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Ang Paghari ni Ahaz sa Juda

(2 Cro. 28:1-27)

16 Nahimong hari sa Juda si Ahaz nga anak ni Jotam sa ika-17 nga tuig sa paghari ni Peka, nga anak ni Remalia, sa Israel. Nagaedad si Ahaz ug 20 ka tuig sa dihang nahimo siyang hari. Sa Jerusalem siya nagpuyo, ug naghari siya sulod sa 16 ka tuig. Daotan ang iyang gihimo atubangan sa Ginoo nga iyang Dios, dili sama sa gihimo sa iyang katigulangan nga si David. Gisunod niya ang mga gawi sa mga hari sa Israel, ug bisan ang iyang anak gihalad niya sa kalayo. Gisunod niya ang mangil-ad nga mga buhat sa mga nasod nga gipaabog sa Ginoo sa mga Israelinhon. Naghalad siyag mga halad ug nagsunog ug insenso sa mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit, sa ibabaw sa mga bungtod, ug sa ilalom sa matag labong nga kahoy.

Unya si Rezin nga hari sa Aram ug si Peka nga hari sa Israel, nga anak ni Remalia, misulong sa Jerusalem, ug gilibotan nila kini. Apan wala nila mapildi si Ahaz. Niadtong higayona, nabawi ni Rezin nga hari sa Aram[a] ang Elat pinaagi sa pag-abog sa katawhan sa Juda. Namalhin dayon ang ubang mga Aramehanon[b] sa Elat ug didto na namuyo hangtod karon.

Nagsugo si Ahaz ug mga mensahero sa pagdala niini nga mensahe ngadto kang Tiglat Piliser nga hari sa Asiria: “Imo akong alagad, anhi dinhi ug luwasa ako gikan sa kamot sa hari sa Aram ug sa hari sa Israel nga misulong kanako.” Gikuha ni Ahaz ang pilak ug bulawan sa templo sa Ginoo ug sa bodega sa palasyo ug gipadala kini ngadto sa hari sa Asiria ingon nga gasa. Misugot ang hari sa Asiria sa gihangyo ni Ahaz, busa gisulong niya ang Damascus ug giilog kini. Gidala niya ang mga lumulupyo niini ngadto sa Kir ingon nga mga bihag, ug gipatay niya si Rezin.

10 Unya miadto si Haring Ahaz sa Damascus sa pagpakigkita kang Tiglat Piliser nga hari sa Asiria. Sa didto na siya, may nakita siyang halaran. Busa gipadad-an niya ang pari nga si Uria sa hulagway sa halaran apil na ang mga detalye sa pagkahimo niini. 11 Naghimo si Uria ug halaran nga sumala gayod sa hulagway nga gipadala kaniya ni Ahaz, ug nahuman niya ang halaran sa wala pa makabalik si Ahaz. 12-13 Pag-abot ni Haring Ahaz gikan sa Damascus, nakita niya ang halaran. Miduol siya sa halaran ug naghalad[c] ug mga halad nga sinunog ug halad sa pagpasidungog. Unya gibuboan niya ang halaran sa halad nga ilimnon ug giwisikan sa dugo sa mananap nga gihalad niya alang sa maayo nga relasyon. 14 Unya gipakuha niya ang daang halaran nga bronsi nga didto atubangan sa Ginoo, taliwala sa bag-ong halaran ug sa templo sa Ginoo, ug gipabutang niya kini dapit sa amihan sa bag-ong halaran. 15 Nagmando dayon siya kang Uria nga pari, “Gamita ang bag-ong halaran sa paghalad sa mga halad nga sinunog kada buntag ug sa mga halad sa pagpasidungog kada gabii. Gamita usab kini sa paghalad sa mga halad nga sinunog ug mga halad isip pagpasidungog sa Ginoo nga ginahalad sa hari ug sa mga tawo, ug apil na ang mga halad nga ilimnon sa mga tawo. Iwisik sa bag-ong halaran ang dugo sa halad nga sinunog ug sa uban pang mga halad. Apan ang bronsi nga halaran akong gamiton nga akong alampoanan.” 16 Ug gihimo ni Uria nga pari ang gisugo kaniya ni Haring Ahaz.

17 Unya gikuha ni Haring Ahaz ang mga bongbong ug mga palanggana sa mga karomata nga ginagamit sa paghakot ug tubig alang sa templo. Gikuha usab niya ang dakong sudlanan sa tubig nga gitawag ug Dagat gikan sa gitungtongan niini nga mga baka nga bronsi, ug gibutang kini sa tungtonganan nga bato. 18 Ug aron malipay ang hari sa Asiria, gikuha ni Ahaz gikan sa palasyo ang atop-atop nga ginagamit kon Adlaw nga Igpapahulay ug gisira ang agianan sa hari sa Juda paingon sa templo.

