Ahaz Reigns Wickedly in Judah

1Εἴκοσι ἐτῶν Ἀχὰς ἐν τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν, καὶ δέκα ἓξ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ὡς Δαυεὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. 2καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς βασιλέως Ἰσραήλ· καὶ γὰρ γλυπτὰ ἐποίησεν ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν· 3ἔθυεν ἐν Γαιβενθὸμ καὶ διῆγεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ διὰ πυρὸς καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν ἐθνῶν ὧν ἐξωλέθρευσεν Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. 4καὶ ἐθυμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους.

Judah Defeated by Syria

5καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ χειρὸς βασιλέων Συρίας, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν αἰχμαλωσίαν πολλήν· καὶ γὰρ εἰς τὰς χεῖρας βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ παρέδωκεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἑαυτῷ πληγὴν μεγάλην. 6καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Φάκεε ὁ τοῦ Ῥομελιὰ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν δυνατῶν ἰσχύι, ἐν τῷ αὐτοὺς καταλιπεῖν τὸν κύριον θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. 7καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν Ἐζεκρεὶ ὁ δυνατὸς τοῦ Ἐφράιμ τὸν Μαασαίαν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὸν Ἐγδρεικὰν ἡγούμενον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Εἰλκανὰ τὸν διάδοχον τοῦ βασιλέως.

8καὶ ᾐχμαλώτισαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν τριακοσίας χιλιάδας, γυναῖκας υἱοὺς θυγατέρας, καὶ σκῦλα πολλὰ ἐσκύλευσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὰ σκῦλα εἰς Σαμάρειαν. 9καὶ ἐκεῖ ἦν ὁ προφήτης τοῦ κυρίου, Ὠδὴδ ὄνομα· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν τῆς δυνάμεως τῶν ἐρχομένων εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰδοὺ ὀργὴ Κυρίου θεοῦ τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰουδά, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐν ὀργῇ· ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔφθακεν. 10καὶ νῦν υἱοὺς Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ λέγετε κατακτήσεσθαι εἰς δούλους καὶ δούλας· οὐκ ἰδοὺ ὑμῖν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν μαρτυρῆσαι Κυρίῳ θεῷ ἡμῶν; 11καὶ νῦν ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ ἀποστρέψατε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἣν ᾐχμαλωτεύσατε τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν, ὅτι ὀργὴ Κυρίου ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν. 12καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄρχοντες ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐφράιμ, Οὐδειὰ ὁ τοῦ Ἰωανοὺ καὶ Ζαχαρίας ὁ τοῦ Μοσολαμὼθ καὶ Ἑζεκίας ὁ τοῦ Σελλὴμ καὶ Ἀμασείας ὁ τοῦ Χοάδ, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐρχομένους ἀπὸ τοῦ πολέμου· 13καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς Οὐ μὴ εἰσαγάγητε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν τῷ κυρίῳ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ὑμεῖς λέγετε, προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄγνοιαν, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἡμῶν καὶ ὀργὴ Κυρίου θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 14καὶ ἀφῆκαν οἱ πολεμισταὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ τὰ σκῦλα ἐναντίον τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας. 15καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄνδρες οἳ ἐπεκλήθησαν ἐν ὀνόματι καὶ ἀντελάβοντο τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, καὶ πάντας τοὺς γυμνοὺς περιέβαλον ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων, καὶ ἐνέδυσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑπέδησαν αὐτούς, καὶ ἔδωκαν καὶ φαγεῖν καὶ ἀλείψασθαι, καὶ ἀντελάβοντο καὶ ἐν ὑποζυγίοις παντὸς ἀσθενοῦντος, καὶ κατέστησαν αὐτοὺς εἰς Ἰερειχὼ πόλιν φοινίκων πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς Σαμάρειαν.

Compromise with Assyria

16Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀχὰς πρὸς βασιλέα Ἀσσοὺρ βοηθῆσαι αὐτῷ 17καὶ ἐν τούτῳ, ὅτι Ἰδουμαῖοι ἐπέθεντο καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἐν Ἰούδᾳ καὶ ἠχμαλώτισαν αἰχμαλωσίαν. 18καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τῆς πεδινῆς καὶ ἀπὸ λιβὸς τοῦ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν Βαιθσάμυς, τὴν Αἰλὼ καὶ τὴν Γαληρὼ καὶ τὴν Σωχὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν Γαλεζὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς· καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ. 19ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν Κύριος τὸν Ἰούδαν δι᾽ Ἀχὰζ βασιλέα Ἰούδα, ὅτι ἀπέστη ἀποστάσει ἀπὸ Κυρίου. 20καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν Θαλγαφελλάδαρ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσούρ· καὶ ἔθλιψαν αὐτόν. 21καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀχὰς τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ ἔδωκεν τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀσσούρ· καὶ οὐκ εἰς βοήθειαν αὐτῶν,

Ahaz's Idolatry

22ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τῷ θλιβῆναι αὐτόν. καὶ προσέθηκεν τοῦ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς 23Ἐκζητήσω τοὺς θεοὺς Δαμασκοῦ τοὺς τύπτοντάς με· καὶ εἶπεν Θεοὶ βασιλέως Συρίας αὐτοὶ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτούς, αὐτοῖς τοίνυν θύσω καὶ ἀντιλήμψονταί μου· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ εἰς σκῶλον καὶ παντὶ Ἰσραήλ. 24καὶ ἀπέστησεν Ἀχὰζ τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ κατέκοψεν αὐτά, καὶ ἔκλεισεν τὰς θύρας οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ θυσιαστήρια ἐν πάσῃ γωνίᾳ, 25καὶ ἐν πάσῃ πόλει καὶ πόλει ἐν Ἰούδᾳ ἐποίησεν ὑψηλὰ θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις· καὶ παρώργισαν Κύριον τὸν θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν.

Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah

26καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτοῦ αἱ πρῶται καὶ αἱ ἔσχαται, ἰδοὺ γεγραμμέναι ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. 27καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἄχαζ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυείδ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς τάφους τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἑζεκίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ.