(KJV) 2 Kings 16¹

⥃Ahaz Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Chronicles 28:1–4 ]}

[1] In the seventeenth² year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz³ the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. [2] Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not⁴ [that which was] right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father. [3] But he walked⁵ in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son⁶ to pass through the fire, according⁷ to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. [4] And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills⁸, and under every green tree.

[5] Then Rezin⁹ king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not¹⁰ overcome [him].¹¹ [6] At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered¹² Elath¹³ to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. [7] So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser¹⁴ king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant¹⁵ and thy son: come up, and save¹⁶ me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. [8] And Ahaz took the silver¹⁷ and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king¹⁸ of Assyria. [9] And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up¹⁹ against Damascus²⁰, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir²¹, and slew Rezin²².²³

⥃The Idolatry of Ahaz ^{[ 2 Chronicles 28:16–27 ]}

[10] And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar²⁴ that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern²⁵ of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. [11] And Urijah the priest built an altar²⁶ according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah²⁷ the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus. [12] And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached²⁸ to the altar, and offered thereon²⁹. [13] And he burnt³⁰ his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings³¹, upon the altar. [14] And he brought also the brasen³² altar, which [was] before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar³³ and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar. [15] And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning³⁴ burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt³⁵ sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire [by³⁶]. [16] Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.³⁷

[17] And king Ahaz cut off³⁸ the borders³⁹ of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea⁴⁰ from off the brasen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.⁴¹ [18] And the covert⁴² for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

[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?⁴³ [20] And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried⁴⁴ with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah⁴⁵ his son reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