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2 Kings 16:10

AhazUrijahAssyriaDamascus

8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

9 So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

11 And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.

12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

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BSB
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
KJV
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
WEB
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.
ASV
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
DARBY
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus, and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.
BLB
And King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria at Damascus. And he saw an altar that [was] at Damascus, and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
ÅB
Da dro kong Ahas til Damaskus for å møte kongen i Assyria Tiglat-Pileser, og da han så alteret i Damaskus, sendte han en tegning av alteret og et bilde av det til presten Uria, aldeles som det var gjort.
OTB
Nå dro kong Akas til Damaskus for å møte Tiglat-Pileser, kongen av Assyria, og han så alteret som var i Damaskus. Og kong Akas sendte til Uria, presten, mønsteret av alteret og dets modell, i samsvar med alt dets arbeid.
B1930
Da drog kong Akas til Damaskus for å møte kongen i Assyria Tiglat-Pileser, og da han så alteret i Damaskus, sendte han en tegning av alteret og et billede av det til presten Uria, aldeles som det var gjort.

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Cross references

  • Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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  • Isaiah 8:2

    And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

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  • Ezekiel 23:16–17

    At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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  • Psalms 106:39

    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

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  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:23–25

    Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 43:11

    and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

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