2 Kings 16:2

“Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, etc.] The same number of years his father did: and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord God, like David his father; his more remote progenitor, nor even like his more immediate father, from whom he received such good instructions, and of whom he had so good an example; but grace is neither propagated by blood, nor obtained through the force of education.”

“16:2-3 Again, his ancestor David serves as the standard for measuring the spiritual character of Judah’s kings (14:3; 1 Kgs 15:3, 11). • the example of the kings of Israel: Ahaz was one of Judah’s most wicked kings. He indulged in the apostate religion of Israel and the pagan practices of other nations to the extent of even sacrificing his own son in the fire (see Jer 19:5; 32:35). Although Levitical regulations prohibited such sacrifices as an abomination detestable to the Lord (Lev 18:10; 20:1-5), the practice was repeated among God’s people (Isa 30:33; Jer 7:31) until Josiah’s reforms (2 Kgs 23:10).”

“did not: Kg2 14:3, Kg2 15:3, Kg2 15:34, Kg2 18:3, Kg2 22:2; Kg1 3:14, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 11:4-8, Kg1 15:3; Ch2 17:3; Ch2 29:2, Ch2 34:2, Ch2 34:3 4 Kings (2 Kings) 16:3”