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Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim: and he did not do that which was right in the eyes of the Yahuah, like Daviyd his father;
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but he walked in the ways of the kings of Yisra’el, and made also molten images for the Baals.
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Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Yahuah cast out before the children of Yisra’el.
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He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Therefore the Yahuah his Elohim delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Dammeseq. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Yisra’el, who struck him with a great slaughter.
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For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Yehudah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken the Yahuah, the Elohim of their fathers.
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Zichri, a mighty man of Efrayim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.
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The children of Yisra’el carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Shomron.
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But a prophet of the Yahuah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Shomron, and said to them, "Behold, because the Yahuah, the Elohim of your fathers, was angry with Yehudah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
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Now you purpose to keep under the children of Yehudah and Yerushalayim for bondservants and bondmaids for yourselves. Aren't there even with you trespasses of your own against the Yahuah your Elohim?
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Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive from your brothers; for the fierce wrath of the Yahuah is on you."
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Then some of the heads of the children of Efrayim, Azaryahu the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
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and said to them, "You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against the Yahuah, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Yisra’el."
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So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
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The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Shomron.
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At that time king Achaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
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For again the Edomim had come and struck Yehudah, and carried away captives.
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The Pelishtim also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the Negev of Yehudah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived there.
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For the Yahuah brought Yehudah low because of Achaz king of Yisra’el; for he had dealt wantonly in Yehudah, and trespassed severely against the Yahuah.
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Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
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For Achaz took away a portion out of the house of the Yahuah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it did not help him.
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In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the Yahuah, this same king Achaz.
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For he sacrificed to the powers of Dammeseq, which struck him; and he said, "Because the powers of the kings of Aram helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him, and of all Yisra’el.
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Achaz gathered together the vessels of Elohim's house, and cut in pieces the vessels of Elohim's house, and shut up the doors of the house of the Yahuah; and he made him altars in every corner of Yerushalayim.
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In every city of Yehudah he made high places to burn incense to other powers, and provoked to anger the Yahuah, the Elohim of his fathers.
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Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yehudah and Yisra’el.
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Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Yerushalayim; for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Yisra’el: and Chizqiyahu his son reigned in his place.