2 Kings 16
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13And 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.
14And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon 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.
16Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17And king Ahaz 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 a pavement of stones.
18And 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 LORD for the king of Assyria.
19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85330× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442827× in this chapter
a king
- אָחָזʼÂchâzH27114× in this chapter
Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
- עַלʻalH592113× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH419611× in this chapter
an altar
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8349× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11218× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- בַּיִתbayithH10046× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseqH18346× in this chapter
Damascus, a city of Syria
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrH8046× in this chapter
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- אוּרִיָּהʼÛwrîyâhH2235× in this chapter
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35485× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- עֹלָהʻôlâhH59305× in this chapter
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מָלַךְmâlakH44274× in this chapter
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- מִנְחָהminchâhH45034× in this chapter
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59274× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אֲרָםʼĂrâmH7584× in this chapter
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79714× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81414× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶרTiglath PilʼeçerH84074× in this chapter
Tiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser, an Assyryrian king
- אָבʼâbH13× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- דָּםdâmH18183× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- אֵילוֹתʼÊylôwthH3593× in this chapter
Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôshethH51783× in this chapter
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
- קָטַרqâṭarH69993× in this chapter
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- רְצִיןRᵉtsîynH75263× in this chapter
Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite
- תַּחַתtachathH84783× in this chapter
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּנָהbânâhH11292× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- דָּוִדDâvidH17322× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זָרַקzâraqH22362× in this chapter
to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)