 Ahaz yielded readily to the glamour and prestige of the Assyrians in religion as well as in politics.In 732, he went to Damascus to swear homage to Tiglath-Pileser and his gods; and, taking a fancy to an altar which he saw there, he had one like it made in Jerusalem, which, with a corresponding change in ritual, he made a permanent feature of the Temple worship.Changes were also made in the arrangements and furniture of the Temple, "because of the king of Assyria" ().