2 Kings 16 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Ahaz Reigns over Judah

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, (A)Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king. 2 (B)Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, (C)and he even made his son pass through the fire, (D)in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had [a]driven out before the sons of Israel. 4 And he (E)sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 Then (F)Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem for war; and they besieged Ahaz, (G)but [b]were not capable of fighting him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Aram restored (H)Elath to Aram, and drove the Judeans away from [c]Elath; and the [d]Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz Seeks Help of Assyria

7 (I)So Ahaz sent messengers to (J)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the [e]hand of the king of Aram, and from the [f]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.” 8 And (K)Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent a gift to the king of Assyria. 9 (L)So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and (M)captured it, and led the people of it into exile to (N)Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Damascus Falls

10 Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet (O)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to (P)Urijah the priest the [g]pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship. 11 So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to everything that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, in that way Urijah the priest made it, [h]before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then (Q)the king approached the altar and [i]went up to it, 13 and [j]burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured out his [k]drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. 14 And (R)the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, [l]he brought from the front of the house, from between (S)his altar and the house of the Lord, and he put it on the north side of his altar. 15 Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar [m]burn (T)the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their meal offering, and their [n]drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But (U)the bronze altar shall be for me, for making inquiries.” 16 So Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.

17 Then King Ahaz (V)cut off the borders of the stands, and removed the wash basin from them; he also (W)took down the [o]Sea from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone. 18 And the covered way for the Sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entry of the king, he removed from the house of the Lord because of the king of Assyria.

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

19 Now as for the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written (X)in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 20 So (Y)Ahaz [p]lay down with his fathers, and (Z)was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:3 Or dispossessed
  2. 2 Kings 16:5 Or did not prevail in fighting
  3. 2 Kings 16:6 Heb Eloth
  4. 2 Kings 16:6 As in some ancient versions; MT Edomites
  5. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm
  6. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm
  7. 2 Kings 16:10 Lit likeness
  8. 2 Kings 16:11 Lit until
  9. 2 Kings 16:12 Or offered on it
  10. 2 Kings 16:13 Lit offered up in smoke
  11. 2 Kings 16:13 I.e., libation
  12. 2 Kings 16:14 Lit he also
  13. 2 Kings 16:15 Lit offer up in smoke
  14. 2 Kings 16:15 I.e., libations
  15. 2 Kings 16:17 I.e., a very large basin
  16. 2 Kings 16:20 I.e., died

Cross references

  1. 2 Kings 16:1 : 2 Chr 28:1
  2. 2 Kings 16:2 : 2 Chr 28:1-4
  3. 2 Kings 16:3 : Lev 18:21; 2 Kin 17:17; 21:6
  4. 2 Kings 16:3 : Deut 12:31; 2 Kin 21:2, 11
  5. 2 Kings 16:4 : Deut 12:2; 2 Kin 14:4
  6. 2 Kings 16:5 : 2 Kin 15:37; Is 7:1
  7. 2 Kings 16:5 : 2 Chr 28:5, 6
  8. 2 Kings 16:6 : 2 Kin 14:22; 2 Chr 26:2
  9. 2 Kings 16:7 : 2 Chr 28:16
  10. 2 Kings 16:7 : 2 Kin 15:29
  11. 2 Kings 16:8 : 2 Kin 12:17, 18; 18:15
  12. 2 Kings 16:9 : 2 Chr 28:21
  13. 2 Kings 16:9 : Amos 1:3-5
  14. 2 Kings 16:9 : Is 22:6; Amos 9:7
  15. 2 Kings 16:10 : 2 Kin 15:29
  16. 2 Kings 16:10 : Is 8:2
  17. 2 Kings 16:12 : 2 Chr 26:16, 19
  18. 2 Kings 16:14 : Ex 27:1, 2; 40:6, 29; 2 Chr 4:1
  19. 2 Kings 16:14 : 2 Kin 16:11
  20. 2 Kings 16:15 : Ex 29:39-41
  21. 2 Kings 16:15 : 2 Kin 16:14
  22. 2 Kings 16:17 : 1 Kin 7:27, 28, 38
  23. 2 Kings 16:17 : 1 Kin 7:23, 25
  24. 2 Kings 16:19 : 2 Chr 28:26
  25. 2 Kings 16:20 : Is 14:28
  26. 2 Kings 16:20 : 2 Chr 28:27

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