and Shocho[H7755] with the villages[H1323] thereof, and Timnah[H8553] with the villages[H1323] thereof, Gimzo[H1579] also and the villages[H1323] thereof: and they dwelt[H3427] there.
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For the LORD[H3068]brought[H3665]Judah[H3063]low[H3665] because of Ahaz[H271]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]; for he made[H6544]Judah[H3063]naked[H6544], and transgressed[H4603]sore[H4604] against the LORD[H3068].
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And Tilgathpilneser[H8407]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]came[H935] unto him, and distressed[H6696] him, but strengthened[H2388] him not.
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For Ahaz[H271] took away a portion[H2505] out of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and out of the house[H1004] of the king[H4428], and of the princes[H8269], and gave[H5414] it unto the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]: but he helped[H5833] him not.
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And in the time[H6256] of his distress[H6887] did he trespass[H4603] yet more[H3254] against the LORD[H3068]: this is that king[H4428]Ahaz[H271].
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For he sacrificed[H2076] unto the gods[H430] of Damascus[H1834], which smote[H5221] him: and he said[H559], Because the gods[H430] of the kings[H4428] of Syria[H758]help[H5826] them, therefore will I sacrifice[H2076] to them, that they may help[H5826] me. But they were the ruin[H3782] of him, and of all Israel[H3478].
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And Ahaz[H271] gathered together[H622] the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], and cut in pieces[H7112] the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], and shut up[H5462] the doors[H1817] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and he made[H6213] him altars[H4196] in every corner[H6438] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And in every several city[H5892] of Judah[H3063] he made[H6213] high places[H1116] to burn incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430], and provoked to anger[H3707] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of his fathers[H1].
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Now the rest[H3499] of his acts[H1697] and of all his ways[H1870], first[H7223] and last[H314], behold, they are written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478].
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And Ahaz[H271]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892], even in Jerusalem[H3389]: but they brought[H935] him not into the sepulchres[H6913] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478]: and Hezekiah[H3169] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.