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2 Kings 16:12

Damascus

10 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.

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

13 He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

14 He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

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BSB
When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
KJV
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
WEB
When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it.
ASV
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.
DARBY
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered upon it.
BLB
And the king came back from Damascus, and the king saw the altar, and the king drew near on the altar and made offerings on it.
ÅB
Da kongen kom tilbake fra Damaskus og så alteret, gikk han fram til det og ofret på det.
OTB
Da kongen kom fra Damaskus, så kongen alteret; og kongen nærmet seg alteret og gikk opp til det,
B1930
Da kongen kom tilbake fra Damaskus og så alteret, gikk han frem til det og ofret på det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16–19

    But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:25

    In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.

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  • Numbers 18:4–7

    They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

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  • 1 Kings 13:1

    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:23

    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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