1 Viginti annorum erat Achaz cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem. Non fecit rectum in conspectu Domini sicut David pater ejus, 2 sed ambulavit in viis regum Israël, insuper et statuas fudit Baalim. 3 Ipse est qui adolevit incensum in valle Benennom, et lustravit filios suos in igne juxta ritum gentium quas interfecit Dominus in adventu filiorum Israël. 4 Sacrificabat quoque, et thymiama succendebat in excelsis, et in collibus, et sub omni ligno frondoso. 5 Tradiditque eum Dominus Deus ejus in manu regis Syriæ, qui percussit eum, magnamque prædam cepit de ejus imperio, et adduxit in Damascum: manibus quoque regis Israël traditus est, et percussus plaga grandi. 6 Occiditque Phacee filius Romeliæ, de Juda centum viginti millia in die uno, omnes viros bellatores: eo quod reliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum. 7 Eodem tempore occidit Zechri, vir potens ex Ephraim, Maasiam filium regis, et Ezricam ducem domus ejus, Elcanam quoque secundum a rege. 8 Ceperuntque filii Israël de fratribus suis ducenta millia mulierum, puerorum, et puellarum, et infinitam prædam: pertuleruntque eam in Samariam. 9 Ea tempestate erat ibi propheta Domini, nomine Oded: qui egressus obviam exercitui venienti in Samariam, dixit eis: Ecce iratus Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum contra Juda, tradidit eos in manibus vestris, et occidistis eos atrociter, ita ut ad cælum pertingeret vestra crudelitas. 10 Insuper filios Juda et Jerusalem vultis vobis subjicere in servos et ancillas: quod nequaquam facto opus est: peccastis enim super hoc Domino Deo vestro. 11 Sed audite consilium meum, et reducite captivos quos adduxistis de fratribus vestris, quia magnus furor Domini imminet vobis. 12 Steterunt itaque viri de principibus filiorum Ephraim, Azarias filius Johanan, Barachias filius Mosollamoth, Ezechias filius Sellum, et Amasa filius Adali, contra eos qui veniebant de prælio, 13 et dixerunt eis: Non introducetis huc captivos, ne peccemus Domino. Quare vultis adjicere super peccata nostra, et vetera cumulare delicta? grande quippe peccatum est, et ira furoris Domini imminet super Israël. 14 Dimiseruntque viri bellatores prædam, et universa quæ ceperant, coram principibus, et omni multitudine. 15 Steteruntque viri quos supra memoravimus, et apprehendentes captivos, omnesque qui nudi erant, vestierunt de spoliis: cumque vestissent eos, et calceassent, et refecissent cibo ac potu, unxissentque propter laborem, et adhibuissent eis curam: quicumque ambulare non poterant, et erant imbecillo corpore, imposuerunt eos jumentis, et adduxerunt Jericho civitatem palmarum ad fratres eorum, ipsique reversi sunt in Samariam. 16 Tempore illo misit rex Achaz ad regem Assyriorum, postulans auxilium. 17 Veneruntque Idumæi, et percusserunt multos ex Juda, et ceperunt prædam magnam. 18 Philisthiim quoque diffusi sunt per urbes campestres, et ad meridiem Juda: ceperuntque Bethsames, et Ajalon, et Gaderoth, Socho quoque, et Thamnan, et Gamzo, cum viculis suis, et habitaverunt in eis. 19 Humiliaverat enim Dominus Judam propter Achaz regem Juda, eo quod nudasset eum auxilio, et contemptui habuisset Dominum. 20 Adduxitque contra eum Thelgathphalnasar regem Assyriorum, qui et afflixit eum, et nullo resistente vastavit. 21 Igitur Achaz, spoliata domo Domini, et domo regum ac principum, dedit regi Assyriorum munera, et tamen nihil ei profuit. 22 Insuper et tempore angustiæ suæ auxit contemptum in Dominum, ipse per se rex Achaz, 23 immolavit diis Damasci victimas percussoribus suis, et dixit: Dii regum Syriæ auxiliantur eis, quos ego placabo hostiis, et aderunt mihi: cum e contrario ipsi fuerint ruinæ ei, et universo Israël. 24 Direptis itaque Achaz omnibus vasis domus Dei, atque confractis, clausit januas templi Dei, et fecit sibi altaria in universis angulis Jerusalem. 25 In omnibus quoque urbibus Juda exstruxit aras ad cremandum thus, atque ad iracundiam provocavit Dominum Deum patrum suorum. 26 Reliqua autem sermonum ejus, et omnium operum suorum priorum et novissimorum, scripta sunt in libro regum Juda et Israël. 27 Dormivitque Achaz cum patribus suis, et sepelierunt eum in civitate Jerusalem: neque enim receperunt eum in sepulchra regum Israël. Regnavitque Ezechias filius ejus pro eo.
