Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- 2nd Kings ~~- chapter 16 of 25 (20 verses.)

2nd Kings 16Wrench

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King Ahaz Reigns In Wickedness Over Judea
1 It's the 17th year of [the reign of north Israel's tyrant] Pekah {Watch} (son of RemaliYah). Simultaneously, 20-year old [criminal] Judean [prince] Ahaz {Possessor} (son of king JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect}) begins his 16 year reign.
Assyrian inscriptions list Ahaz as JAHoAhaz. Scripture drops the β€œJAH,” because Ahaz has nothing to do with YAHweh.
2 Unlike his ancestor David {Love}, Ahaz {Possessor} fails to do what's right in the sight of YHVH his Elohim, πŸ˜‡.
3 Rather, [Ahaz] walks in the way[s] of the [evil] kings of [north] Israel. Even worse, he makes his son β€˜pass through the fire.’ [Ahaz] replicates the [War-God sacrifice] abominations of the beast-nations whom YHVH cast out from the faces of the [ancient] sons of Israel.
Unlike other similar passages, "fire" here is actually in the text. "Pass through the fire" may mean that Ahaz burned his son to appease the War-god, or that he put the boy through a fire-ritual to dedicate the child to serve the War-god, a function today hiding behind birth-certificates and birth-enumeration.
4 And [instead of respecting YAH's temple, king Ahaz] sacrifices [animals] and burns incense [to demon-gods] in [Judea's occult] high-shrines, and [on] hills, and under whatever green tree [he chooses], πŸ˜‡!
Rezin & Pekah Attack King Ahaz's Judah
5 So Syria's king Rezin {Delight} and [north] Israel's [evil] king Pekah {Watch} (son of RemaliYah {YAH-Decks}) attack Jerusalem in war. They besiege [evil king] Ahaz {Possessor}. But they fail to overcome him.
6 [So] Syria's king Rezin {Delight} [marches his armies ~300km south from Jerusalem to the Red Sea]. He steals back Elath {Palms} for Syria. [Rezin] drives the Jews from Elath. So [many] Syrians migrate [southwest ~900km from Iraq to] Elath, where their [descendants] live today, πŸ˜‡.
Ahaz Pays Assyria To Rescue Judah From Syria
7 So [king] Ahaz {Possessor} sends messengers [~750km northeast] to Assyrian Emperor Tiglath-Pileser [III]. [Ahaz] grovels, β€œI am your servant and your son. [March] up [west]. Rescue me out of the fist of Syria's king, and out of the fist of the king of [north] Israel. They [constantly] rise up [to attack] me!”
Why not pray instead?
8 Then [evil king] Ahaz {Possessor} robs [all] the silver and gold [he can] find in YHVH's temple. Then [Ahaz raids his own] royal palace treasures. He sends [all this loot ~750km northwest] as a present to the emperor of Assyria.
9 [This bribe makes] the Assyrian Emperor listen to [Ahaz]. So [Tiglath-Pileser marches his armies ~500km west] uphill to attack Damascus. He seizes it. He hauls its people captive [south ~200km] to [Moab’s] Kir {Fortress}. And he assassinates [Syria's king] Rezin {Delight}.
Ahaz Copies A Syrian Pagan Sacrifice Altar
10 So [Judea's] king Ahaz {Possessor} [races his chariots northeast ~140km] to Damascus to meet Assyrian Emperor Tiglath-Pileser {Devotee-Of-Assur’s-Son}. There [Ahaz] sees a [gorgeous pagan animal-sacrifice] altar. So king Ahaz sends [high] priest UriYah {Flame-Of-Yah} a drawing of the altar. [Ahaz] copies the [altar's] design down to the minute details of all its workmanship.
11 So UriYah {Flame-Of-Yah} (the priest) builds an [occult] altar matching every detail king Ahaz {Possessor} sent from Damascus. [UriYah] readies the [altar] for [animal sacrifices upon] king Ahaz' return [to Jerusalem].
12 King [Ahaz rides his chariots home ~140km southwest to Jerusalem] from Damascus. He sees the [occult] altar. [He smiles.] He approaches it. [He rubs his hands on it.] Then [he] offers [murdered animals to demon-gods] on it, πŸ˜‡!
13 [King Ahaz] smokes his ascension-gifts and his food-donations. He pours his drink offerings. He sprinkles the blood from his thanksgiving [meat] on the altar.
Ahaz Makes More Unholy Temple Modifications
14 Then [evil king Ahaz] removes the brass altar [of] YHVH's presence from the front of [Jerusalem's] temple (between the altar and the temple of YHVH). [Ahaz] stashes it on the north side of [his new pagan-styled] altar.
15 Then king Ahaz {Possessor} commands priest UriYah {Flame-Of-Yah}. [Ahaz] says, β€œUpon [my] great [animal-sacrifice] altar, smoke-roast the morning ascension-food, and the evening meat-donation, and the royal ascension-gift and food-gift[s], with the ascension-gifts and meat-donations [given by] all the people of the land, plus their drink offerings. And sprinkle on [my super-occult altar] all the blood from all ascension-gifts, plus all the blood from the slaughter-house. I'll use [YHVH's old] brass altar [for my personal prayer sessions].
16 So priest UriYah {Flame-Of-Yah} [unlawfully modifies Moses' temple procedure] exactly as king Ahaz {Possessor} commands.
The policies, by-laws, teachings and practices of Churchianity are similarly dictated by the war-state. Spiritual leaders must be the head, or they become the butt of history’s jokes.
17 Then king Ahaz {Possessor} [unlawfully] cuts the side-panels off the [temple's water-trolleys]. He rips off their washbasin[s]. [He hires hundreds of workmen to] take the β€˜Sea’ down off the [huge] brass oxen supporting it. [They] set it on [the lowly] stone pavement!
18 And to please [his master] the Assyrian Emperor, [Ahaz] rips off the temple's covered sabbath-day colonnade the [workmen] had built, and the royal outer entry-way. [Eventually Ahaz shutters the temple entirely.]
Ahaz robs from the Temple any distinctive features the king of Assyria dislikes, just like modern Judeo-Christianity ignores any teachings of the bible that the rich people don't like. So Judeo-Christianity becomes a completely unrecognizable mockery of the original. See 2 Chr 28:24-25.
Judea's Evil King Ahaz Dies [YAY!]
19 In the book: The Chronicles Of The Kings of Judea, [scribes] summarize the rest of the acts and accomplishments of [evil] Ahaz {Possessor}.
20 Finally Ahaz {Possessor} sleeps [in death] beside his forefathers. [His sons] bury him [beside] his ancestors in the citadel of David {Love}. Then [Ahaz' good] son HezekiYah {Strength-From-YAH} reigns in his place.
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