1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.stylusIsaiah 1:1, 1 Chronicles 3:13, Isaiah 1:1, 1 Chronicles 3:13, 2 Chronicles 17:32Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.stylusExodus 34:17, Exodus 34:17, Judges 2:11, Judges 2:11, Leviticus 19:43Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.stylus2 Chronicles 33:6, 2 Chronicles 33:2, 2 Chronicles 33:6, 2 Chronicles 33:2, Leviticus 18:214And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.stylusLeviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 12:3, 2 Kings 16:4, Leviticus 26:305So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.stylusIsaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:1, 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Chronicles 24:246For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Kings 15:27, 2 Kings 15:27, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 9:21, 2 Kings 16:57Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.stylusEsther 10:3, Genesis 43:15, Genesis 41:43, Genesis 43:12, Esther 10:38Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.stylus2 Chronicles 11:4, 2 Chronicles 11:4, Deuteronomy 28:41, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:419But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.stylusRevelation 18:5, Ezra 9:6, Isaiah 47:6, Revelation 18:5, Ezra 9:610And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?stylusLeviticus 25:39, Leviticus 25:46, Leviticus 25:39, Leviticus 25:46, Romans 12:2011Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”stylusJames 2:13, James 2:13, Isaiah 58:6, Ezra 10:14, Matthew 7:212Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.stylusJeremiah 26:6, 1 Chronicles 28:1, Jeremiah 26:6, 1 Chronicles 28:113“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”stylusMatthew 23:32, Romans 2:5, Numbers 32:14, Matthew 23:35, Joshua 22:1714So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.stylus15Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.stylusProverbs 25:21, Proverbs 25:22, Deuteronomy 34:3, Proverbs 25:21, Proverbs 25:2216At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.stylus2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:7, Isaiah 7:17, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:917The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.stylusObadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:13, Obadiah 1:14, 2 Chronicles 25:1118The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.stylusEzekiel 16:57, Ezekiel 16:57, Ezekiel 16:27, Ezekiel 16:27, Judges 14:119For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.stylus2 Chronicles 21:2, 2 Chronicles 21:2, Job 40:12, Genesis 3:7, Proverbs 29:2320Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.stylus2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 15:29, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Isaiah 30:16, 1 Chronicles 5:2621Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.stylus2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Kings 18:1622In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.stylusIsaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:5, Ezekiel 21:13, Esther 7:6, Hosea 5:1523Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.stylus2 Chronicles 25:14, 2 Chronicles 25:14, Isaiah 1:28, Hosea 13:9, Habakkuk 1:1124Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 29:7, 2 Chronicles 29:7, 2 Chronicles 30:14, 2 Chronicles 33:3, 2 Chronicles 33:525In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 28:326As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.stylus2 Kings 16:19, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 16:19, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Chronicles 27:727And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.stylus2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 26:23