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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Kings 16 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > 2 Kings 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/15.htm" title="2 Kings 15">◄</a> 2 Kings 16 <a href="../2_kings/17.htm" title="2 Kings 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">King Ahaz of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 28:1-27">2 Chronicles 28.1-27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.1" class="v12_16_1">1</span>Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of Pekah's rule in Israel. </span><span class="v12_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.2" class="v12_16_2">2</span>He was 20 years old at the time, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_2">Ahaz wasn't like his ancestor David. Instead, he disobeyed the <span class="nd">Lord</span> </span><span class="v12_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.3" class="v12_16_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and was even more sinful than the kings of Israel. He sacrificed his own son, which was a disgusting custom of the nations that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had forced out of Israel. </span><span class="v12_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.4" class="v12_16_4">4</span>Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.5-2Kgs.16.6" class="v12_16_5">5-6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.5-2Kgs.16.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While Ahaz was ruling Judah, the king of Edom recaptured the town of Elath from Judah and forced out the people of Judah. Edomites<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.5-2Kgs.16.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> then moved into Elath, and they still live there.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_5">About the same time, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel marched to Jerusalem and attacked, but they could not capture it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.7" class="v12_16_7">7</span>Ahaz sent a message to King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria that said, “Your Majesty, King Rezin and King Pekah are attacking me, your loyal servant. Please come and rescue me.” </span><span class="v12_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.8" class="v12_16_8">8</span>Along with the message, Ahaz sent silver and gold from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s temple and from the palace treasury as a gift for the Assyrian king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.9" class="v12_16_9">9</span>As soon as Tiglath Pileser received the message, he and his troops marched to Syria. He captured the capital city of Damascus, then he took the people living there to the town of Kir as prisoners and killed King Rezin.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.10" class="v12_16_10">10</span>Later, Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser. And while Ahaz was there, he saw an altar and sent a model of it back to Uriah the priest, along with the plans for building one. </span><span class="v12_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.11" class="v12_16_11">11</span>Uriah followed the plans and built an altar exactly like the one in Damascus, finishing it just before Ahaz came back.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.12" class="v12_16_12">12</span>When Ahaz returned, he went to see the altar and to offer sacrifices on it. He walked up to the altar </span><span class="v12_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.13" class="v12_16_13">13</span>and poured wine over it. Then he offered sacrifices to please the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, to give him thanks, and to ask for his blessings.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v12_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.14" class="v12_16_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> After that, he had the bronze altar moved aside,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> so his new altar would be right in front of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s temple. </span><span class="v12_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.15" class="v12_16_15">15</span>He told Uriah the priest:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v12_16_15">From now on, the morning and evening sacrifices as well as all gifts of grain and wine are to be offered on this altar. The sacrifices for the people and for the king must also be offered here. Sprinkle the blood from all the sacrifices on it, but leave the bronze altar for me to use for prayer and finding out what God wants me to do.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.16" class="v12_16_16">16</span>Uriah did everything Ahaz told him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.17" class="v12_16_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Ahaz also had the side panels and the small bowls taken off the movable stands in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s temple. He had the large bronze bowl, called the Sea, removed from the bronze bulls on which it rested and had it placed on a stand made of stone. </span><span class="v12_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.18" class="v12_16_18">18</span>He took down the special tent that was used for worship on the Sabbath<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and closed up the private entrance that the kings of Judah used for going into the temple. He did all these things to please Tiglath Pileser.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.19" class="v12_16_19">19</span>Everything else Ahaz did while he was king is written in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Judah</span>. </span><span class="v12_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.20" class="v12_16_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Ahaz died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.20!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and his son Hezekiah became king.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.5,6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the king of Edom … Edomites: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “King Rezin of Syria … Syrians”; in Hebrew, there is only one letter difference between “Edom” and “Aram,” which is the usual Hebrew name for Syria in the Bible (see also 2 Chronicles 28.17).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">King Rezin: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This probably took place around 734 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>, before the events in 15.29.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">offered … blessings: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In traditional translations, these sacrifices are usually called “whole burnt offerings,” “grain offerings,” and “peace offerings.” These are described in Leviticus 1–3.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">aside: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “to the north.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the special tent … Sabbath: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jerusalem: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 8.24.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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