^{22 Ref} And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz),

^{23 Ref} and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, `Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel.

^{24 Ref} And Ahaz gathereth the vessels of the house of God, and cutteth in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shutteth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and maketh to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem.

^{25 Ref} And in every city and city of Judah he hath made high places to make perfume to other gods, and provoketh Jehovah, God of his fathers.