2 Kings 16:1-20, NLT
2 Kings 16
Ahaz Rules in Judah
1Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.
5Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel came up to attack Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.
7King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant and your vassal.*16:7 Hebrew your son. Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.”
10King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
14Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from its place in front of the Lord’s Temple, between the entrance and the new altar, and placed it on the north side of the new altar.
17Then the king removed the side panels and basins from the portable water carts. He also removed the great bronze basin called the Sea from the backs of the bronze oxen and placed it on the stone pavement.
19The rest of the events in Ahaz’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.