2 Kings 16:16

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

In Context

15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people

17And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem I will put my name.

Isaiah 8:2And I will take to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Acts 4:19But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye.

1 Thessalonians 2:4but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, thus we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:11-17

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. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and… Read the whole commentary →

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