1 anno septimodecimo Phacee filii Romeliae
regnavit Ahaz filius Ioatham regis Iuda
2 viginti annorum erat Ahaz cum regnare coepisset
et sedecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem
non fecit quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini Dei sui
sicut David pater eius
3 sed ambulavit in via regum Israhel
insuper et filium suum consecravit transferens per ignem
secundum idola gentium quae dissipavit Dominus coram filiis Israhel
4 immolabat quoque victimas et adolebat incensum in excelsis
et in collibus et sub omni ligno frondoso
5 tunc ascendit Rasin rex Syriae et Phacee filius Romeliae rex Israhel
in Hierusalem ad proeliandum
cumque obsiderent Ahaz non valuerunt superare eum
6 in tempore illo restituit Rasin rex Syriae Ahilam Syriae
et eiecit Iudaeos de Ahilam
et Idumei venerunt in Ahilam
et habitaverunt ibi usque in diem hanc
7 misit autem Ahaz nuntios ad Theglathfalassar regem Assyriorum
dicens servus tuus et filius tuus ego sum
ascende et salvum me fac de manu regis Syriae et de manu regis Israhel
qui consurrexerunt adversum me
8 et cum collegisset argentum et aurum
quod invenire potuit in domo Domini
et in thesauris regis
misit regi Assyriorum munera
9 qui et adquievit voluntati eius
ascendit enim rex Assyriorum in Damascum et vastavit eam
et transtulit habitatores eius Cyrenen Rasin autem interfecit
10 perrexitque rex Ahaz in occursum Theglathfalassar regis
Assyriorum in Damascum
cumque vidisset altare Damasci
misit rex Ahaz ad Uriam sacerdotem exemplar eius et similitudinem
iuxta omne opus eius
11 extruxitque Urias sacerdos altare
iuxta omnia quae praeceperat rex Ahaz de Damasco
ita fecit Urias sacerdos
donec veniret rex Ahaz de Damasco
12 cumque venisset rex de Damasco
vidit altare et veneratus est illud
ascenditque et immolavit holocausta et sacrificium suum
13 et libavit libamina et fudit sanguinem pacificorum
quae obtulerat super altare
14 porro altare aeneum quod erat coram Domino
transtulit de facie templi et de loco altaris et de loco templi Domini
posuitque illud ex latere altaris ad aquilonem
15 praecepit quoque rex Ahaz Uriae sacerdoti dicens
super altare maius offer holocaustum matutinum et sacrificium
vespertinum
et holocaustum regis et sacrificium eius
et holocaustum universi populi terrae
et sacrificia eorum et libamina eorum
et omnem sanguinem holocausti
et universum sanguinem victimae super illud effundes
altare vero aeneum erit paratum ad voluntatem meam
16 fecit igitur Urias sacerdos iuxta omnia quae praeceperat rex Ahaz
17 tulit autem rex Ahaz celatas bases et luterem qui erat desuper
et mare deposuit de bubus aeneis qui sustentabant illud
et posuit super pavimentum stratum lapide
18 Musach quoque sabbati quod aedificaverat in templo
et ingressum regis exterius convertit in templo Domini
propter regem Assyriorum
19 reliqua autem verborum Ahaz quae fecit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda
20 dormivitque Ahaz cum patribus suis
et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David
et regnavit Ezechias filius eius pro eo
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. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser 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.
10 ¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser 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. 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. 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.