2 Chronicles 28

1 son: aged twenty year Ahaz in/on/with to reign he and six ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and not to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD like/as David father his

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

2 and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct king Israel and also liquid to make to/for Baal

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.

3 and he/she/it to offer: offer in/on/with Valley son: child (Topheth of son of) Hinnom and to burn: burn [obj] son: child his in/on/with fire like/as abomination [the] nation which to possess: take LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

4 and to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place and upon [the] hill and underneath: under all tree luxuriant

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

5 and to give: give him LORD God his in/on/with hand: power king Syria and to smite in/on/with him and to take captive from him captive great: large and to come (in): bring Damascus and also in/on/with hand: power king Israel to give: give and to smite in/on/with him wound great: large

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

6 and to kill Pekah son: child Remaliah in/on/with Judah hundred and twenty thousand in/on/with day one [the] all son: descendant/people strength in/on/with to leave: forsake they [obj] LORD God father their

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

7 and to kill Zichri mighty man Ephraim [obj] Maaseiah son: child [the] king and [obj] Azrikam leader [the] house: home and [obj] Elkanah second [the] king

Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.

8 and to take captive son: descendant/people Israel from brother: male-relative their hundred thousand woman son: child and daughter and also spoil many to plunder from them and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] spoil to/for Samaria

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

9 and there to be prophet to/for LORD Oded name his and to come out: come to/for face: before [the] army [the] to come (in): come to/for Samaria and to say to/for them behold in/on/with rage LORD God father your upon Judah to give: give them in/on/with hand: power your and to kill in/on/with them in/on/with rage till to/for heaven to touch

But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

10 and now son: descendant/people Judah and Jerusalem you(m. p.) to say to/for to subdue to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant to/for you not except you(m. p.) with you guiltiness to/for LORD God your

And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

11 and now to hear: hear me and to return: return [the] captive which to take captive from brother: male-relative your for burning anger face: anger LORD upon you

Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”

12 and to arise: attack human from head: leader son: descendant/people Ephraim Azariah son: child Johanan Berechiah son: child Meshillemoth and Jehizkiah son: child Shallum and Amasa son: child Hadlai upon [the] to come (in): come from [the] army: war

Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

13 and to say to/for them not to come (in): bring [obj] [the] captive here/thus for to/for guiltiness LORD upon us you(m. p.) to say to/for to add upon sin our and upon guiltiness our for many guiltiness to/for us and burning anger face: anger upon Israel

“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”

14 and to leave: forsake [the] to arm [obj] [the] captive and [obj] [the] plunder to/for face: before [the] ruler and all [the] assembly

So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.

15 and to arise: rise [the] human which to pierce in/on/with name and to strengthen: hold in/on/with captive and all naked their to clothe from [the] spoil and to clothe them and to shoe them and to eat them and to water: drink them and to anoint them and to guide them in/on/with donkey to/for all to stumble and to come (in): bring them Jericho Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim beside brother: male-relative their and to return: return Samaria

Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

16 in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to send: depart [the] king Ahaz upon king Assyria to/for to help to/for him

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

17 and still Edomite to come (in): come and to smite in/on/with Judah and to take captive captivity

The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.

18 and Philistine to strip in/on/with city [the] Shephelah and [the] Negeb to/for Judah and to capture [obj] Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and [obj] Aijalon and [obj] [the] Gederoth and [obj] Soco and daughter: village her and [obj] Timnah and daughter: village her and [obj] Gimzo and [obj] daughter: village her and to dwell there

The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

19 for be humble LORD [obj] Judah in/on/with for the sake of Ahaz king Israel for to neglect in/on/with Judah and be unfaithful unfaithfulness in/on/with LORD

For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

20 and to come (in): come upon him Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser king Assyria and to constrain to/for him and not to strengthen: strengthen him

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

21 for to divide Ahaz [obj] house: temple LORD and [obj] house: home [the] king and [the] ruler and to give: give to/for king Assyria and not to/for help to/for him

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

22 and in/on/with time to constrain to/for him and to add to/for be unfaithful in/on/with LORD he/she/it [the] king Ahaz

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

23 and to sacrifice to/for God Damascus [the] to smite in/on/with him and to say for God king Syria they(masc.) to help [obj] them to/for them to sacrifice and to help me and they(masc.) to be to/for him to/for to stumble him and to/for all Israel

Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

24 and to gather Ahaz [obj] article/utensil house: temple [the] God and to cut [obj] article/utensil house: temple [the] God and to shut [obj] door house: temple LORD and to make to/for him altar in/on/with all corner in/on/with Jerusalem

Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

25 and in/on/with all city and city to/for Judah to make high place to/for to offer: offer to/for God another and to provoke [obj] LORD God father his

In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.

26 and remainder word: deed his and all way: conduct his [the] first and [the] last look! they to write upon scroll: book king Judah and Israel

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

27 and to lie down: be dead Ahaz with father his and to bury him in/on/with city in/on/with Jerusalem for not to come (in): bring him to/for grave king Israel and to reign Hezekiah son: child his underneath: instead him

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.