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2 Kings 16:14

12 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.

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.

15 Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”

16 So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
The bronze altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the front of the house, from between his altar and the LORD’s house, and put it on the north side of his altar.
ASV
And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar.
DARBY
And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between [his] altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the side of [his] altar on the north.
BLB
And the bronze altar that [was] before YHWH He also brought from the front of the temple (from between the altar and between the house of YHWH), and he put it on the side of the altar to the north.
ÅB
Men kobberalteret, som sto for Herrens åsyn, flyttet han bort fra huset, fra dets sted mellom det nye alter og Herrens hus, og satte det på nordsiden av det nye alter.
OTB
Og bronsalteret, som var foran Herren, flyttet han fra forsiden av huset, fra mellom sitt alter og Herrens hus, og han plasserte det på nordsiden av sitt alter.
B1930
Men kobberalteret, som stod for Herrens åsyn, flyttet han bort fra huset, fra dets sted mellem det nye alter og Herrens hus, og satte det på nordsiden av det nye alter.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:1

    He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

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  • Exodus 40:6

    Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Exodus 40:29

    He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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  • Matthew 23:35

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:5

    But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.

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  • 2 Kings 16:11

    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.

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