2 Kings 16:11
And Uriah the priest built the altar, according to all the directions which King Ahaz sent from Damascus.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
Cross References
2 Kings 16:16And Uriah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded him.
2 Kings 21:7And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name forever.
2 Chronicles 33:4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, concerning which the Lord said, In Jerusalem shall be my name forever.
Jeremiah 23:11For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
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 →