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2 Kings 16:12

Damascus

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.

11 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.

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.

14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the 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 he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:25

    And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

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  • Numbers 18:4–7

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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  • 1 Kings 13:1

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:23

    For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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