of Gadi over Israel ten years in Samaria.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. He departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, all the days of his life.

And Phul king of Assyria came into the land. And Menahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver to keep with him, and confirmed the kingdom unto him.

And Menahem set a money in Israel upon the richest, fifty shekels of silver upon every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned home, and abode not in the land.

And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

And Menahem slept with his fathers: and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah was Pekahiah the son of Menahem king over Israel in Samaria two years.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: for he repented not of the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.

And Pekah the son of Remaliah his knight made a league against him, and smote him in Samaria in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arne, and fifty men with him of the children of Gilead, and slew him: and he reigned in his stead.

And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

In the fifty and second year of Azariah king of Judah was king Pekah the son of Remaliah over Israel in Samaria twenty years.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: for he repented not of the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pilesser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maechah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away into Assyria.

And Hosea the son of Elah made a league against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and slew him: and he reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah reigned.

And he was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusa, a daughter of Zadok.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Uzziah his father had done,

Notwithstanding they removed not the high places: for the people sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. And he built the high gate of the house of the LORD.

And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

At that time the LORD began to send into Judah Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 16
Ahaz and his government.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah was king Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as did David his father.

For he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. For this cause he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel;

And they offered sacrifices, and burned incense in the high places, and in the hills, and among
all the green trees.

Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to battle, and besieged Ahaz; but they could not prevail against them.

At that time Rezin king of Syria brought Elath again into Syria, and thrust out the Jews from Elath: but the Syrians came and dwelt therein unto this day.

And Ahaz sent messengers unto Tiglathpilesser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant, and I am thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which have risen up against me.

And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent gifts unto the king of Assyria.

And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him, and went up to Damascus, and took them, and led them away to Kir, and slew Rezin.

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpilesser king of Assyria. And when he saw an altar that was in Damascus, king Ahaz sent the image and likeness of the same altar unto Uriah the priest, how it was made.

And Uriah the priest built an altar, and made it, as king Ahaz had sent unto him from Damascus, until king Ahaz came from Damascus.

And when the king of Damascus was come, and saw the altar, he offered upon it.

And he burnt his burnt offering, and his meat offering, and poured out his drink offerings thereon, and sprinkled the blood of the peace offerings, which he offered, upon the altar.

But the brasen altar that was before the LORD he took away, that it should not stand between the altar and the house of the LORD: but he set it at the corner of the altar northward.

And king Alias commanded Uriah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar thou shalt burn the burnt offerings of the morning, and the meat offerings of the evening, and the king’s burnt offerings, and his meat offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, and all the blood of the burnt offerings; and the blood of all the sacrifices shalt thou sprinkle upon it: but with the brasen altar I will think what I will do.

And Uriah the priest did all that Alias the king commanded him.

And king Ahaz brake off the sides of the stalls, and put the caldrons on the top of them; and he took the sea from the bullocks that were under it, and set it upon the pavement of stone.

And the covering of the sabbath, which they had built upon the house, and the king’s course without, he turned unto the house of the LORD, to minister unto the king of Assyria.

And the rest of the acts of Ahaz, which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 17
Under Hosea the ten tribes are led into Assyria.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hosea the son of Elah, nine years old, reigned over Israel in Samaria.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

And against him went up Salma the Nasser, king of Assyria. And Hosea was subject unto him, that he gave him gifts.

And when the king of Assyria perceived that Hosea had made a covenant, and had sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and had not presented gifts unto the king of Assyria every year, he besieged him, and put him in prison.

And the king of Assyria went throughout all the country, and unto Samaria, and besieged them three years.

And in the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and led Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes.

For when the children of Israel sinned against the LORD their God, (who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,) and feared other gods 8. And they walked after the manner of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. And they walked after the manner of the kings of Israel, whom the LORD
cast out from before the children of Israel;

And the children of Israel adorned their things against the LORD their God, which were not good: namely, they built them high places in every city, both in castles, and in strong cities, 10. And they set up pillars and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree; 11. And there they burned incense in every high place, as did the heathen whom the LORD had driven away before them, and did wickedly, that they might provoke the LORD to anger; 12. And they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: Ye shall not do these things; 13. And when the LORD had testified in Israel and Judah by all the prophets and