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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 GNT</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="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">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>In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah </span><span class="v12_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.2" class="v12_16_2">2</span>at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> his God </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 followed the example of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering to idols, imitating the disgusting practice of the people whom the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced. </span><span class="v12_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.4" class="v12_16_4">4</span>At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.5" class="v12_16_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel attacked Jerusalem and besieged it, but could not defeat Ahaz. ( </span><span class="v12_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.6" class="v12_16_6">6</span>At the same time the king of Edom<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> regained control of the city of Elath and drove out the Judeans who lived there. The Edomites settled in Elath and still live there.) </span><span class="v12_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.7" class="v12_16_7">7</span>Ahaz sent men to Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, with this message: “I am your devoted servant. Come and rescue me from the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me.” </span><span class="v12_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.8" class="v12_16_8">8</span>Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple and the palace treasury, and sent it as a present to the emperor. </span><span class="v12_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.9" class="v12_16_9">9</span>Tiglath Pileser, in answer to Ahaz' plea, marched out with his army against Damascus, captured it, killed King Rezin, and took the people to Kir as prisoners.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.10" class="v12_16_10">10</span>When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details. </span><span class="v12_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.11" class="v12_16_11">11</span>So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned. </span><span class="v12_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.12" class="v12_16_12">12</span>On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished, </span><span class="v12_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.13" class="v12_16_13">13</span>so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it. </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> The bronze altar dedicated to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar. </span><span class="v12_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.15" class="v12_16_15">15</span>Then he ordered Uriah: “Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination.” </span><span class="v12_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.16" class="v12_16_16">16</span>Uriah did as the king commanded.</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> King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation. </span><span class="v12_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.16.18" class="v12_16_18">18</span>And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.16.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </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 that King Ahaz did is recorded 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 in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the king of Edom; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">King Rezin of Syria.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.18: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 18 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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