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NOW Jotham died when he had lived forty-one years, and of them reigned
sixteen, and was buried in the sepulchers of the kings; and the kingdom
came to his son Ahaz, who proved most impious towards God, and a transgressor
of the laws of his country. He imitated the kings of Israel, and reared
altars in Jerusalem, and offered sacrifices upon them to idols; to which
also he offered his own son as a burnt-offering, according to the practices
of the Canaanites. His other actions were also of the same sort. Now as
he was going on in this mad course, Rezin, the king of Syria and Damascus,
and Pekah, the king of Israel, who were now at amity one with another,
made war with him; and when they had driven him into Jerusalem, they besieged
that city a long while, making but a small progress, on account of the
strength of its walls; and when the king of Syria had taken the city Elath,
upon the Red Sea, and had slain the inhabitants, he peopled it with Syrians;
and when he had slain those in the [other] garrisons, and the Jews in their
neighborhood, and had driven away much prey, he returned with his army
back to Damascus. Now when the king of Jerusalem knew that the Syrians
were returned home, he, supposing himself a match for the king of Israel,
drew out his army against him, and joining battle with him was beaten;
and this happened because God was angry with him, on account of his many
and great enormities. Accordingly there were slain by the Israelites one
hundred and twenty thousand of his men that day, whose general, Amaziah
by name, slew Zechariah the king's son, in his conflict with Ahaz, as well
as the governor of the kingdom, whose name was Azricam. He also carried
Elkanah, the general of the troops of the tribe of Judah, into captivity.
They also carried the women and children of the tribe of Benjamin captives;
and when they had gotten a great deal of prey, they returned to Samaria.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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