1 I n the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah became king.

2 A haz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned 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.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his.

3 B ut he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the sons of Israel.

But he walked in the ways of Israel’s kings, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, in accord with the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

4 H e sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 T hen Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war; they besieged Ahaz, but could not conquer him.

6 A t that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of Elath entirely; and the Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day. Ahaz Seeks Help of Aram

At that time, Rezin king of Syria got back Elath for Syria and drove the Jews from. The Syrians came to Elath and dwell there to this day.

7 S o Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and son. Come up and save me out of the hands of the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me.

8 A haz 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 present to the king of Assyria.

And Ahaz took the silver and gold in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.

9 S o the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried the people of it away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin to death. Damascus Falls

Assyria’s king hearkened to him; he went up against Damascus, took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

10 N ow King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship.

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw there their altar. King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a model of the altar and an exact pattern for its construction.

11 S o Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, thus Urijah the priest made it, before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.

So Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, finishing it before King Ahaz returned.

12 W hen the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it,

When the king came from Damascus, he looked at the altar and offered on it.

13 a nd burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

King Ahaz burned his burnt offering and his cereal offering, poured his drink offering, and dashed the blood of his peace offerings upon that altar.

14 T he bronze altar, which was before the Lord, he brought from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and he put it on the north side of his altar.

The bronze altar which was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.

15 T hen King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening meal offering and the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their meal offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”

And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest: Upon the principal (the new) altar, burn the morning burnt offering, the evening cereal offering, the king’s burnt sacrifice and his cereal offering, with the burnt offering and cereal offering and drink offering of all the people of the land; and dash upon the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and the sacrifices. But the bronze altar shall be kept for me to use to inquire by.

16 S o Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Urijah the priest did all this as King Ahaz commanded.

17 T hen King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands, and removed the laver from them; he also took down the sea from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone.

King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases and removed the laver from each of them; and he took down the Sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it upon stone supports.

18 T he 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

And the covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the temple court, and the king’s outer entrance, he removed from the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.

19 N ow 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?

The rest of the acts of Ahaz, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

20 S o Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.