Twentyyears old was Ahazwhen he began to reign, and reignedsixteenyears in Jerusalem, and did not thatwhich was right in the sight of the LORD his God, likeDavid his father.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to passthrough the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORDcast out frombefore the children of Israel.
So Ahazsentmessengers to Tiglathpileserking 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, whichrise up against me.
And Ahaztook the silver and goldthat was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’shouse, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
And the king of Assyriahearkenedunto him: for the king of Assyriawent up againstDamascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slewRezin.
And kingAhazwent to Damascus to meetTiglathpileserking of Assyria, and saw an altarthat was at Damascus: and kingAhazsent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanshipthereof.
And he broughtalso the brasenaltar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, frombetween the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the northside of the altar.
And kingAhazcommandedUrijah the priest, saying, Upon the greataltarburn the morningburntoffering, and the eveningmeatoffering, and the king’sburntsacrifice, and his meatoffering, with the burntoffering of all the people of the land, and theirmeatoffering, and theirdrinkofferings; and sprinkleupon it all the blood of the burntoffering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasenaltarshall be for me to enquire by.
And kingAhaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laverfrom off them; and tookdown the sea from off the brasenoxenthatwereunder it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
And the covert for the sabbaththatthey had built in the house, and the king’sentrywithout, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.