And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store,

and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.

Even though Ahaz took some of the assets belonging to the LORD's Temple from the royal palace, and from the palaces belonging to the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria, none of his gifts did any good.

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.