II. CHRonicLEs XXIX.

Damascus, x+which smote him: and he said, “Because the_gods_of the_kings_ of Syria ,¢help them, therefore will_I_ sacrifice to them, that they may_help
me.” But thep were the_ruin_of him, and of all Israél.
24 And Ahaz gathered_together -the_ vessels_of the_house_of x=God, and’cut in_pieces -the_vessels_of the_house_of x=God, and shut_up «the_doors_of the_ house_of / the Lorp, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25 And in every several city of Judah he made high_places to burn_incense unto other gods, and provoked_to_an- ger J-the Lorp =God_of his fathers.
26 Now the_rest_of his acts and of all his ways, first and ~last, behold, they are written in the_book_of the_kings_ of Judah and Israél. i
27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the_sepulchres_of the_kings_of Is- raél: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
29 1 HEZEKIAH began -to-_reign
when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was «Abijah, the_ daughter_of Zechariah.
2 And he did that which was xright| will
in the_sight_of ‘the Lorp, according_|
to all that David his father had_done.
8 He in the first xyear of his reign, in} the first xmonth, opened -the_doors_of| ;°
the_house_of 4 the Lorp, and s repaired them. ‘
4 And he brought in «the priests and ethe Levites, and gath _them-_to- gether into the 2 east street,
5 And said unto them, “*Hear me, ye Levites, -sancti rsanets y cthe One ae 4 the Pao = of your fathers, and -carry_fo! «the filthiness out_of the holy place.
now yourselves, and| ;
6 For our fathers have trespassed,| ourEl
and -done that which was xeyil in the_ eyes_of / the Lorp our =God, and have_ forsaken Him, and have_turned_away their faces from the_d habitation_of J the Lorp, and g turned their ~ backs.
7 Also they have shut_up the_doors_ of the porch and put_out -the lamps, and shave not burned incense nor of- fered« aburnt_offerings in the holy place unto the_=God_of Israél.
8 Wherefore the_wrath_of 4! the Lorp was upon Judah and Jerusalem He hath_delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, «cas pe 4see with your eyes.
and| ing
° For, lo, our fathers -have_fallen by/9.
the sword, and our sons and our daugh- ton and our wives are in xcaptivity for this.
10 Now it 7s in mine heart to make
a covenant with / the Lorp =God.of ¢ : Israél, that His flerce wrath may turn_| "py
away from us.
11 My sons, tbe not now negligent; for ‘the Lord ‘hath_chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should -minister unto Him, and 4burn-_incense.”
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