2 Chronicles 28:1
Good News Translation
Ahaz became king at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the LORD

New Revised Standard Version
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestor David had done,

Contemporary English Version
Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. Ahaz was nothing like his ancestor David. Ahaz disobeyed the LORD

New American Bible
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD as David his father had done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,

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Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,

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Ahaz

2 Kings 16:1,2 In the seventeenth year of Phacee, the son of Romelia reigned Achaz, the son of Joatham, king of Juda. . . .

1 Chronicles 3:13 Begot Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom was born Manasses.

Isaiah 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the Son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.

Isaiah 7:1-12 And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Rasin king of Syria and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it. . . .

Hosea 1:1 The word of the Lord, that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joas, king of Israel.

Micah 1:1 And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?

Matthew 1:9 And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias.

like David his father

2 Chronicles 17:3 And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,

Context
Ahaz Reigns in Judah
1Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,2But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; moreover also he cast statues for Baalim.…
Cross References
2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Phacee, the son of Romelia reigned Achaz, the son of Joatham, king of Juda.

2 Kings 16:2
Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as David, his father.

2 Chronicles 27:2
And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.

2 Chronicles 27:9
And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 29:2
And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the Son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.

Hosea 1:1
The word of the Lord, that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joas, king of Israel.

Micah 1:1
And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?

2 Chronicles 27:9
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