When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it.
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When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it.
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And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
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And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 16:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16-19 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men. They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.” Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense.
- Numbers 18:4-7 They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you. “You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel. Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- 1 Kings 13:1 Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Either offerings for peace or prosperity, or thanksgiving, as…
Either offerings for peace or prosperity, or thanksgiving, as Lev. 3:1, or else meaning the morning and evening offering, Exod. 29:38, Num. 28:3, and thus he contemned the means and the altar which God had commanded by Solomon, to serve God after his own fantasy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 16:12 And when the king was come from…
2Ki 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
Ver. 12. And the king approached to the altar.] Urijah suffering him so to do; whereas that zealous priest Azariah would not endure his grandfather Uzziah, a far better man, to offer sacrifice. {2Ch 26:17-18}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, a sacrifice, and that not unto God,…
To wit, a sacrifice, and that not unto God, but unto the Syrian idols, as appears from 2Ch 28:23,24, to whom that altar was appropriated. Whether he offered by himself, or by a priest, is not certain.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he burnt his burnt offering, and his meat…
And he burnt his burnt offering, and his meat offering,.... Which went together according to the law of God, and was imitated by the Heathens:
and poured his drink offering; a libation of wine, as probably it was, like what they used according to the Levitical law:
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and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar; as used according to the same law; for all sorts of sacrifices were offered by idolaters, as by the people of God, in imitation of them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Offered - A sacrifice, and that not to God,…
Offered - A sacrifice, and that not to God, but to the Syrian idols, to whom that altar was appropriated.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And worshipped. Hebrew simply, "and the king approached to…
And worshipped. Hebrew simply, "and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it (13) his holocaust and his meat (or flour) offering, and poured hid drink-offering, and the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar." (Haydock) --- He dedicated it with all sorts of sacrifices, forbidding any other to be used in the temple. But shortly after he shut up the temple entirely, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 24., and xxix. 3. He offered sacrifice to idols upon this altar, (Abulensis) while the priests made use of the same altar to sacrifice the true God, (ver. 15.; Menochius) unlawfully.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Saw the altar — That is, the new…
12. Saw the altar — That is, the new altar which Urijah had just completed, according to the pattern sent him from Damascus, and had erected, apparently, near the entrance into the court. This new altar is called emphatically the altar in this verse and the following, and in 2Ki_16:15, the great altar.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. and the king approached to [R.V. drew near…
12. and the king approached to [R.V. drew near unto] the altar] The rendering adopted by R.V. is much the most frequent in A.V. Except in this verse ‘approach’ is not used of ‘drawing near’ to an altar, but always ‘come near’ or ‘draw near’.
and offered thereon] At such an altar he might be his own priest. The LXX. does not represent these words.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) The king approached to the altar, and offered…
(12) The king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.—So the Targum renders. But all the other versions: “The king approached to the altar, and went up thereon.” (Comp. 1Ki_12:32-33.) It thus appears that Ahaz, like Uzziah, personally exercised the priestly function of sacrifice.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when the king was come from Damascus, the…
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. It is not necessarily implied in these words that Ahaz, like Uzziah, usurped the priestly functions, though conceivably he may have done so, and Urijah may have stood tamely by. What the writer has it in his mind to record is that the king, on his return from Damascus, at once made use of the new" altar for his private sacrifices. If he had meant to tax Ahaz with so great a sin as that which brought the curse of leprosy upon Uzziah, he would almost certainly have made his meaning clearer.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:12-13 The king initiated the new altar by making…
16:12-13 The king initiated the new altar by making the traditional offerings upon it (see Lev 1–3; Num 15:1-10; 28:9-15, 24, 31; 2 Kgs 6:8-23; 7:11-20). Sadly, such offerings upon a pagan altar by a leader devoid of spiritual character constituted a mockery of their deep spiritual meaning.
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