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2 Kings 16 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:1 - In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:3 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every [fn]shady tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not [fn]prevail against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Ælath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Ælath, and the Idumeans came to Ælath, and dwelt there until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8 - And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed [fn]the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw [fn]an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11 - And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all the directions which king Achaz sent from Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:12 - And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:13 - and [fn]offered his whole-burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - And he brought forward the one before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he [fn]set it openly by the [fn]side of the altar northwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour [fn]all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of any other sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:16 - And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 - And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:19 - And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
BES Footnotes
Or, tree of the grove or wood.
Gr. fight.
Gr. it.
Or, the altar.
Gr. and Heb. offered in way of incense. See 2 Chr. 13:10.
Or, displayed it.
Gr. thigh.
Or, the blood of every, etc.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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