II Kings 16

bishnat sheva-esreh shanah lefeqakh ben-remalyahu malakh akhaz ben-yotam melekh yehudah

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of King Jotham of Judah became king.

ben-esrim shanah akhaz bemolkho veshesh-esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m velo-asah hayyashar be'ene Adonai elohayw kedavid aviv

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing to the ETERNAL his God, as his forefather David had done,

vayyelekh bederekh malkhe yisra'el vegam et-beno he'evir ba'esh keto'avot haggoyim asher horish Adonai otam mippene bene yisra'el

but followed the ways of the kings of Israel. He even consigned his son to the fire, in the abhorrent fashion of the nations that GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

vayezabbeakh vayeqatter babbamot ve'al-haggeva'ot vetakhat kol-ets ra'anan

He sacrificed and made offerings at the shrines, on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

az ya'aleh retsin melekh-aram ufeqakh ben-remalyahu melekh-yisra'el yerushalai͏m lammilkhamah vayyatsuru al-akhaz velo yakhelu lehillakhem

Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel advanced on Jerusalem for battle. They besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].

ba'et hahi heshiv retsin melekh-aram et-elat la'aram vayenashel et-hayyehudim me'elot (vrmym) [va'adomim] ba'u elat vayyeshevu sham ad hayyom hazzeh

At that time King Rezin of Aram recovered Elath for Aram; he drove out the Judahites from Elath, and Edomites came to Elath and settled there, as is still the case.

vayyishlakh akhaz malakhim el-tiglat peleser melekh-ashur lemor avdekha uvinkha ani aleh vehoshi'eni mikkaf melekh-aram umikkaf melekh yisra'el haqqomim alay

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria to say, “I am your servant and your son; come and deliver me from the hands of the king of Aram and from the hands of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

vayyiqqakh akhaz et-hakkesef ve'et-hazzahav hannimtsa bet Adonai uve'otserot bet hammelekh vayyishlakh lemelekh-ashur shokhad

Ahaz took the gold and silver that were on hand in the House of GOD and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.

vayyishma elayw melekh ashur vayya'al melekh ashur el-dammeseq vayyitpeseha vayyagleha qirah ve'et-retsin hemit

The king of Assyria responded to his request; the king of Assyria marched against Damascus and captured it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and put Rezin to death.

vayyelekh hammelekh akhaz liqrat tiglat pileser melekh-ashur dummeseq vayyar et-hammizbeakh asher bedammaseq vayyishlakh hammelekh akhaz el-uriyyah hakkohen et-demut hammizbeakh ve'et-tavnito lekhol-ma'asehu

When King Ahaz went to Damascus to greet King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, he saw the altar in Damascus. King Ahaz sent the priest Uriah a sketch of the altar and a detailed plan of its construction.

vayyiven uriyyah hakkohen et-hammizbeakh kekhol asher-shalakh hammelekh akhaz middammeseq ken asah uriyyah hakkohen ad-bo hammelekh-akhaz middammaseq

The priest Uriah did just as King Ahaz had instructed him from Damascus; the priest Uriah built the altar before King Ahaz returned from Damascus.

vayyavo hammelekh middammeseq vayyar hammelekh et-hammizbeakh vayyiqrav hammelekh al-hammizbeakh vayya'al alayw

When the king returned from Damascus, and when the king saw the altar, the king drew near the altar, ascended it,

vayyaqter et-olato ve'et-minkhato vayyassekh et-nisko vayyizroq et-dam-hashelamim asher-lo al-hammizbeakh

and offered his burnt offering and grain offering; he poured his libation, and he dashed the blood of his offering of well-being against the altar.

ve'et hammizbakh hannekhoshet asher lifne Adonai vayyaqrev me'et pene habbayit mibben hammizbeakh umibben bet Adonai vayyitten oto al-yerekh hammizbeakh tsafonah

As for the bronze altar that had been before GOD, he moved it from its place in front of the temple, between the [new] altar and the House of GOD, and placed it on the north side of the [new] altar.

(vytsvhv) [vayetsavveh] hammelekh-akhaz et-uriyyah hakkohen lemor al hammizbeakh haggadol haqter et-olat-habboqer ve'et-minkhat ha'erev ve'et-olat hammelekh ve'et-minkhato ve'et olat kol-am ha'arets uminkhatam veniskehem vekhol-dam olah vekhol-dam-zevakh alayw tizroq umizbakh hannekhoshet yihyeh-lli levaqqer

And King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah: “On the great altar you shall offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, their grain offerings and their libations. And against it you shall dash the blood of all the burnt offerings and all the blood of the sacrifices. And I will decide about the bronze altar.”

vayya'as uriyyah hakkohen kekhol asher-tsivvah hammelekh akhaz

Uriah did just as King Ahaz commanded.

vayeqatsets hammelekh akhaz et-hammisgerot hammekhonot vayyasar me'alehem (vt) [et-]hakkiyyor ve'et-hayyam horid me'al habbaqar hannekhoshet asher takhteha vayyitten oto al martsefet avanim

King Ahaz cut off the insets—the laver stands—and removed the lavers from them. He also removed the tank from the bronze oxen that supported it and set it on a stone pavement—

ve'et-[musakh] (myskh) hashabbat asher-banu vabbayit ve'et-mevo hammelekh hakhitsonah hesev bet Adonai mippene melekh ashur

on account of the king of Assyria. He also extended to the House of GOD the sabbath passage that had been built in the palace and the king’s outer entrance.

veyeter divre akhaz asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Ahaz’s reign, and his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

vayyishkav akhaz im-avotayw vayyiqqaver im-avotayw be'ir david vayyimlokh khizqiyyahu veno takhtayw

Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David; his son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.