but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. (A)He even burned his son as an offering,[a] (B)according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. (C)And he sacrificed and made offerings (D)on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

(E)Then Rezin king of Syria and (F)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz (G)but could not conquer him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:3 Or made his son pass through the fire

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