1 In the seventeenth year of Pekach [opened] the son of Remalyahu [protected by Yehovah] Achaz [he has grasped] the son of Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] began to reign.

2 Twenty years old [was] Achaz [he has grasped] when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], like David [beloved] his father.

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], not only this but even made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) cast out from before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 Then Retzin [firm] king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] and Pekach [opened] son of Remalyahu [protected by Yehovah] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came up to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] to war: and they besieged Achaz [he has grasped], but could not overcome [him].

6 At that time Retzin [firm] king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] recovered Eilat [Grove of Lofty Trees] to Aram (Syria) [exalted], and drove the Y’hudim (Judeans) from Eilat [Grove of Lofty Trees]: and the Aram [Syrians] came to Eilat [Grove of Lofty Trees], and dwelt there unto this day.

7 So Achaz [he has grasped] sent messengers to Tiglat-Pil’eser [you will uncover the wonderful bond] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), saying, I [am] youri servant and youri son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram (Syria) [exalted], and out of the hand of the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], which rise up against me.

8 And Achaz [he has grasped] took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))).

9 And the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) listened unto him: for the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) went up against Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver], and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir [wall], and killed Retzin [firm].

10 And king Achaz [he has grasped] went to Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] to meet Tiglat-Pil’eser [you will uncover the wonderful bond] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and saw an altar that [was] at Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver]: and king Achaz [he has grasped] sent to Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

11 And Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the priest built an altar according to all that king Achaz [he has grasped] had sent from Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver]: so Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the priest made [it] against king Achaz [he has grasped] came from Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver].

12 And when the king was come from Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver], the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.

14 And he brought also the brazen altar, which [was] before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and put it on the north side of the altar.

15 And king Achaz [he has grasped] commanded Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to enquire [by].

16 Thus did Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the priest, according to all that king Achaz [he has grasped] commanded.

17 And king Achaz [he has grasped] cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the Wash basin from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

18 And the colonnade for the Shabbat [Rest] that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) for the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))).

19 Now the rest of the acts of Achaz [he has grasped] which he did, [are] they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]?

20 And Achaz [he has grasped] slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David [beloved]: and Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] his son reigned in his stead.