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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of 2 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In the seventeenth year of Peʹkah the son of Rem·a·liʹah, Aʹhaz1 the son of Joʹtham the king of Judah became king.
  2. Twenty years old was Aʹhaz when he began to reign, and for sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God like David his forefather.2
  3. And he went walking in the way of the kings of Israel,3 and even his own son he made pass through the fire,4 according to the detestable5 things of the nations whom Jehovah drove out because of the sons of Israel.
  4. And he kept sacrificing and making sacrificial smoke on the high places6 and upon the hills7 and under every luxuriant tree.8
  5. ¶ It was then that Reʹzin9 the king of Syria and Peʹkah10 the son of Rem·a·liʹah the king of Israel proceeded to come up against Jerusalem in war and laid siege against Aʹhaz, but they were not able to fight.11
  6. At that time Reʹzin the king of Syria restored Eʹlath12 to Eʹdom,[a] after which he cleared out the Jews from Eʹlath; and the Eʹdom·ites, for their part, entered Eʹlath and kept dwelling there down to this day.
  7. So Aʹhaz sent messengers to Tigʹlath-pil·eʹser13 the king of As·syrʹi·a, saying: “I am your servant14 and your son. Come up and save15 me out of the palm of the king of Syria and out of the palm of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”
  8. Accordingly Aʹhaz took the silver and the gold that was to be found at the house of Jehovah and in the treasures of the king’s house16 and sent the king of As·syrʹi·a a bribe.17
  9. At that the king of As·syrʹi·a listened to him and the king of As·syrʹi·a went up to Damascus18 and captured it19 and led its [people] into exile at Kir,20 and Reʹzin21 he put to death.
  10. ¶ Then King Aʹhaz22 went to meet Tigʹlath-pil·eʹser23 the king of As·syrʹi·a at Damascus, and he got to see the altar24 that was in Damascus. So King Aʹhaz sent U·riʹjah the priest the design[b] of the altar and its pattern as respects all its workmanship.25
  11. And U·riʹjah26 the priest proceeded to build the altar.27 According to all that King Aʹhaz had sent from Damascus was the way that U·riʹjah the priest made it, pending the time that King Aʹhaz came from Damascus.
  12. When the king came from Damascus, the king got to see the altar; and the king began to go near to the altar28 and make offerings upon it.29
  13. And he continued to make his burnt offering30 and his grain offering31 smoke32 and to pour out his drink offering33 and to sprinkle the blood of the communion sacrifices that were his upon the altar.
  14. And the copper altar34 that was before Jehovah he now brought near from in front of the house, from between his altar and the house35 of Jehovah, and put it at the north side of his altar.
  15. And King Aʹhaz went on to command him, even U·riʹjah36 the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar make the burnt offering of the morning smoke,37 also the grain offering of the evening38 and the burnt offering of the king39 and his grain offering and the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings; and all the blood of burnt offering and all the blood of a sacrifice you should sprinkle upon it. As for the copper altar, it will become something for me to take under consideration.”
  16. And U·riʹjah40 the priest went doing according to all that King Aʹhaz had commanded.41
  17. ¶ Furthermore, King Aʹhaz cut42 the sidewalls43 of the carriages44 in pieces and removed from off them the basins;45 and the sea46 he took down off the copper bulls47 that were underneath it and then put it upon a stone pavement.
  18. And the covered structure for the sabbath that they had built in the house and the king’s outer entryway he shifted from the house of Jehovah because of the king of As·syrʹi·a.
  19. ¶ As for the rest of the affairs of Aʹhaz, what he did, are they not written in the book48 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Judah?
  20. Finally Aʹhaz lay down with his forefathers and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David;49 and Hez·e·kiʹah[c]50 his son began to reign in place of him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Edom” should evidently be read here instead of “Syria” (ʼAramʹ).
  2. ^ Or, “likeness.”
  3. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Strengthens.” Heb., Chiz·qi·yaʹhu.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 1:1; 7:1; Ho 1:1; Mc 1:1; Mt 1:9
  2. ^ 2Ch 28:1
  3. ^ 1Ki 12:28; 16:33; 21:26; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 28:2
  4. ^ Le 18:21; 20:2; De 18:10; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; 33:6; Ps 106:37; Is 57:5; Je 7:31; Eze 16:20; 23:37
  5. ^ De 12:31; Ps 106:35; Eze 16:47
  6. ^ Nu 33:52
  7. ^ 1Ki 14:23; Je 17:2
  8. ^ De 12:2
  9. ^ 2Ki 15:37
  10. ^ 2Ch 28:6
  11. ^ 2Ch 28:5
  12. ^ 2Ki 14:22
  13. ^ 2Ki 15:29
  14. ^ 1Ki 20:4
  15. ^ Ps 146:3; Je 17:5; La 4:17
  16. ^ 1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 14:14; 2Ch 16:2
  17. ^ 2Ch 19:7
  18. ^ 2Sa 8:6; 2Ki 14:28; 2Ch 28:5; Is 7:6
  19. ^ Am 1:5
  20. ^ Is 22:6; Am 9:7
  21. ^ Is 7:1; 9:11
  22. ^ 2Ki 16:7
  23. ^ 2Ki 15:29
  24. ^ De 12:30; 2Ch 28:23; Je 10:2
  25. ^ Ps 106:39
  26. ^ Is 8:2
  27. ^ Je 23:11; Eze 22:26
  28. ^ 2Ch 26:16; 28:25
  29. ^ Nu 18:4, 7
  30. ^ Le 1:3
  31. ^ Le 2:1; 1Ch 23:29
  32. ^ Le 2:2
  33. ^ Le 23:13
  34. ^ 1Ch 28:12; 2Ch 4:1
  35. ^ 1Ki 6:1
  36. ^ Is 8:2
  37. ^ Ex 29:39; Nu 28:2; 2Ch 28:23
  38. ^ Nu 28:4
  39. ^ Le 4:22; 22:21; 2Ch 7:4; 29:21
  40. ^ Is 8:2
  41. ^ 2Ki 16:11
  42. ^ 2Ch 28:24; 29:19
  43. ^ 1Ki 7:28
  44. ^ 1Ki 7:27
  45. ^ 1Ki 7:38; 2Ch 4:6; Je 52:20
  46. ^ 1Ki 7:23; 2Ki 25:13
  47. ^ 1Ki 7:25; Je 52:20
  48. ^ 1Ki 14:29; 2Ch 28:26
  49. ^ 2Ch 28:27
  50. ^ 2Ki 18:1; 1Ch 3:13; 2Ch 29:1; Is 1:1; Ho 1:1; Mt 1:9

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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