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Ahaz Succeeds Jotham(A)

28 Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem, but he did not practice what the Lord considered to be right, as his ancestor David had done. Instead, he lived like[a] the kings of Israel did. He cast metal images of Baal,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:2 Lit. he walked in the ways
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:2 I.e. the supreme male deity of the Canaanites

Ahaz King of Judah(A)

28 Ahaz(B) was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols(C) for worshiping the Baals.

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