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In the seventeenth[H7651]year[H8141] of Pekah[H6492] the son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425]Ahaz[H271] the son[H1121] of Jotham[H3147]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began to reign[H4427].
2Twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] was Ahaz[H271] when he began to reign[H4427], and reigned[H4427]sixteen[H8337]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389], and did[H6213] not that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], like David[H1732] his father[H1].
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But he walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478], yea, and made his son[H1121] to pass through[H5674] the fire[H784], according to the abominations[H8441] of the heathen[H1471], whom the LORD[H3068] cast out[H3423] from before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And he sacrificed[H2076] 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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Then Rezin[H7526]king[H4428] of Syria[H758] and Pekah[H6492]son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] came up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389] to war[H4421]: and they besieged[H6696]Ahaz[H271], but could[H3201] not overcome[H3898] him.
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At that time[H6256]Rezin[H7526]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]recovered[H7725]Elath[H359] to Syria[H130], and drave[H5394] the Jews[H3064] from Elath[H359]: and the Syrians[H726]came[H935] to Elath[H359], and dwelt[H3427] there unto this day[H3117].
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So Ahaz[H271]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] to Tiglathpileser[H8407]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], saying[H559], I am thy servant[H5650] and thy son[H1121]: come up[H5927], and save[H3467] me out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758], and out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], which rise up[H6965] against me.
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And Ahaz[H271]took[H3947] the silver[H3701] and gold[H2091] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and sent[H7971] it for a present[H7810] to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
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And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]hearkened[H8085] unto him: for the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] went up[H5927] against Damascus[H1834], and took[H8610] it, and carried the people of it captive[H1540] to Kir[H7024], and slew[H4191]Rezin[H7526].
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And king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]went[H3212] to Damascus[H1834] to meet[H7125]Tiglathpileser[H8407]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and saw[H7200] an altar[H4196] that was at Damascus[H1834]: and king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]sent[H7971] to Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548] the fashion[H1823] of the altar[H4196], and the pattern[H8403] of it, according to all the workmanship[H4639] thereof.
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And Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548]built[H1129] an altar[H4196] according to all that king[H4428]Ahaz[H271] had sent[H7971] from Damascus[H1834]: so Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548]made[H6213] it against king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]came[H935] from Damascus[H1834].
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And when the king[H4428] was come[H935] from Damascus[H1834], the king[H4428]saw[H7200] the altar[H4196]: and the king[H4428]approached[H7126] to the altar[H4196], and offered[H5927] thereon.
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And he burnt[H6999] his burnt[H6999]offering[H5930] and his meat offering[H4503], and poured[H5258] his drink offering[H5262], and sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] of his peace offerings[H8002], upon the altar[H4196].
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And he brought[H7126] also the brasen[H5178]altar[H4196], which was before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], from the forefront[H6440] of the house[H1004], from between the altar[H4196] and the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and put[H5414] it on the north[H6828]side[H3409] of the altar[H4196].
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And king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]commanded[H6680]Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548], saying[H559], Upon the great[H1419]altar[H4196]burn[H6999] the morning[H1242] burnt offering[H5930], and the evening[H6153] meat offering[H4503], and the king[H4428]'s burnt sacrifice[H5930], and his meat offering[H4503], with the burnt offering[H4503] of all the people[H5971] of the land[H776], and their meat offering[H4503], and their drink offerings[H5262]; and sprinkle[H2236] upon it all the blood[H1818] of the burnt offering[H4503], and all the blood[H1818] of the sacrifice[H2077]: and the brasen[H5178]altar[H4196] shall be for me to enquire[H1239] by.
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Thus did[H6213]Urijah[H223] the priest[H3548], according to all that king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]commanded[H6680].
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And king[H4428]Ahaz[H271] cut off[H7112] the borders[H4526] of the bases[H4350], and removed[H5493] the laver[H3595] from off[H7112] them; and took down[H3381] the sea[H3220] from off[H7112] the brasen[H5178]oxen[H1241] that were under it, and put[H5414] it upon a pavement[H4837] of stones[H68].
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And the covert[H4329]for[H6440] the sabbath[H7676] that they had built[H1129] in the house[H1004], and the king[H4428]'s entry[H3996]without[H2435], turned[H5437] he from the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]for[H6440] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Ahaz[H271] which he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063]
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And Ahaz[H271]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Hezekiah[H2396] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.