2 Kings - Chapter 16
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In chapter 16 of 2 Kings, Pekah is the king of Israel, and Rezin in the king of Aram, also known as Syria, and they come to attack Jerusalem and King Ahaz. This scares him, and he sends messengers, as well as the treasuries from the temple and the palace, to have the king of Assyria, Tiglath-Pileser, to help him. He does, and he attacks Aram from the north. He captures Damascus, the capital, and deported it's inhabitants, and put king Rezin to death. King Ahaz was so thrilled, that he went up to Damascus, to meet Tiglath-Pileser, and while there, he saw an altar, so he drew a sketch and sent it down to Uriah the priest, and asked him to make it for him. By the time he arrived home, Uriah had completed the task, and King Ahaz switched it with the bronze altar which was before the Lord, and they used the pagan altar for the sacrifices of the people. Then the king used the bronze altar for himself, for divination, not for seeking the Lord's will. He stripped more of the temple of the Lord because of the king of Assyria. Chapter 16 ends with this wicked king's death, and his son, Hezekiah, succeeded him as king.
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