1	In the seventeenth# # year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign# .
			2	Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign# , and reigned# sixteen# years in Jerusalem, and did# not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
			3	But he walked# in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through# the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out# from before the children of Israel.
			4	And he sacrificed# and burnt incense# in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
			5	Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up# to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged# Ahaz, but could# not overcome# him .
			6	At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered# Elath to Syria# # , and drave# the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came# to Elath, and dwelt# there unto this day. [from Elath: Heb. from Eloth]
			7	So Ahaz sent# messengers to Tiglathpileser king 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, which rise up# against me.
			8	And Ahaz took# the silver and gold that was found# in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent# it for a present to the king of Assyria.
			9	And the king of Assyria hearkened# unto him: for the king of Assyria went up# against Damascus, and took# it, and carried the people of it captive# to Kir, and slew# Rezin. [Damascus: Heb. Dammesek]
			10	And king Ahaz went# to Damascus to meet# Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw# an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent# to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. [Damascus: Heb. Dammesek]
			11	And Urijah the priest built# an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent# from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made# it against king Ahaz came# from Damascus.
			12	And when the king was come# from Damascus, the king saw# the altar: and the king approached# to the altar, and offered# thereon.
			13	And he burnt# his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured# his drink offering, and sprinkled# the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. [his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his]
			14	And he brought# also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put# it on the north side of the altar.
			15	And king Ahaz commanded# Urijah the priest, saying# , Upon the great altar burn# the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle# upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire# by .
			16	Thus did# Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded# .
			17	And king Ahaz cut off# the borders of the bases, and removed# the laver from off them; and took down# the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put# it upon a pavement of stones.
			18	And the covert# # for the sabbath that they had built# in the house, and the king's entry without, turned# he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
			19	Now 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?
			20	And Ahaz slept# with his fathers, and was buried# with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned# in his stead.