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2 Kings 16:3

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1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.Select 2 Kings 16:1

2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.Select 2 Kings 16:2

3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.Select 2 Kings 16:3

4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.Select 2 Kings 16:4

5Then 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.Select 2 Kings 16:5

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16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel.

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16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel.

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