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but he did not abolish the Sanctuaries on the high places where the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense. He built the Upper Gate of the House of Yahweh. (2 Kings 15, 35)
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the hateful practices of those nations which Yahweh had expelled from the land, so the children of Israel could occupy their place. (2 Kings 16, 3)
Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to fight Jerusalem. They surrounded it, but could not conquer it. (2 Kings 16, 5)
Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Asshur, to tell him, "I am your servant and your son. Come then and rescue me from the hands of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who wage war against me." (2 Kings 16, 7)
"Upon this great altar you shall burn the morning holocaust and the evening sacrifice, the king's holocaust and his sacrifice, the holocausts of the people of the land, their sacrifices and libations. You shall shed upon it all the blood of the holocausts and sacrifices. As for the bronze altar, I will deal with it." (2 Kings 16, 15)
Hoshea, son of Elah, began to reign in Israel in the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah. He reigned for nine years in the city of Samaria, (2 Kings 17, 1)
and he acted badly towards Yahweh though not as bad as the previous kings of Israel. (2 Kings 17, 2)
The army of the king of Asshur subjected the whole of Israel, and they came to Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. (2 Kings 17, 5)
This happened because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh, their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, where they were subject to Pharaoh, but they had turned back to other gods. (2 Kings 17, 7)
The children of Israel introduced many innovations that offended Yahweh, their God. They built sanctuaries in all the cities, from the watchtowers to the fortified cities. (2 Kings 17, 9)
Yahweh warned Israel and Judah through the mouth of every prophet and seer, saying: "Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and precepts according to the laws which I commanded your fathers and which I have sent to you by my servants, the prophets." (2 Kings 17, 13)
So Yahweh became indignant with Israel and cast them far away from his presence, leaving only the tribe of Judah. (2 Kings 17, 18)
