Bible Cross References
A. M. 3262-3278. B.C. 742-726. Ahaz
2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah
2 Kings 16:2-20
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at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the LORD his God
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and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering to idols, imitating the disgusting practice of the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced.
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At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.
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King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel attacked Jerusalem and besieged it, but could not defeat Ahaz.
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(At the same time the king of Edom regained control of the city of Elath and drove out the Judeans who lived there. The Edomites settled in Elath and still live there.)
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Ahaz sent men to Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, with this message: "I am your devoted servant. Come and rescue me from the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me."
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Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple and the palace treasury, and sent it as a present to the emperor.
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Tiglath Pileser, in answer to Ahaz' plea, marched out with his army against Damascus, captured it, killed King Rezin, and took the people to Kir as prisoners.
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When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details.
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So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned.
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On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished,
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so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it.
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The bronze altar dedicated to the LORD was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar.
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Then he ordered Uriah: "Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination."
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Uriah did as the king commanded.
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King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation.
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And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.
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Everything else that King Ahaz did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
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Ahaz died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
1 Chronicles 3:13
Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh,
Isaiah 1:1
This book contains the messages about Judah and Jerusalem which God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
Isaiah 7:1-12
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When King Ahaz, the son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah, ruled Judah, war broke out. Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, attacked Jerusalem, but were unable to capture it.
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When word reached the king of Judah that the armies of Syria were already in the territory of Israel, he and all his people were so terrified that they trembled like trees shaking in the wind.
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The LORD said to Isaiah, "Take your son Shear Jashub, and go to meet King Ahaz. You will find him on the road where the cloth makers work, at the end of the ditch that brings water from the upper pool.
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Tell him to keep alert, to stay calm, and not to be frightened or disturbed. The anger of King Rezin and his Syrians and of King Pekah is no more dangerous than the smoke from two smoldering sticks of wood.
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Syria, together with Israel and its king, has made a plot.
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They intend to invade Judah, terrify the people into joining their side, and then put Tabeel's son on the throne.
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"But I, the LORD, declare that this will never happen.
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Why? Because Syria is no stronger than Damascus, its capital city, and Damascus is no stronger than King Rezin. As for Israel, within sixty-five years it will be too shattered to survive as a nation.
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Israel is no stronger than Samaria, its capital city, and Samaria is no stronger than King Pekah. "If your faith is not enduring, you will not endure."
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The LORD sent another message to Ahaz:
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"Ask the LORD your God to give you a sign. It can be from deep in the world of the dead or from high up in heaven."
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Ahaz answered, "I will not ask for a sign. I refuse to put the LORD to the test."
Hosea 1:1
This is the message which the LORD gave Hosea son of Beeri during the time that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Micah 1:1
During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the LORD gave this message to Micah, who was from the town of Moresheth. The LORD revealed to Micah all these things about Samaria and Jerusalem.
Matthew 1:9
like David his father
2 Chronicles 17:3
The LORD blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early life and did not worship Baal.