Verse 16
2 Chronicles 28:16
World English Bible, British Edition
16
At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help
him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בָּ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֗יא שָׁלַ֞ח הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְ אָחָ֛ז עַל מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֖וּר לַ/עְזֹ֥ר לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
At that time, King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. He didn...
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but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten
images for the Baals.
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3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt
his children in the fire, ac...
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4
He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills,
and under every green tree.
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5
Therefore the LORD his God (Elohim) delivered him into the hand of the
king of Syria. They struck hi...
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6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, all of the...
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7
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam
the ruler of the house, and...
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8
The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred
thousand women, sons, and...
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9
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went
out to meet the army that came...
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10
Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male
and female slaves for yourselv...
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11
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken
captive from your brothers, fo...
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12
Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son
of Johanan, Berechiah the son of...
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13
and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you
intend that which will bring on...
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14
So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the
princes and all the assembly.
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15
The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives,
and with the plunder clothed...
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16
At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help
him.
17
For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away
captives.
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18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the
South of Judah, and had taken...
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19
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because
he acted without restraint in...
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20
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble,
but didn’t strengthen him.
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21
For Ahaz took away a portion out of the LORD’s house, and out of the
house of the king and of the pr...
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22
In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against
the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
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23
For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him. He
said, “Because the gods of the...
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24
Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God (Elohim)’s house, cut the vessels
of God (Elohim)’s house...
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25
In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other
gods, and provoked the LORD, the...
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26
Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of...
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27
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even
in Jerusalem, because they didn’t...
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