16:1 In
the
seventeenth
year
of
Pekah
son
of
Remaliah
reigned
hath
Ahaz
son
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah.
16:2 A
son
of
twenty
years
[is]
Ahaz
in
his
reigning,
and
sixteen
years
he
hath
reigned
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
hath
not
done
that
which
[is]
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
his
God,
like
David
his
father,
16:3 and
he
walketh
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
also
his
son
he
hath
caused
to
pass
over
into
fire,
according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations
that
Jehovah
dispossessed
from
the
presence
of
the
sons
of
Israel,
16:4 and
he
sacrificeth
and
maketh
perfume
in
high
places,
and
on
the
heights,
and
under
every
green
tree.
16:5 Then
doth
Rezin
king
of
Aram
go
up,
and
Pekah
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel,
to
Jerusalem,
to
battle,
and
they
lay
siege
to
Ahaz,
and
they
have
not
been
able
to
fight.
16:6 At
that
time
hath
Rezin
king
of
Aram
brought
back
Elath
to
Aram,
and
casteth
out
the
Jews
from
Elath,
and
the
Aramaeans
have
come
in
to
Elath,
and
dwell
there
unto
this
day.
16:7 And
Ahaz
sendeth
messengers
unto
Tiglath-Pileser
king
of
Asshur,
saying,
`Thy
servant
and
thy
son
[am]
I;
come
up
and
save
me
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Aram,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
are
rising
up
against
me.'
16:8 And
Ahaz
taketh
the
silver
and
the
gold
that
is
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
king,
and
sendeth
to
the
king
of
Asshur--a
bribe.
16:9 And
hearken
unto
him
doth
the
king
of
Asshur,
and
the
king
of
Asshur
goeth
up
unto
Damascus,
and
seizeth
it,
and
removeth
[the
people
of]
it
to
Kir,
and
Rezin
he
hath
put
to
death.
16:10 And
king
Ahaz
goeth
to
meet
Tiglath-Pileser
king
of
Asshur
[at]
Damascus,
and
seeth
the
altar
that
[is]
in
Damascus,
and
king
Ahaz
sendeth
unto
Urijah
the
priest
the
likeness
of
the
altar,
and
its
pattern,
according
to
all
its
work,
16:11 and
Urijah
the
priest
buildeth
the
altar
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
hath
sent
from
Damascus;
so
did
Urijah
the
priest
till
the
coming
in
of
king
Ahaz
from
Damascus.
16:12 And
the
king
cometh
in
from
Damascus,
and
the
king
seeth
the
altar,
and
the
king
draweth
near
on
the
altar,
and
offereth
on
it,
16:13 and
perfumeth
his
burnt-offering,
and
his
present,
and
poureth
out
his
libation,
and
sprinkleth
the
blood
of
the
peace-offerings
that
he
hath,
on
the
altar.
16:14 As
to
the
altar
of
brass
that
[is]
before
Jehovah--he
bringeth
[it]
near
from
the
front
of
the
house,
from
between
the
altar
and
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
putteth
it
on
the
side
of
the
altar,
northward.
16:15 And
king
Ahaz
commandeth
him--Urijah
the
priest--saying,
`On
the
great
altar
perfume
the
burnt-offering
of
the
morning,
and
the
present
of
the
evening,
and
the
burnt-offering
of
the
king,
and
his
present,
and
the
burnt-offering
of
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
their
present,
and
their
libations;
and
all
the
blood
of
the
burnt-offering,
and
all
the
blood
of
the
sacrifice,
on
it
thou
dost
sprinkle,
and
the
altar
of
brass
is
to
me
to
inquire
[by]
.'
16:16 And
Urijah
the
priest
doth
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
commanded.
16:17 And
king
Ahaz
cutteth
off
the
borders
of
the
bases,
and
turneth
aside
from
off
them
the
laver,
and
the
sea
he
hath
taken
down
from
off
the
brazen
oxen
that
[are]
under
it,
and
putteth
it
on
a
pavement
of
stones.
16:18 And
the
covered
place
for
the
sabbath
that
they
built
in
the
house,
and
the
entrance
of
the
king
without,
he
turned
[from]
the
house
of
Jehovah,
because
of
the
king
of
Asshur.
16:19 And
the
rest
of
the
matters
of
Ahaz
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
on
the
book
of
the
Chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah
16:20 And
Ahaz
lieth
with
his
fathers,
and
is
buried
with
his
fathers,
in
the
city
of
David,
and
reign
doth
Hezekiah
his
son
in
his
stead.
