2 Kings
2 Kings 16
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2 Kings 16 — Scripture text (King James Version)
In the seventeenth year of the son of the son of king of began to reign. Twenty years old was when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in , and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like his father. But he walked in the way of the kings of , yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of . And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and the hills, and under every green tree. Then king of and son of king of came up to to war: and they besieged , but could not overcome him. At that time king of recovered to , and drave the from : and the came to , and dwelt there unto this day. So sent messengers to -pileser king of , saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of , and out of the hand of the king of , which rise up against me. And took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of . And the king of hearkened unto him: for the king of went up against , and took it, and carried the people of it captive to , and slew . And king went to to meet -pileser king of , and saw an altar that was at : and king sent to the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. And the priest built an altar according to all that king had sent from : so the priest made it against king came from . And when the king was come from , the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. and he burnt his and his meat offering, and poured his , and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and it the north side of the altar. And king commanded the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning , and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the , and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. Thus did the priest, according to all that king commanded. And king cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and it upon a pavement of stones. And the covert for the that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of . Now the rest of the acts of which he did, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of : and his son reigned in his stead.