II Chronicles 28 · דברי הימים ב

Aĥaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Yerushalayim: but he did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

for he followed the ways of the kings of Yisra᾽el, and made also molten images for the Be῾alim.

Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

So that the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Darmeseq. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Yisra᾽el, who smote him with a great slaughter.

For Peqaĥ the son of Remalyahu slew in Yehuda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, who were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

And Zikhri, a mighty man of Efrayim, slew Ma῾aseyahu the king’s son, and ῾Azriqam the governor of the house, and Elqana who was next to the king.

And the children of Yisra᾽el carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Shomeron.

But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was ῾Oded: and he went out before the army that came to Shomeron, and he said to them. Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was angry with Yehuda, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in rage that reaches up to heaven.

And now you purpose to keep under the children of Yehuda and Yerushalayim to be bondmen and bondwomen to you: but are there not with you, even with you, crimes against the Lord your God?

Now hear me therefore, and release the captives whom you have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.

Then certain of the heads of the children of Efrayim, ῾Azaryahu the son of Yehoĥanan, Berekhyahu the son of Meshillemot, and Yeĥizqiyyahu the son of Shallum, and ῾Amasa the son of Ḥadlay, stood up against those who came from the war.

And they said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, you intend to add more to our sins and to our guilt: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Yisra᾽el.

So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

And the men who were expressly named rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and dressed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble ones of them upon asses, and brought them to Yereĥo, the city of palmtrees, to their brethren: then they returned to Shomeron.

At that time king Aĥaz sent to the kings of Ashshur to help him.

For again the Adomim had come and smitten Yehuda, and carried away captives.

And the Pelishtim had invaded the cities of the coastal plain, and of the south of Yehuda, and had taken Bet-shemesh, and Ayyalon, and Gederot, and Sokho with its hamlets, and Timna and its hamlets, and Gimzo and its hamlets: and they dwelt there.

For the Lord brought Yehuda low because of Aĥaz king of Yisra᾽el; for he caused disorder in Yehuda, and transgressed greatly against the Lord.

And Tilgat-piln᾽eser king of Ashshur came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.

For Aĥaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Ashshur: but he did not help him.

And in the time of his distress he trespassed still more against the Lord: this is that king Aĥaz.

For he sacrificed to the gods of Darmeseq, who smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Yisra᾽el.

And Aĥaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made himself altars in every corner of Yerushalayim.

And in every city of Yehuda he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yehuda and Yisra᾽el.

And Aĥaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Yerushalayim: but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Yisra᾽el: and Yeĥizqiyyahu his son reigned in his stead.