28 Ahaz was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned from Yerushalem for sixteen years, but he didn’t do what Yahweh wanted, like his ancestor David had. 2 Instead, he followed the ways fo Yisrael’s kings, including casting metal idols for the Baal. 3 He offered incense in the Ben-Hinnom valley and he burnt his children with fire[fn] like the detestable customs of the nations that Yahweh had driven away as the Israelis had entered the region, 4 plus he offered sacrifices and burnt incense at the hilltop shrines, and on the hills, and under every large, green tree.

16 In the seventeenth year of Remaliah’s son Pekah’s reign over Israel, Yotam’s son Ahaz began to reign over Yehudah. 2 Ahaz was twenty when he became king and he reigned from Yerushalem for sixteen years, but he didn’t follow what his god Yahweh had said was correct behaviour like his ancestor David had done. 3 Actually he followed the behaviour of the kings of Yisrael, and he even sacrificed his son as a burnt offering like they do in the nations that Yahweh hated and which Yahweh had driven out of the land as the Israelis had entered.[ref] 4 Also he sacrificed on the hilltop shrines and burnt incense on them, and on the hills and under every large tree.