2 Kings 16:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord as David, his father, had done. ³ He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his son in fire. He practiced the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the Israelites. ⁴ He performed sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hilltops, and under every green tree.