2 Kings 16

1 Ahaz, son of Jotham, became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah, son of Remaliah.

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 when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. But unlike David his forefather, he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God.

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 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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 He sacrificed and presented burnt offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

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

5 Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came and attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but couldn't defeat 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 This was when Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Edom. He expelled the people of Judah, and sent Edomites to Elath, where they still live 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 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, “I'm your servant, and your son. Please come and rescue me from the kings of Aram and Israel who are attacking 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 Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Lord's Temple and from the treasuries of the king's palace, and he sent it to the king of Assyria as a gift.

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 The king of Assyria responded positively to him. He went and attacked Damascus, and captured it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and executed Rezin.

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 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. During his visit he saw an altar in Damascus, and he sent Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar, along with instructions how to build it.

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11 So Uriah the priest built an altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, completing it before King Ahaz returned.

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 When the king came back from Damascus he saw the altar. He went over to it and made offerings on it.

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 He presented his burnt offering and his grain offering, he poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his friendship offerings on it.

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 He also moved the bronze altar that stood before the Lord from the front of the Temple, between the new altar and the Lord's Temple, and he placed it to the north of the new altar.

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 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest: “Use this new important altar to offer the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people, and their grain offerings and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. The old bronze altar I'll use for divination.”

(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 Uriah the priest followed King Ahaz's orders.

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

17 King Ahaz also removed the frames of the movable carts, and also took out the bronze basin from each of them. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls it rested on and placed it on a stone pedestal.

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 He took down the Sabbath canopy they had built in the Temple, as well as the king's outer entrance to the Lord's Temple. He did this to please the king of Assyria.

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 The rest of what happened in Ahaz's reign and all he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles 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 Ahaz died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.

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