5
Then 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.
6
At that time Rezin, king of Syria, recovered Elath to Syria and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath and dwelt there unto this day.
7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy slave 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, who have risen up against me.
8
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasury of the king’s house and sent
it for a bribe to the king of Assyria.
9
And 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.
10
And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser, King of Assyria, and saw the 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 of it.
11
And Urijah, the priest, built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah, the priest, made
it while King Ahaz returned from Damascus.
12
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar and offered upon it.
13
And he burnt his burnt offering and his present and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace
offerings, next to the altar.
14
And the brasen altar which
had been before the LORD, he caused to be moved in front of the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and he put it beside the altar towards the Aquilon.
15
And King Ahaz commanded Urijah, the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening present and the king’s burnt sacrifice and his present, and likewise the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their present 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 mine to enquire
by.