2 Kings 16

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah: Ahaz, the son of Jotham, reigned as king of Judah.

in/on/with year seven ten year to/for Pekah son: child Remaliah to reign Ahaz son: child Jotham king Judah

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David did.

son: aged twenty year Ahaz in/on/with to reign he and six ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and not to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD God his like/as David father his

3 Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he even consecrated his son, making him pass through fire, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.

and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct king Israel and also [obj] son: child his to pass in/on/with fire like/as abomination [the] nation which to possess: take LORD [obj] them from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

4 Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

and to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place and upon [the] hill and underneath: under all tree luxuriant

5 Then Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, ascended to do battle against Jerusalem. And they besieged Ahaz, but they were not able to overcome him.

then to ascend: rise Rezin king Syria and Pekah son: child Remaliah king Israel Jerusalem to/for battle and to confine upon Ahaz and not be able to/for to fight

6 At that time, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.

in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to return: rescue Rezin king Syria [obj] Elath to/for Syria and to slip [obj] [the] Jew from Eloth (and Edomite *Q(K)*) to come (in): come Elath and to dwell there till [the] day: today [the] this

7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: “I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together against me.”

and to send: depart Ahaz messenger to(wards) Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser king Assyria to/for to say servant/slave your and son: child your I to ascend: rise and to save me from palm king Syria and from palm king Israel [the] to arise: attack upon me

8 And when he had collected the silver and the gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king, he sent it as a gift to the king of the Assyrians.

and to take: take Ahaz [obj] [the] silver: money and [obj] [the] gold [the] to find house: temple LORD and in/on/with treasure house: home [the] king and to send: depart to/for king Assyria bribe

9 And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.

and to hear: hear to(wards) him king Assyria and to ascend: rise king Assyria to(wards) Damascus and to capture her and to reveal: remove her Kir [to] and [obj] Rezin to die

10 And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.

and to go: went [the] king Ahaz to/for to encounter: meet Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser king Assyria Damascus and to see: see [obj] [the] altar which in/on/with Damascus and to send: depart [the] king Ahaz to(wards) Uriah [the] priest [obj] likeness [the] altar and [obj] pattern his to/for all deed: work his

11 And Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived from Damascus.

and to build Uriah [the] priest [obj] [the] altar like/as all which to send: depart [the] king Ahaz from Damascus so to make Uriah [the] priest till to come (in): come [the] king Ahaz from Damascus

12 And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.

and to come (in): come [the] king from Damascus and to see: see [the] king [obj] [the] altar and to present: come [the] king upon [the] altar and to ascend: offer up upon him

13 And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar.

and to offer: burn [obj] burnt offering his and [obj] offering his and to pour [obj] drink offering his and to scatter [obj] blood [the] peace offering which to/for him upon [the] altar

14 But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.

and [obj] [the] altar [the] bronze which to/for face: before LORD and to present: come from with face: before [the] house: home from between [the] altar and from between house: temple LORD and to give: put [obj] him upon thigh [the] altar north [to]

15 Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”

(and to command *Q(K)*) [the] king Ahaz [obj] Uriah [the] priest to/for to say upon [the] altar [the] great: large to offer: burn [obj] burnt offering [the] morning and [obj] offering [the] evening and [obj] burnt offering [the] king and [obj] offering his and [obj] burnt offering all people [the] land: country/planet and offering their and drink offering their and all blood burnt offering and all blood sacrifice upon him to scatter and altar [the] bronze to be to/for me to/for to enquire

16 And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

and to make: do Uriah [the] priest like/as all which to command [the] king Ahaz

17 Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement stone.

and to cut [the] king Ahaz [obj] [the] perimeter [the] base and to turn aside: remove from upon them ([obj] *Q(K)*) [the] basin and [obj] [the] sea to go down from upon [the] cattle [the] bronze which underneath: under her and to give: put [obj] him upon pavement stone

18 Also, the canopy for the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the exterior entrance of the king, he converted into the temple of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.

and [obj] (portico *Q(K)*) [the] Sabbath which to build in/on/with house: home and [obj] entrance [the] king [the] outer to turn: surround house: temple LORD from face: because king Assyria

19 Now the rest of the words of Ahaz that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

and remainder word: deed Ahaz which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.

and to lie down: be dead Ahaz with father his and to bury with father his in/on/with city David and to reign Hezekiah son: child his underneath: instead him