2 Kings 16:3
16:3 He followed in the footsteps of
the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire,
a horrible sin practiced by the nations
whom the
Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 16:10-12
16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design.
16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.
16:12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.