And in the time of his distress
did he trespass yet more against the LORD:
this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles 28:22
"Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king and reigned for 26 years.
Ahaz’s father Jotham was a king who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord so Ahaz has no excuse for not having any Godly role models.
Ahaz turned even further away from God when he decided to have an altar built so he could worship the gods of Damascus. (2 Kings 16:10-14; 2 Chronicles 28:22-23)
The final thing recorded about Ahaz’s wicked reign is that he gathered the furniture from the temple and had it taken away. He closed the doors of the temple and set up altars on every street corner for people to worship false gods.
Of the royal line of King David, Ahaz reigned in Jerusalem. Several noteworthy acts of Ahaz are preserved in 2 Kings 16.
- He did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God (16:2).
- He walked in the way of the kings of Israel (16:3a).
- He even burned his son as an offering, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out (16:3b).
- He sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree (16:4)." IGI
