2 Kings 16:3-7

English Standard Version

³ but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. ^(A)He even burned his son as an offering,^{[a] (B)}according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. ^4 (C)And he sacrificed and made offerings ^(D)on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

^5 (E)Then Rezin king of Syria and ^(F)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz ^(G)but could not conquer him. ⁶ At that time Rezin the king of Syria recovered ^(H)Elath for Syria and drove the men of Judah from ^(I)Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day. ^7 (J)So Ahaz sent messengers to ^(K)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”