19 Ang uban pang sugilanon mahitungod sa paghari ni Ahaz, ug ang iyang mga gihimo, nahisulat sa libro sa mga sugilanon bahin sa mga hari sa Juda. 20 Sa dihang namatay si Ahaz, gilubong siya sa lubnganan sa iyang mga katigulangan sa Lungsod ni David. Ug si Hezekia nga iyang anak mao ang mipuli kaniya ingon nga hari.

Footnotes

  1. 16:6 Rezin nga hari sa Aram: sa Latin Vulgate, hari sa Edom.
  2. 16:6 Aramehanon: sa Septuagint ug sa Latin Vulgate, Edomihanon.
  3. 16:12-13 naghalad: o, misaka ug naghalad.

Ahaz King of Judah(A)

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz(B) son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right(C) in the eyes of the Lord his God. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(D) and even sacrificed his son(E) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(F) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He offered sacrifices and burned incense(G) at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.(H)

Then Rezin(I) king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him. At that time, Rezin(J) king of Aram recovered Elath(K) for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser(L) king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save(M) me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift(N) to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus(O) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir(P) and put Rezin to death.

10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah(Q) the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction. 11 So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned. 12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings[a](R) on it. 13 He offered up his burnt offering(S) and grain offering,(T) poured out his drink offering,(U) and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings(V) against the altar. 14 As for the bronze altar(W) that stood before the Lord, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the temple of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

15 King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning(X) burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offering. Splash against this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.”(Y) 16 And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.

17 King Ahaz cut off the side panels and removed the basins from the movable stands. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls that supported it and set it on a stone base.(Z) 18 He took away the Sabbath canopy[b] that had been built at the temple and removed the royal entryway outside the temple of the Lord, in deference to the king of Assyria.(AA)

19 As for the other events of the reign of Ahaz, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 20 Ahaz rested(AB) with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:12 Or and went up
  2. 2 Kings 16:18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint)

Ahaz Reigns over Judah

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, (A)Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king. (B)Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done. But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, (C)and he even made his son pass through the fire, (D)in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had [a]driven out before the sons of Israel. And he (E)sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Then (F)Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem for war; and they besieged Ahaz, (G)but [b]were not capable of fighting him. At that time Rezin king of Aram restored (H)Elath to Aram, and drove the Judeans away from [c]Elath; and the [d]Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz Seeks Help of Assyria

(I)So Ahaz sent messengers to (J)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the [e]hand of the king of Aram, and from the [f]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.” And (K)Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent a gift to the king of Assyria. (L)So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and (M)captured it, and led the people of it into exile to (N)Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Damascus Falls

10 Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet (O)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to (P)Urijah the priest the [g]pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship. 11 So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to everything that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, in that way Urijah the priest made it, [h]before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then (Q)the king approached the altar and [i]went up to it, 13 and [j]burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured out his [k]drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. 14 And (R)the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, [l]he brought from the front of the house, from between (S)his altar and the house of the Lord, and he put it on the north side of his altar. 15 Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar [m]burn (T)the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their meal offering, and their [n]drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But (U)the bronze altar shall be for me, for making inquiries.” 16 So Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.

17 Then King Ahaz (V)cut off the borders of the stands, and removed the wash basin from them; he also (W)took down the [o]Sea from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone. 18 And the covered way for the Sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entry of the king, he removed from the house of the Lord because of the king of Assyria.

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

19 Now as for the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written (X)in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 20 So (Y)Ahaz [p]lay down with his fathers, and (Z)was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:3 Or dispossessed
  2. 2 Kings 16:5 Or did not prevail in fighting
  3. 2 Kings 16:6 Heb Eloth
  4. 2 Kings 16:6 As in some ancient versions; MT Edomites
  5. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm
  6. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm
  7. 2 Kings 16:10 Lit likeness
  8. 2 Kings 16:11 Lit until
  9. 2 Kings 16:12 Or offered on it
  10. 2 Kings 16:13 Lit offered up in smoke
  11. 2 Kings 16:13 I.e., libation
  12. 2 Kings 16:14 Lit he also
  13. 2 Kings 16:15 Lit offer up in smoke
  14. 2 Kings 16:15 I.e., libations
  15. 2 Kings 16:17 I.e., a very large basin
  16. 2 Kings 16:20 I.e., died