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Ahaz
A faithless king who courted Assyria and even sacrificed his own son.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 16; 2 Chron. 28; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:9
Amasa
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azariah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azrikam
Governor of the palace killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Berechiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Elkanah
The one second to the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Hadlai
Named as the father of Amasa, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehizkiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehohanan
Named as the father of Azariah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Maaseiah
Called the son of the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Meshillemoth
Named as the father of Berechiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Oded
Prophet of the LORD who met the army returning to Samaria and told them to return the Judahite captives.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:9
Shallum
Named as the father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Zichri
Mighty man of Ephraim who killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the palace governor and Elkanah the second to the king.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Cross references (26)
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- 1 1 Chronicles 3:13; Isaiah 1:1; 2 Kings 16:1–20; 2 Chronicles 17:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Exodus 34:17; Judges 2:11; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; Leviticus 19:4; Judges 2:13
- 3 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Chronicles 33:2; Leviticus 18:21; Joshua 15:8; 2 Kings 23:10
- 4 Leviticus 26:30; 2 Kings 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:2–3
- 5 Isaiah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Kings 16:5–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 20:2–3
- 6 Jeremiah 15:6; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 2:19; Joshua 24:20; 2 Kings 15:27
- 7 Genesis 43:15; Genesis 43:12; Esther 10:3; Genesis 41:43
- 8 2 Chronicles 11:4; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:41; Acts 13:26; Acts 7:26
- 9 Isaiah 47:6; Revelation 18:5; Ezra 9:6; Zechariah 1:15; Ezekiel 26:2–3
- 10 Leviticus 25:39–46; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Matthew 7:2–4; Romans 12:20–21; Jeremiah 25:29
- 11 James 2:13; Hebrews 13:1–3; 2 Chronicles 28:8; Ezra 10:14; Jeremiah 34:14–15
- 12 Jeremiah 26:6; 1 Chronicles 28:1
- 13 Romans 2:5; Joshua 22:17–18; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 23:32; Numbers 32:14
- 15 Deuteronomy 34:3; Proverbs 25:21–22; Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 6:22; Matthew 25:35–45
- 16 2 Kings 16:5–7; Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 7:1–9
- 17 Obadiah 10; Obadiah 13–14; Leviticus 26:18; 2 Chronicles 25:11–12
- 18 Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 16:27; Judges 14:1; 2 Chronicles 11:10; Joshua 15:41
- 19 2 Chronicles 21:2; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Hosea 5:11; Psalm 106:41–43
- 20 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 7:20; Hosea 5:13
- 21 2 Kings 18:15–16; 2 Kings 16:8–9; 2 Chronicles 12:9; Proverbs 20:25
- 22 Isaiah 1:5; Ezekiel 21:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Hosea 5:15; Psalm 50:15
- 23 2 Chronicles 25:14; Jeremiah 44:20–28; Habakkuk 1:11; Hosea 13:9; Isaiah 1:28
- 24 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Kings 16:17–18; 2 Chronicles 33:3–5; Acts 17:16
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:3
- 26 2 Kings 16:19–20; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 27:7–9
- 27 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Proverbs 10:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 2 Chronicles 33:20
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