2 Kings Chapter 16
So, in the seventeenth year of Pekah, Ahaz, Jotham's kid, kicked off his reign, and it was pretty wild, no cap.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Just 20 years old when he became king, Ahaz ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years, but he wasn’t really vibing with God’s plans, unlike his pops, David.
Twenty years old {was} Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
Instead, he rolled with the kings of Israel and made his son go through the fire, doing all the sus stuff the pagans did that God straight up booted.
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 heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
He was out here making sacrifices and burning incense on high places, hills, and under every green tree, just wildin’ out.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Then Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, pulled up on Jerusalem with a beef, and they besieged Ahaz, but he held his ground.
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}.
During this time, Rezin reclaimed Elath for Syria and kicked the Jews out, so the Syrians were chilling there even now.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. {from Elath: Heb. from Eloth}
So, Ahaz reached out to Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, saying, "I’m your servant, come save me from the kings of Syria and Israel who are coming for me."
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser 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, which rise up against me.
Ahaz snatched some silver and gold from the Lord's house and the king’s treasures, sending it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
And Ahaz took the silver 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 king of Assyria.
The king of Assyria was like, "Bet," and went against Damascus, took it over, and captured the people, slaying Rezin.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried {the people of} it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. {Damascus: Heb. Dammesek}
After that, King Ahaz cruised to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, and peeped an altar there; he sent Urijah the priest the design, like, "Check this out."
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an 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. {Damascus: Heb. Dammesek}
Urijah built the altar just how Ahaz wanted from Damascus, so it was ready when Ahaz returned.
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made {it} against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
When the king got back from Damascus, he spotted the altar, walked up to it, and offered sacrifices right there.
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
He burned his offerings and poured out his drink offerings, sprinkling the blood of his peace offerings on the altar, keeping it lit.
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. {his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his}
He also switched out the brazen altar from the front of the house, moving it to the north side of the new altar, just rearranging stuff.
And he brought also the brasen altar, which {was} before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
King Ahaz told Urijah the priest to burn the morning and evening offerings on the big altar, along with all the people's offerings, making it a whole production.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt 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 {by}.
Urijah did everything Ahaz commanded, no questions asked.
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
King Ahaz chopped off the bases' borders, removed the laver, and took the sea off the brasen oxen, putting it on a stone pavement.
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that {were} under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
He also flipped the cover for the sabbath and the king’s entry, moving them away from the Lord’s house for the king of Assyria.
And the covert 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.
Now, all the other stuff Ahaz did, isn’t it written in the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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?
Ahaz passed away and got buried with his fam in the city of David; then his son Hezekiah took over the throne.
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.