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This Achaz was twenty years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted sixteen years. He did not obey the Lord’s will like his father David before him; (2 Chronicles 28, 1)
He it was that burnt incense in the ravine of Benennom,✻ and consecrated his sons by passage through the fire, after the wont of those nations which the Lord overthrew to make room for Israel. (2 Chronicles 28, 3)
So the Lord his God left him at the mercy of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and robbed his kingdom of rich spoils, which he carried off to Damascus. The king of Israel, too, had the mastery of him, and inflicted grievous loss; (2 Chronicles 28, 5)
a hundred and twenty thousand men of Juda, all tried warriors, did Phacee son of Romelia slay in one day’s space, and all because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. (2 Chronicles 28, 6)
But there was a prophet of the Lord dwelling there at this time, Oded by name, who went out to meet the army on their way into the city, and expostulated with them. Here are the men of Juda, said he, left at your mercy, only because the Lord, the God of your fathers, is angry with them; and you have made murderous use of your victory; the tale of your cruelties mounts up to heaven. (2 Chronicles 28, 9)
Be guided by me; take the captives home, that are your own flesh and blood; if not, a bitter punishment from the Lord awaits you. (2 Chronicles 28, 11)
Never offend the Lord, they cried, by bringing in these captives with you! Would you add sin to sin, crown the guilt that long stands at our door? Here is grievous wrong; here is a bitter punishment from the Lord threatening Israel! (2 Chronicles 28, 13)
Thus did the Lord humble Juda, to shew how Achaz had robbed them of all aid, by slighting the divine will.✻ (2 Chronicles 28, 19)
As for the king of the Assyrians, Thelgath-Phalnasar, the Lord made him an enemy, not an ally, to Juda, which he oppressed and plundered, with none to oppose him, (2 Chronicles 28, 20)
Such a man was this Achaz, that times of adversity did but minister to the contempt he shewed for the Lord; (2 Chronicles 28, 22)
All the ornaments of the Lord’s house he had already taken away and broken up; now he closed the temple doors, and built altars of his own in every corner of Jerusalem; (2 Chronicles 28, 24)
altars, too, in every city of Juda, the smoke of whose incense enraged the Lord, the God of his fathers. (2 Chronicles 28, 25)
