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II Kings

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In chapter 16 the kings of Israel and Judah are threatened by the growing power of the Assyrian empire, which begins to invade their lands. The chapter underscores the danger of idolatry and the loss of God’s protection, warning that nations who abandon Him will face judgment.

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(1) In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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II Kings 15:27II Kings 15:28II Kings 15:29II Kings 15:30II Kings 15:32II Kings 15:33II Kings 15:38II Chronicles 28:1II Chronicles 28:2II Chronicles 28:3II Chronicles 28:4Isaiah 1:1

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II Kings 15:32II Kings 15:27Isaiah 7:1I Kings 22:51II Kings 15:37II Kings 16:2

(2) Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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II Kings 14:3II Kings 15:3II Kings 15:34II Kings 18:3II Kings 22:2I Kings 3:14I Kings 9:4I Kings 11:4I Kings 11:5I Kings 11:6I Kings 11:7I Kings 11:8

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II Chronicles 28:1II Kings 14:2II Kings 15:33II Kings 18:2II Chronicles 20:31II Chronicles 25:1

(3) But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and 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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II Kings 8:18I Kings 12:28I Kings 12:29I Kings 12:30I Kings 16:31I Kings 16:32I Kings 16:33I Kings 21:25I Kings 21:26I Kings 22:52I Kings 22:53II Chronicles 22:3

(4) And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Deuteronomy 12:2I Kings 14:23Isaiah 57:5Isaiah 57:6Isaiah 57:7Isaiah 65:4Isaiah 66:17Jeremiah 17:2Ezekiel 20:28Ezekiel 20:29

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II Chronicles 28:4Ezekiel 17:24Deuteronomy 12:2Isaiah 41:19Joel 1:12II Kings 12:3

(5) Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
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II Kings 15:37II Chronicles 28:5II Chronicles 28:6II Chronicles 28:7II Chronicles 28:8II Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 28:10II Chronicles 28:11II Chronicles 28:12II Chronicles 28:13II Chronicles 28:14II Chronicles 28:15

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Isaiah 7:1II Kings 15:37II Kings 16:6Isaiah 7:4II Kings 16:1

(6) At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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II Kings 14:22Deuteronomy 2:8I Kings 9:26II Chronicles 26:2

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Deuteronomy 2:8II Kings 5:1II Kings 13:19II Chronicles 16:7I Kings 15:18II Chronicles 16:2

(7) So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
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II Kings 15:29I Chronicles 5:26II Chronicles 28:20I Kings 20:4I Kings 20:32I Kings 20:33Psalms 146:3Psalms 146:4Psalms 146:5Jeremiah 17:5Lamentations 4:17Hosea 14:3

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II Kings 16:10II Kings 17:4II Kings 15:29

(8) And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
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II Kings 16:17II Kings 16:18II Kings 12:17II Kings 12:18II Kings 18:15II Kings 18:16II Chronicles 16:2II Chronicles 28:20II Chronicles 28:21Psalms 7:15Psalms 7:16Isaiah 7:17

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II Kings 17:4I Kings 15:18Esther 8:8II Kings 15:20II Kings 16:10II Kings 18:14

(9) And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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II Chronicles 28:5Amos 1:3Amos 1:4Amos 1:5Isaiah 22:6Amos 9:7Isaiah 7:16Isaiah 9:11

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II Kings 15:29II Kings 17:4II Kings 17:6I Chronicles 5:26II Kings 15:20II Kings 16:10

(10) And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
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Deuteronomy 12:30II Chronicles 28:23II Chronicles 28:24II Chronicles 28:25Jeremiah 10:2Ezekiel 23:16Ezekiel 23:17Romans 12:2I Peter 1:18Exodus 24:4Exodus 39:43I Chronicles 28:11

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II Kings 16:11II Kings 16:7II Kings 16:9I Kings 11:24Isaiah 7:8Isaiah 17:1

(11) And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
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I Kings 21:11I Kings 21:12I Kings 21:13II Chronicles 26:17II Chronicles 26:18Jeremiah 23:11Ezekiel 22:26Daniel 3:7Hosea 4:6Hosea 5:11Malachi 2:7Malachi 2:8

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II Kings 16:10I Kings 11:24Isaiah 7:8Isaiah 17:1II Kings 16:15II Kings 16:16

(12) And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
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I Kings 13:1II Chronicles 26:16II Chronicles 26:17II Chronicles 26:18II Chronicles 26:19II Chronicles 28:23II Chronicles 28:25Numbers 18:4Numbers 18:5Numbers 18:6Numbers 18:7

(13) And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
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Leviticus 1:1Leviticus 1:2Leviticus 1:3

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39Ezekiel 45:17II Chronicles 7:7II Kings 16:15Amos 5:22

(14) And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
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Exodus 40:6Exodus 40:29II Chronicles 1:5II Chronicles 4:1Matthew 23:35

(15) And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
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II Kings 3:20Exodus 29:39Exodus 29:40Exodus 29:41Numbers 28:2Numbers 28:3Numbers 28:4Numbers 28:5Numbers 28:6Numbers 28:7Numbers 28:8Numbers 28:9

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I Kings 8:64Ezekiel 45:17Numbers 29:6Numbers 29:39II Chronicles 7:7Ezekiel 46:14

(16) Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
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II Kings 16:11Acts 4:19Acts 5:29I Thessalonians 2:4Jude 1:11

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II Kings 16:11II Kings 16:10

(17) And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
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II Chronicles 28:24II Chronicles 29:19I Kings 7:23I Kings 7:27I Kings 7:28I Kings 7:29I Kings 7:30I Kings 7:31I Kings 7:32I Kings 7:33I Kings 7:34I Kings 7:35

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 7:38I Kings 7:29I Kings 7:28I Kings 5:17

(18) And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
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II Kings 11:5I Kings 10:5Ezekiel 46:2

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Esther 8:8II Kings 15:20II Kings 17:4Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Nehemiah 13:19

(19) Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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II Kings 15:6II Kings 15:7II Kings 15:36II Kings 15:38II Kings 20:20II Kings 20:21I Kings 14:29

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(20) And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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II Kings 21:18II Kings 21:26II Chronicles 28:27II Kings 18:1I Chronicles 3:13II Chronicles 29:1Isaiah 1:1Hosea 1:1Micah 1:1Matthew 1:9

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II Chronicles 28:27II Kings 15:38II Chronicles 27:9II Chronicles 32:33I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:20

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