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 when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not do what was right in the Lord's sight as his forefather David had.

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

He followed the example of the kings of Israel, and also cast metal idols for worshiping 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

He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, and sacrificed his children in the fire, following the disgusting practices of the peoples 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

He presented sacrifices and burned incense offerings on the high places, on the mountain tops, and under every living 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

As a result, the Lord his God let the king of Aram to conquer Ahaz. The Arameans attacked him and captured many of his people, taking them to Damascus. Ahaz was also defeated by the king of Israel in a massive attack.

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

In just one day, Pekah, son of Remaliah, killed 120,000 fighting men in Judah, because they had abandoned 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 warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king; Azrikam, the palace governor; and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command.

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

The Israelites captured 200,000 of their “brothers”—women, sons, and daughters. They also took 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 in Samaria, and he went out to meet the returning army. He told them, “It was because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah that he allowed you to defeat them. But you have killed them with such fury that it has upset 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

Now you're planning to turn these people from Judah and Jerusalem into slaves. But aren't you also guilty of sinning against 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

Listen to me! Return the prisoners you've taken from your brothers, the fierce anger of the Lord is falling 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

Some of the leaders of the people of Ephraim—Azariah, son of Jehohanan, Berechiah, son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah, son of Shallum, and Amasa, son of Hadlai—stood up in opposition against those returning 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

“Don't you bring those prisoners here!” they told them. “If you do you will only add to our sins and wrongdoing against the Lord. Our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger is falling 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 prisoners and the plunder before the leaders and all the people gathered there.

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

The men named above got up and took clothes from the plunder to those that had none, gave them sandals to wear, and food and drink, and put olive oil on their wounds. Those who couldn't walk any more they put on donkeys, and took them all to Jericho, the town of palms, to be close to the people of Judah.

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

It was then that King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

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

The armies of Edom had once again invaded Judah and taken people prisoner,

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

while the Philistines had attacked the towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They had captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, along with Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo and 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

The Lord had brought Judah down because Ahaz, king of Israel, was out of control in Judah, sinning terribly against 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

So Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to Ahaz but attacked rather than helped 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

Ahaz took what was valuable from the Lord's Temple, the king's palace, and from his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But it didn't 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

Even at this time when he was having so much trouble, King Ahaz sinned more and more against 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

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, whose army had defeated him, for he said to himself, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I'll sacrifice to them so they can help me.” But this led to the ruin 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

Ahaz took the sacred items from the Lord's Temple and smashed them to pieces. He barred the doors of the Lord's Temple and set up pagan altars on every 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 town throughout Judah he set up high places to make offerings to pagan gods, angering the Lord, the God of his forefathers.

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

The rest of what Ahaz did, from beginning to end, is written down 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

Ahaz died, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem. They did not bury him in the tombs of the kings of Israel. Hezekiah his son took over as king.