<vn='1'><sn="271">Ahaz</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8337 6240">sixteen</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: but he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3808">not</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, like <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>For he <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">ways</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="1571">also</s> molten <sn="4541">images</s> for <sn="1168">Baalim</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Moreover <sn="1931">he</s> burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> in the <sn="1516">valley</s> of the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2011">Hinnom</s>, and <sn="1197">burnt</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">children</s> in the <sn="784">fire</s>, after the <sn="8441">abominations</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had cast <sn="3423">out</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>He <sn="2076">sacrificed</s> also and burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> in the high <sn="1116">places</s>, and <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s>, and <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Wherefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> him into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>; and they <sn="5221">smote</s> him, and carried <sn="7617">away</s> a <sn="1419">great</s> multitude <sn="4480">of</s> them <sn="7633">captives</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them to <sn="1834">Damascus</s>. And he was <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, who <sn="5221">smote</s> him with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>For <sn="6492">Pekah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7425">Remaliah</s><sn="2026">slew</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s>, which were <sn="3605">all</s> valiant <sn="1121 2428">men</s>; because they had <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="2147">Zichri</s>, a mighty <sn="1368">man</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="5840">Azrikam</s> the <sn="5057">governor</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="511">Elkanah</s> that was <sn="4932">next</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> carried away <sn="7617">captive</s> of their <sn="4480 251">brethren</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s>, <sn="802">women</s>, <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="1323">daughters</s>, and took also <sn="962 1571">away</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="7998">spoil</s><sn="4480">from</s> them, and <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>But a <sn="5030">prophet</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="8033">there</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="5752">Oded</s>: and he went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> that <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, because the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s> was <sn="2534">wroth</s><sn="5921">with</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, he hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into your <sn="3027">hand</s>, and ye have <sn="2026">slain</s> them in a <sn="2197">rage</s> that reacheth <sn="5060">up</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="559">purpose</s> to keep <sn="3533">under</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> for <sn="5650">bondmen</s> and <sn="8198">bondwomen</s> unto you: but are there <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5973">with</s> you, <sn="7535">even</s> with <sn="859">you</s>, <sn="819">sins</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="6258">Now</s><sn="8085">hear</s> me therefore, and <sn="7725">deliver</s> the <sn="7633">captives</s> again, <sn="834">which</s> ye have taken <sn="7617">captive</s> of your <sn="4480 251">brethren</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="376">certain</s> of the <sn="4480 7218">heads</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3076">Johanan</s>, <sn="1296">Berechiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4919">Meshillemoth</s>, and <sn="3169">Jehizkiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7967">Shallum</s>, and <sn="6021">Amasa</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2311">Hadlai</s>, stood <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them that <sn="935">came</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="6635">war</s>, </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto them, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s> bring <sn="935">in</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7633">captives</s><sn="2008">hither</s>: for <sn="3588">whereas</s> we have offended <sn="819 5921">against</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> already, <sn="859">ye</s><sn="559">intend</s> to <sn="3254">add</s> more <sn="5921">to</s> our <sn="2403">sins</s> and <sn="5921">to</s> our <sn="819">trespass</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> our <sn="819">trespass</s> is <sn="7227">great</s>, and there is <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">wrath</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So the armed <sn="2502">men</s><sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7633">captives</s> and the <sn="961">spoil</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">which</s> were <sn="5344">expressed</s> by <sn="8034">name</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="2388">took</s> the <sn="7633">captives</s>, and <sn="4480">with</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s><sn="3847">clothed</s><sn="3605">all</s> that were <sn="4636">naked</s> among them, and <sn="3847">arrayed</s> them, and <sn="5274">shod</s> them, and gave them to <sn="398">eat</s> and to <sn="8248">drink</s>, and <sn="5480">anointed</s> them, and <sn="5095">carried</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3782">feeble</s> of them upon <sn="2543">asses</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them to <sn="3405">Jericho</s>, the city of palm <sn="5899">trees</s>, <sn="681">to</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>: then they <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> did <sn="4428">king</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s><sn="7971">send</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> to <sn="5826">help</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>For <sn="5750">again</s> the <sn="130">Edomites</s> had <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and carried <sn="7617">away</s><sn="7628">captives</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="6430">Philistines</s> also had <sn="6584">invaded</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the low <sn="8219">country</s>, and of the <sn="5045">south</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and had <sn="3920">taken</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, and <sn="357">Ajalon</s>, and <sn="1450">Gederoth</s>, and <sn="7755">Shocho</s> with the <sn="1323">villages</s> thereof, and <sn="8553">Timnah</s> with the <sn="1323">villages</s> thereof, <sn="1579">Gimzo</s> also and the <sn="1323">villages</s> thereof: and they <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3665">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s> low because <sn="5668">of</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he made Judah <sn="6544 3063">naked</s>, and <sn="4603">transgressed</s><sn="4604">sore</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="8407">Tiglath</s> -pileser <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">unto</s> him, and <sn="6696">distressed</s> him, but <sn="2388">strengthened</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s> took away a <sn="2505">portion</s> out of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and out of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, and of the <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> it unto the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>: but he <sn="5833">helped</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And in the <sn="6256">time</s> of his <sn="6887">distress</s> did he <sn="4603">trespass</s> yet <sn="3254">more</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="1931">this</s> is that <sn="4428">king</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>For he <sn="2076">sacrificed</s> unto the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="1834">Damascus</s>, which <sn="5221">smote</s> him: and he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="5826">help</s> them, therefore will I <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> to them, that they may <sn="5826">help</s> me. But <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1961">were</s> the <sn="3782">ruin</s> of him, and of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="271">Ahaz</s> gathered <sn="622">together</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and cut in <sn="7112">pieces</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and shut <sn="5462">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and he <sn="6213">made</s> him <sn="4196">altars</s> in <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6438">corner</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And in <sn="3605">every</s> several <sn="5892 5892">city</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> he <sn="6213">made</s> high <sn="1116">places</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s> unto <sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, and provoked to <sn="3707">anger</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of his <sn="1697">acts</s> and of <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1870">ways</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="271">Ahaz</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="5892">city</s>, even in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> they <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> into the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>