2 Kings 16:7–14

7 So Ahaz sent messengersc to King Tiglath-pileserd of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. March up and save me from the grasp of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.” 8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace and sent them to the king of Assyria as a bribe.e 9 So the king of Assyria listened to himf and marched up to Damascus and captured it.g He deported its people to Kirh but put Rezin to death.

AHAZ’S IDOLATRY

10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileseri of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to the priest Uriah.j 11 Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, the priest Uriah had completed it. 12 When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altark and ascended it.A 13 He offered his burnt offeringl and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splattered the blood of his fellowship offeringsm on the altar. 14 He took the bronze altarn that was before the Lord in front of the temple between his altar and the Lord’s temple, and put it on the north side of his altar.