13. burning his entirely burned offering and grain offering, pouring out his drink offering, and sprinkling the blood of his well-being sacrifices on the altar.
14. As for the bronze altar that used to stand before the Lord, Ahaz moved it away from the front of the temple where it had stood between the main altar and the Lord’s temple. He put it on the north side of the new altar.
15. Then King Ahaz ordered the priest Uriah, saying, “Burn the following sacrifices on the main altar:in the morning, the entirely burned offering;in the evening, the grain offering;the king’s entirely burned offering and his grain offering;the entirely burned offering for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings."Sprinkle all the blood of the entirely burned offerings and all the blood of the sacrifices on it. I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance."
16. Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded.
17. King Ahaz cut off the side panels from the stands and removed the basins from them. He took the Sea down from the bronze bulls that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
18. He also took away the sabbath canopy that had been built in the temple. He removed the royal entrance outside the Lord’s temple. This was done because of the Assyrian king.
19. The rest of Ahaz’s deeds, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings?
20. Ahaz died and was buried with his ancestors in David’s City. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.