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16 At that same time did king Ahaz send vnto the kinges of the Assyrians, to haue helpe of them. 17 And the Edomites came againe, and slue some of Iuda, and caryed away captiues. 18 And the Philistines inuaded the cities in the lowe countrey, and toward the south of Iuda: and toke Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gederoth, and Socho with the townes longing thereto, and Thimna with the townes of the same, Gimso and the townes thereof, and dwelt there. 19 For the Lorde brought Iuda lowe, because of Ahaz king of Iuda, which made Iuda naked, & transgressed sore against the Lorde. 20 And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him, and troubled him rather then strengthed him. 21 For Ahaz toke away a portion out of the house of the Lorde, and out of the kinges house, and out of the lordes houses, and gaue vnto the king of the Assyrians: and yet it helped him not. 22 And in the very time of his tribulation, did king Ahaz trespasse yet more against the Lorde. 23 For he offered vnto the gods of them of Damascon, which beat him: and he sayd, Because the gods of the kinges of Syria helpe them, therefore wyll I offer to them, that they may helpe me also: But they were his destruction, and the destruction of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, & brake them, and shut vp the doores of the house of the Lorde, and made him aulters in euery corner of Hierusalem. 25 And in all the cities of Iuda he made high places to burne incense vnto other gods, and angred the Lorde God of his fathers. 26 The rest of his actes, and his workes first and last, beholde they are written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Hierusalem: but brought him not vnto the sepulchres of the kinges of Israel: and Hezekia his sonne raigned in his steade. 2 Chronicles 28:16-27, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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