2 Kings 16:11
And Uriyah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus.
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2 Kings 16:16And Uriyah the priest did in accordance with all that king Achaz had commanded.
2 Kings 21:7And he set a hewn image of the Asherah that he had made in the house, of which the Lord had said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
2 Chronicles 33:4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are hypocrites: yea, in my own house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
Daniel 3:7Therefore at the same time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, guitar, harp, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down bowing themselves to the golden image which king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, broken through punishment; because he willingly walked after the commandment [of false prophets].
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 →