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2 Chronicles

1 Ahaz was twen­ty years old when he be­gan to reign, and he reigned six­teen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his fa­ther: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Is­rael, and made also molten im­ages for Baal­im. 3 More­over he burnt in­cense in the val­ley of the son of Hin­nom, and burnt his chil­dren in the fire, af­ter the abom­i­na­tions of the hea­then whom the LORD had cast out be­fore the chil­dren of Is­rael. 4 He sac­ri­ficed also and burnt in­cense in the high places, and on the hills, and un­der ev­ery green tree. 5 Where­fore the LORD his God de­liv­ered him into the hand of the king of Syr­ia; and they smote him, and car­ried away a great mul­ti­tude of them cap­tives, and brought them to Dam­as­cus. And he was also de­liv­ered into the hand of the king of Is­rael, who smote him with a great slaugh­ter. 6 For Pekah the son of Re­mali­ah slew in Ju­dah an hun­dred and twen­ty thou­sand in one day, which were all valiant men; be­cause they had for­sak­en the LORD God of their fa­thers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maa­seiah the king's son, and Azrikam the gov­er­nor of the house, and Elka­nah that was next to the king. 8 And the chil­dren of Is­rael car­ried away cap­tive of their brethren two hun­dred thou­sand, wom­en, sons, and daugh­ters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out be­fore the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Be­hold, be­cause the LORD God of your fa­thers was wroth with Ju­dah, he hath de­liv­ered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that rea­cheth up unto heav­en. 10 And now ye pur­pose to keep un­der the chil­dren of Ju­dah and Jerusalem for bond­men and bond­wom­en unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 11 Now hear me there­fore, and de­liv­er the cap­tives again, which ye have tak­en cap­tive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. 12 Then cer­tain of the heads of the chil­dren of Ephraim, Azari­ah the son of Jo­hanan, Berechi­ah the son of Meshille­moth, and Je­hizki­ah the son of Shal­lum, and Amasa the son of Had­lai, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the cap­tives hith­er: for where­as we have of­fend­ed against the LORD already, ye in­tend to add more to our sins and to our tres­pass: for our tres­pass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Is­rael. 14 So the armed men left the cap­tives and the spoil be­fore the princes and all the con­gre­ga­tion. 15 And the men which were ex­pressed by name rose up, and took the cap­tives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and ar­rayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anoint­ed them, and car­ried all the fee­ble of them upon ass­es, and brought them to Jeri­cho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they re­turned to Samaria. 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of As­syr­ia to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smit­ten Ju­dah, and car­ried away cap­tives. 18 The Philistines also had in­vad­ed the cities of the low coun­try, and of the south of Ju­dah, and had tak­en Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the vil­lages there­of, and Tim­nah with the vil­lages there­of, Gim­zo also and the vil­lages there­of: and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Ju­dah low be­cause of Ahaz king of Is­rael; for he made Ju­dah naked, and trans­gressed sore against the LORD. 20 And Til­gath­pil­neser king of As­syr­ia came unto him, and dis­tressed him, but strength­ened him not. 21 For Ahaz took away a por­tion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of As­syr­ia: but he helped him not. 22 And in the time of his dis­tress did he tres­pass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. 23 For he sac­ri­ficed unto the gods of Dam­as­cus, which smote him: and he said, Be­cause the gods of the kings of Syr­ia help them, therefore will I sac­ri­fice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Is­rael. 24 And Ahaz gath­ered to­geth­er the ves­sels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the ves­sels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him al­tars in ev­ery cor­ner of Jerusalem. 25 And in ev­ery sev­er­al city of Ju­dah he made high places to burn in­cense unto oth­er gods, and pro­voked to anger the LORD God of his fa­thers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, be­hold, they are writ­ten in the book of the kings of Ju­dah and Is­rael. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fa­thers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepul­chres of the kings of Is­rael: and Hezeki­ah his son reigned in his stead.