2 Kings 16:10-11

16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there.¹ King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design.² 16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus.³ Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.⁴

2 Kings 15:38--16:2

15:38 Jotham passed away⁵ and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah. 16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.⁶ He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.⁷

2 Kings 16:5

16:5 At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem.⁸ They besieged Ahaz,⁹ but were unable to conquer him.¹⁰

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were¹¹ in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute¹² to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:19--17:1

16:19 The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.¹³ 16:20 Ahaz passed away¹⁴ and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

Hoshea’s Reign over Israel

17:1 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria¹⁵ for nine years.

2 Kings 18:1

Hezekiah Becomes King of Judah

18:1 In the third year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz’s son Hezekiah became king over Judah.

2 Kings 20:11

20:11 Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and the Lord¹⁶ made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.¹⁷

¹tn Heb “in Damascus.”

²tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”

³tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

⁴tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”

⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁷map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

⁹tn Heb “went up to Jerusalem for battle.”

¹⁰tn That is, Jerusalem, Ahaz’s capital city.

¹¹tn Heb “they were unable to fight.” The object must be supplied from the preceding sentence. Elsewhere when the Niphal infinitive of לָחָם (lakham) follows the verb יָכֹל (yakhol), the infinitive appears to have the force of “prevail against.” See Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9; and the parallel passage in Isa 7:1.

¹¹tn Heb “that was found.”

¹²tn Or “bribe money.”

¹³tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Ahaz, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

¹⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁷map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰tn Heb “on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, back ten steps.”