¶ The .xvj. Chapter.¶ Ahaz kynge of Iuda consecrateth hys sonne in fyer,
and hath many battaylles agaynst the kynge of Israel.
In the steade of Ahaz raygneth Hezekia hys sonne.
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AThe .xvij. yeare of Pekah þe; sonne of
Remaliahu kynge of Israel, Ahaz
the sonne of Iotham kynge of Iuda,
beganne to raygne. note Twentye
yere olde was he, when he was made kynge:
Ahaz.
and raygned syxtene yere in Ierusalem, and
dyd not that which was ryght in the eyes of
the Lorde hys God, lyke Dauid hys father:
But walked in the waye of the kynges of
Israel, yee, and made note hys sonne to go thorowe
the fyer, after the abhominacyons of
the Heythen, whom the Lorde cast out before
the chyldren of Israel. And he offered and
burnt inc&ebar;se in the hilaulters and on the hylles,
and vnder euery thick tree. noteThen Rezin
kynge of Siria and Pekah sonne of Remaliahu B
kynge of Israel came vp to Ierusalem
to fyght. And they fought agaynst Ahaz,
but could not ouercome hym. At the same
tyme Rezin kynge of Siria brought Elath
agayne to Siria, and rydd the Iewes
thence. And the Sirians note came to Elath,
and dwell therin vnto thys daye.
So Ahaz sent messengers to Thiglath
Peleser kynge of Assiria, sayinge: I am thy
seruaunt and thy sonne, come vp and deliuer
me out of the hande of the kynge of Siria, ∧
out of the hande of the king of Israel, which
ryse vp agaynst me. And Ahaz toke the syluer
and the golde that was founde in þe; house
of the Lorde, and in the treasures of þe; kinges
house, and sent a rewarde to the kyng of
Assiria. noteAnd the kynge of Assiria consented
vnto hym. For the kynge of Assiria w&ebar;t
vp agaynst Damasco. And when he had take
it, he caryed the people awaye to Kyr, and
slue Rezin.
And kynge Ahaz went to Damasco, to
mete Thiglath Peleser king of Assiria. C And
when kynge Ahaz sawe an aulter that was
at Damasco, he sent to Uria the preste the
paterne of the aulter, ∧ the fassyon of it, and
all the worckmanshyp therof. And Uria the
preste made an aulter in all poyntes lyke to
the patern which kinge Ahaz had sent from
Damasco: euen so dyd Uria the preste make
it, agaynst king Ahaz came from Damasco.
And so, when the kyng was come from Damasco,
he sawe the aulter, and the kyng w&ebar;t
to it, ∧ offered ther&obar;. And he burnt his burntofferinge,
and hys meatofferinge, and powred
hys drynckofferynge: and sprynckled the
bloude of hys peace offerynges besyde þe; aulter,
þt; was by þe; brasen aulter which was before
the Lord, and set it &wt;out the temple betwene
the aulter and the temple of the Lord:
and put it on the northsyde of the aultare.
And kynge Ahaz commaunded Uria the
preste, and sayde: vpon the greate aulter set
on fyer in the mornyng the burntofferinge, ∧
in the euen the meatoffering, and the kinges
burntsacrifyce ∧ his meatofferinge, with the
burntofferyng of all the people of the lande,
and their meatofferinge, ∧ their drynckofferinges:
∧ powre therby, all the bloude of the
sacrifyce offringes. D But þe; brasen aulter will
I come and se. And Uria the preste dyd accordynge
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to all thynges as kynge. D Ahaz c&obar;ma&ubar;ded
hym. noteAnd kynge Ahaz brake the
sydes of the botomes, and toke the lauer fr&obar;
of them, and toke downe the Lauatorye fr&obar;
of the brasen oxen that were vnder it, ∧ put
it vpon a pauem&ebar;t of stones. And the veyle
for the Sabboth (that they had made in the
house) ∧ the kynges entrye without turned
he to the house of the Lorde, for (feare of) the
kynge of Assyria. The reste of the wordes þt;
concerne Ahaz, what he dyd, are they not
written in the boke of the Chronicles of the
kynges of Iuda? And Ahaz slepte with hys
fathers, and was buryed with hys fathers
in the cytie of Dauid: and Hezekia his sonne
raygned in hys steade.
