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He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He even caused his son to walk through fire.[a] In this way he copied the terrible sins of the other nations in Canaan. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there. Ahaz offered sacrifices and he burned incense on altars on the hills, as well as under all the big trees.

At that time, King Rezin of Syria and Remaliah's son, King Pekah of Israel, attacked Jerusalem. Their armies made a camp all around the city while Ahaz was there. But they could not win the battle against him.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:3 ‘Walk through fire’ may mean that he burned his son as a sacrifice to a false god.