16:1 In
the
seventeenth
year
of
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
Ahaz
the
son
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
16:2 Twenty
years
old
was
Ahaz
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
not
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
his
God,
like
David
his
father.
16:3 But
he
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
yea,
and
made
his
son
to
pass
through
the
fire,
according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations,
whom
Jehovah
cast
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel.
16:4 And
he
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places,
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
16:5 Then
Rezin
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel
came
up
to
Jerusalem
to
war:
and
they
besieged
Ahaz,
but
could
not
overcome
him.
16:6 At
that
time
Rezin
king
of
Syria
recovered
Elath
to
Syria,
and
drove
the
Jews
from
Elath;
and
the
Syrians
came
to
Elath,
and
dwelt
there,
unto
this
day.
16:7 So
Ahaz
sent
messengers
to
Tiglath-pileser
king
of
Assyria,
saying,
I
am
thy
servant
and
thy
son:
come
up,
and
save
me
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
rise
up
against
me.
16:8 And
Ahaz
took
the
silver
and
gold
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king's
house,
and
sent
it
for
a
present
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
16:9 And
the
king
of
Assyria
hearkened
unto
him;
and
the
king
of
Assyria
went
up
against
Damascus,
and
took
it,
and
carried
[the
people
of]
it
captive
to
Kir,
and
slew
Rezin.
16:10 And
king
Ahaz
went
to
Damascus
to
meet
Tiglath-pileser
king
of
Assyria,
and
saw
the
altar
that
was
at
Damascus;
and
king
Ahaz
sent
to
Urijah
the
priest
the
fashion
of
the
altar,
and
the
pattern
of
it,
according
to
all
the
workmanship
thereof.
16:11 And
Urijah
the
priest
built
an
altar:
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
had
sent
from
Damascus,
so
did
Urijah
the
priest
make
it
against
the
coming
of
king
Ahaz
from
Damascus.
16:12 And
when
the
king
was
come
from
Damascus,
the
king
saw
the
altar:
and
the
king
drew
near
unto
the
altar,
and
offered
thereon.
16:13 And
he
burnt
his
burnt-offering
and
his
meal-offering,
and
poured
his
drink-offering,
and
sprinkled
the
blood
of
his
peace-offerings,
upon
the
altar.
16:14 And
the
brazen
altar,
which
was
before
Jehovah,
he
brought
from
the
forefront
of
the
house,
from
between
his
altar
and
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
put
it
on
the
north
side
of
his
altar.
16:15 And
king
Ahaz
commanded
Urijah
the
priest,
saying,
Upon
the
great
altar
burn
the
morning
burnt-offering,
and
the
evening
meal-offering,
and
the
king's
burnt-offering,
and
his
meal-offering,
with
the
burnt-offering
of
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
their
meal-offering,
and
their
drink-offerings;
and
sprinkle
upon
it
all
the
blood
of
the
burnt-offering,
and
all
the
blood
of
the
sacrifice:
but
the
brazen
altar
shall
be
for
me
to
inquire
by.
16:16 Thus
did
Urijah
the
priest,
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
commanded.
16:17 And
king
Ahaz
cut
off
the
panels
of
the
bases,
and
removed
the
laver
from
off
them,
and
took
down
the
sea
from
off
the
brazen
oxen
that
were
under
it,
and
put
it
upon
a
pavement
of
stone.
16:18 And
the
covered
way
for
the
sabbath
that
they
had
built
in
the
house,
and
the
king's
entry
without,
turned
he
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah,
because
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
16:19 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahaz
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah
16:20 And
Ahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Hezekiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
