2╦╔ 16:1 ╔N THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF ╨EKAH THE SON OF ╥EMALIAH ┴HAZ THE SON OF ╩OTHAM KING OF ╩UDAH BEGAN TO REIGN.
2╦╔ 16:2 ╘WENTY YEARS OLD WAS ┴HAZ WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS IN ╩ERUSALEM, AND DID NOT THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE ╠╧╥─ HIS ╟OD, LIKE ─AVID HIS FATHER.
2╦╔ 16:3 ┬UT HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ╔SRAEL, YEA, AND MADE HIS SON TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHEN, WHOM THE ╠╧╥─ CAST OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ╔SRAEL.
2╦╔ 16:4 ┴ND HE SACRIFICED AND BURNT INCENSE IN THE HIGH PLACES, AND ON THE HILLS, AND UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE.
2╦╔ 16:5 ╘HEN ╥EZIN KING OF ╙YRIA AND ╨EKAH SON OF ╥EMALIAH KING OF ╔SRAEL CAME UP TO ╩ERUSALEM TO WAR: AND THEY BESIEGED ┴HAZ, BUT COULD NOT OVERCOME HIM.
2╦╔ 16:6 ┴T THAT TIME ╥EZIN KING OF ╙YRIA RECOVERED ┼LATH TO ╙YRIA, AND DRAVE THE ╩EWS FROM ┼LATH: AND THE ╙YRIANS CAME TO ┼LATH, AND DWELT THERE UNTO THIS DAY.
2╦╔ 16:7 ╙O ┴HAZ SENT MESSENGERS TO ╘IGLATHPILESER KING OF ┴SSYRIA, SAYING, ╔ AM THY SERVANT AND THY SON: COME UP, AND SAVE ME OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ╙YRIA, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ╔SRAEL, WHICH RISE UP AGAINST ME.
2╦╔ 16:8 ┴ND ┴HAZ TOOK THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF THE ╠╧╥─, AND IN THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE, AND SENT IT FOR A PRESENT TO THE KING OF ┴SSYRIA.
2╦╔ 16:9 ┴ND THE KING OF ┴SSYRIA HEARKENED UNTO HIM: FOR THE KING OF ┴SSYRIA WENT UP AGAINST ─AMASCUS, AND TOOK IT, AND CARRIED THE PEOPLE OF IT CAPTIVE TO ╦IR, AND SLEW ╥EZIN.
2╦╔ 16:10 ┴ND KING ┴HAZ WENT TO ─AMASCUS TO MEET ╘IGLATHPILESER KING OF ┴SSYRIA, AND SAW AN ALTAR THAT WAS AT ─AMASCUS: AND KING ┴HAZ SENT TO ╒RIJAH THE PRIEST THE FASHION OF THE ALTAR, AND THE PATTERN OF IT, ACCORDING TO ALL THE WORKMANSHIP THEREOF.
2╦╔ 16:11 ┴ND ╒RIJAH THE PRIEST BUILT AN ALTAR ACCORDING TO ALL THAT KING ┴HAZ HAD SENT FROM ─AMASCUS: SO ╒RIJAH THE PRIEST MADE IT AGAINST KING ┴HAZ CAME FROM ─AMASCUS.
2╦╔ 16:12 ┴ND WHEN THE KING WAS COME FROM ─AMASCUS, THE KING SAW THE ALTAR: AND THE KING APPROACHED TO THE ALTAR, AND OFFERED THEREON.
2╦╔ 16:13 ┴ND HE BURNT HIS BURNT OFFERING AND HIS MEAT OFFERING, AND POURED HIS DRINK OFFERING, AND SPRINKLED THE BLOOD OF HIS PEACE OFFERINGS, UPON THE ALTAR.
2╦╔ 16:14 ┴ND HE BROUGHT ALSO THE BRASEN ALTAR, WHICH WAS BEFORE THE ╠╧╥─, FROM THE FOREFRONT OF THE HOUSE, FROM BETWEEN THE ALTAR AND THE HOUSE OF THE ╠╧╥─, AND PUT IT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALTAR.
2╦╔ 16:15 ┴ND KING ┴HAZ COMMANDED ╒RIJAH THE PRIEST, SAYING, ╒PON THE GREAT ALTAR BURN THE MORNING BURNT OFFERING, AND THE EVENING MEAT OFFERING, AND THE KING'S BURNT SACRIFICE, AND HIS MEAT OFFERING, WITH THE BURNT OFFERING OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, AND THEIR MEAT OFFERING, AND THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS; AND SPRINKLE UPON IT ALL THE BLOOD OF THE BURNT OFFERING, AND ALL THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE: AND THE BRASEN ALTAR SHALL BE FOR ME TO ENQUIRE BY.
2╦╔ 16:16 ╘HUS DID ╒RIJAH THE PRIEST, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT KING ┴HAZ COMMANDED.
2╦╔ 16:17 ┴ND KING ┴HAZ CUT OFF THE BORDERS OF THE BASES, AND REMOVED THE LAVER FROM OFF THEM; AND TOOK DOWN THE SEA FROM OFF THE BRASEN OXEN THAT WERE UNDER IT, AND PUT IT UPON THE PAVEMENT OF STONES.
2╦╔ 16:18 ┴ND THE COVERT FOR THE SABBATH THAT THEY HAD BUILT IN THE HOUSE, AND THE KING'S ENTRY WITHOUT, TURNED HE FROM THE HOUSE OF THE ╠╧╥─ FOR THE KING OF ┴SSYRIA.
2╦╔ 16:19 ╬OW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF ┴HAZ WHICH HE DID, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ╩UDAH?
2╦╔ 16:20 ┴ND ┴HAZ SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF ─AVID: AND ╚EZEKIAH HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD.
