2 Kings 16:11

Ahaz Urijah Damascus

⁹ And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

¹⁰ 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.

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

¹² And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

¹³ And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
WEB: Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.
ASV: And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
DARBY: And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made [it], against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
BLB: And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest until came back King Ahaz from Damascus.

ÅB: Og presten Uria bygget alteret; aldeles etter det bilde som kong Ahas hadde sendt fra Damaskus, gjorde presten Uria alteret, innen kong Ahas kom tilbake fra Damaskus.
OTB: Så bygde Uria, presten, alteret; i samsvar med alt det kong Akas hadde sendt fra Damaskus, slik laget Uria, presten, det før kongen kom fra Damaskus.
B1930: Og presten Uria bygget alteret; aldeles efter det billede som kong Akas hadde sendt fra Damaskus, gjorde presten Uria alteret, innen kong Akas kom tilbake fra Damaskus.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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1 Kings 21:11–13
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
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Malachi 2:7–9
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
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Daniel 3:7
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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2 Chronicles 26:17–18
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
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Isaiah 8:2
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
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Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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