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Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Ierousalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as Dauid his father had.
And he walked in the way of Ieroboam son of Nabat king of Israel, and indeed he passed his son through fire, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the sons of Israel.
Then Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel went up to Ierousalem for war, and they besieged Achaz but were not able to fight him.
At that time Raasson king of Syria restored Ailath to Syria and drove the Ioudeans out of Ailath; and Idumeans came to Ailath and settled there to this day.
And Achaz sent messengers to Thaglathphellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am your servant and your 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, who are rising up against me.
And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the house of the king, and he sent gifts to the king.
And the king of the Assyrians listened to him, and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damaskos and captured it and deported it, and Raasson he put to death.
And King Achaz went to Damaskos to meet Thaglathphellasar king of the Assyrians, and he saw the altar in Damaskos; and King Achaz sent to Ourias the priest the likeness of the altar and its design for all its workmanship.
And the bronze altar that was before the Lord—he brought it forward from before the house of the Lord, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it on the flank of the altar toward the north.
And King Achaz commanded Ourias the priest, saying, Upon the great altar offer the morning whole burnt offering and the evening grain offering and the king's whole burnt offering and his grain offering and the whole burnt offering of all the people and their grain offering and their drink offering; and all the blood of the whole burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice you shall pour upon it. But the bronze altar shall be mine for the morning.
And King Achaz cut off the panels of the stands and removed the laver from them, and he took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were beneath it and set it upon a stone base.
And the foundation of the seat he built in the house of the Lord, and the outer entrance of the king he turned into the house of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.