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|2 Reyes 16:1|
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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|2 Reyes 16:2|
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
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|2 Reyes 16:3|
He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in [Or even made his son pass through] the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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|2 Reyes 16:4|
He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
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|2 Reyes 16:5|
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him.
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|2 Reyes 16:6|
At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the men of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.
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|2 Reyes 16:7|
Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel who are attacking me.”
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|2 Reyes 16:8|
And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
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|2 Reyes 16:9|
The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and put Rezin to death.
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|2 Reyes 16:10|
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction.
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