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 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh

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

and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.

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 incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.

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

Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big 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

Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.

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 one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].

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

Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.

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 soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.

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 Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.

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 want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our 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

So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”

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 tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.

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

They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] 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, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.

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 leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] 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

About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.

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

[He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.

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

At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby 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

Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.

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

Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.

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’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.

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

While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.

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 offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.

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 gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at 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 town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.

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

A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History 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 was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.