2 Chronicles 28
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1Achaz [he has grasped] [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), like David [beloved] his father:
2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and made also molten images for Ba’alim [lords (false gods)].
3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom [Lamentation], and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had cast out before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5For what reason the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram [exalted] (Syria) [exalted]; and they struck him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver]. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], who struck him with a great slaughter.
6For Pekach [opened] the son of Remalyahu [protected by Yehovah] killed in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of their fathers.
7And Zikhri [Illustrious], a mighty man of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], killed Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah] the king’s son, and ‘Azrikam [help against the enemy] the governor of the house, and Elkanah [God Has Taken Possession] [that was] next to the king.
8And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil (plunder; prey; booty) from them, and brought the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) to Shomron [watch mountain].
9But a prophet of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was there, whose name [was] ‘Oded [restorer]: and he went out before the host that came to Shomron [watch mountain], and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of your fathers was exceedingly angry with Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], he has delivered them into your hand, and you2f have slain them in a rage [that] reaches up unto heaven.
10And now you2f purpose to keep under the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]?
11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which you2f have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] upon you.
12Then certain of the heads of the children of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] the son of Yochanan [Yehovah has graced], Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses] the son of Meshillemot [recompense], and Y’chizkiyah [Yehovah has made me strong] the son of Shalum [retribution], and ‘Amasa [burden] the son of Hadlai [rest of God], stood up against them that came from the war,
13And said unto them, You2f shall not bring in the captives here: for whereas we have offended against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [already], you2f intend to add [more] to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) before the princes and all the congregation.
15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Yericho [Its Moon], the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Shomron [watch mountain].
16At that time did king Achaz [he has grasped] send unto the kings of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) to help him.
17For again the Edomi [red] had come and smitten Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and carried away captives.
18The P’lishtim [Immigrants] also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and had taken Beit-Shemesh [House of the Sun], and Ayalon [Field of Deer], and G’derot [Walls], and Sokho [bushy] with the villages thereof, and Timnah [Portion] with the villages thereof, Gimzo [fertile sycamores] also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
19For the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) brought Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] low because of Achaz [he has grasped] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; for he made Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
20And Tigat-Piln’eser [you will uncover the wonderful bond] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
21For Achaz [he has grasped] took away a portion [out] of the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave [it] unto the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))): but he helped him not.
22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): this [is that] king Achaz [he has grasped].
23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver], which struck him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram [exalted] (Syria) [exalted] help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
24And Achaz [he has grasped] gathered together the vessels of the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and he made him altars in every corner of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].
25And in every single (each one separately) city of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of his fathers.
26Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
27And Achaz [he has grasped] slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] his son reigned in his stead.
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