22. And at the time that he was oppressed he increased in unfaithfulness against the Lord.
23. So he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had devastated him, for he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they might help me.” But they were his downfall in Judah and the downfall for all of Israel.
24. And Ahaz gathered the vessels from the house of God, and he cut up the vessels. Then he shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25. Then in every city in Judah he made high places to make offerings to other gods. So he provoked the Lord God of his fathers.
26. Now the remainder of the acts and all his ways, from first to last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.