Verse 5
2 Kings 16:5
World English Bible, British Edition
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Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֣ז יַעֲלֶ֣ה רְצִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ אֲ֠רָם וּ/פֶ֨קַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָ֧הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַ/יָּצֻ֨רוּ֙ עַל אָחָ֔ז וְ/לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לְ/הִלָּחֵֽם
English Translation
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war and they besieged Ahaz but could not fight against him.
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Chapter 16 Context
1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham
king of Judah began to...
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2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. He didn...
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3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son
to pass through the fire, acc...
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4
He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, on the hills, and
under every green tree.
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5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to wage war....
6
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove
the Jews from Elath; and the Sy...
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7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I
am your servant and your son....
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8
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the LORD’s house, and
in the treasures of the king’s...
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9
The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up
against Damascus and took it, a...
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10
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria,
and saw the altar that was at Da...
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11
Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had
sent from Damascus, so Urijah...
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12
When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the
king came near to the altar, a...
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13
He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, poured his drink
offering, and sprinkled the bloo...
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14
The bronze altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the front
of the house, from between hi...
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15
King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar
burn the morning burnt offering,...
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16
Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
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17
King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin
from off them, and took down the se...
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18
He removed the covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the
house, and the king’s outer en...
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19
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren’t they written
in the book of the chronicles of...
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20
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s
city; and Hezekiah his son r...
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