1Ahaz was twenty, just vibin' when he started ruling, and he held it down for sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he didn’t do what was right in God’s eyes, like his dad David, no cap.

2He was straight up following the kings of Israel, making those molten images for Baal, sus vibes.

3Plus, he was burning incense in the valley of Hinnom and even sacrificed his kids in the fire, doing all the savage stuff the heathens did that God kicked out before Israel.

4He was also out here sacrificing and burning incense on high places, hills, and under every green tree, just wildin'.

5So, the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria; they messed him up and took a ton of captives to Damascus. He also got wrecked by the king of Israel, who gave him a major beatdown.

6Pekah, son of Remaliah, took out a hundred and twenty thousand valiant dudes in Judah in one day, all because they ghosted the Lord God of their ancestors, fr.

7Then Zichri, a total beast from Ephraim, took out Maaseiah, the king’s son, and Azrikam, the house governor, plus Elkanah, who was next to the king.

8The kids of Israel took two hundred thousand of their own peeps captive, like women, sons, and daughters, and snagged a bunch of their stuff too, bringing it back to Samaria.

9But there was a prophet of the Lord named Oded, who stepped up to the crew coming to Samaria and said, "Yo, the Lord God of your ancestors is mad at Judah, so He handed them over to you, and you’ve gone off and slain them in a rage that reaches heaven."

10And now you wanna keep the kids of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves: but don’t you have sins against the Lord your God too, periodt?

11Yo, listen up, you gotta set free those peeps you took from your fam, 'cause the Lord's got some serious vibes of anger towards you.

12So, some heads of Ephraim, like Azariah, Berechiah, Jehizkiah, and Amasa, popped off and stood up to the squad coming back from the war.

13They were like, "Nah, don’t bring those captives here! We already messed up with the Lord, and you wanna add more sus to our sins? Our bad is huge, and the Lord's wrath is no joke against Israel."

14So the armed crew just left the captives and the loot chillin' before the princes and the whole crowd.

15The guys who were called by name stood up, took the captives, dressed the naked ones, hooked them up with food and drink, and even carried the weak on donkeys to Jericho, the city with the palm trees, then bounced back to Samaria.

16At that moment, King Ahaz slid into the DMs of the kings of Assyria for some help.

17'Cause the Edomites came back and smacked Judah, taking captives again.

18The Philistines also rolled into the low country and southern Judah, snatching up cities like Beth-shemesh, Ajalon, Gederoth, and Shocho, plus their villages, and Timnah with its villages, and they were just vibing there.

19The Lord brought Judah down because of Ahaz, king of Israel; he left Judah exposed and really messed up against the Lord.

20And then Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria, showed up and stressed him out, but didn't give him any real strength.

21Ahaz took some stuff from the Lord's house and the king's crib, gave it to the Assyrian king, but no cap, it didn't help him at all.

22When times got tough, he went even harder against the Lord; like, that's just classic King Ahaz.

23He was out here sacrificing to the Damascus gods that messed him up, thinking, "If those kings get help, I gotta do the same." But that just wrecked him and all of Israel, fr.

24Ahaz gathered up the God stuff, chopped it up, locked the Lord's house, and built altars all over Jerusalem.

25In every city of Judah, he set up high spots to burn incense to other gods, totally making the Lord mad.

26The rest of his moves and all he did, from start to finish, are in the king's book of Judah and Israel, periodt.

27Ahaz went to chill with his ancestors, they buried him in Jerusalem, but he wasn't in the kings' tombs of Israel; then his son Hezekiah took over, no cap.

1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

8And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God?

11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.

12Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

16At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

17For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

19For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.

20And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

21For 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 unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.

23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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

25And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

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

27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.