2 Chronicles 28:18-27 ▼

18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived there.

19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely against the LORD.

20 Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.

21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it did not help him.

22 In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.

23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, |Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.| But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

24 Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God's house, and cut in pieces the vessels of God's house, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of his fathers.

26 Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

27 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.