2 Kings 16:11
and Urijah the priest built an altar,—according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus, so, did Urijah the priest make it, by the time King Ahaz came from Damascus.
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2 Kings 16:16So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
2 Kings 21:7and he set the image of the Sacred Stem which he had made,—in the house, of which Yahweh had said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name, unto times age-abiding;
2 Chronicles 33:4and built altars in the house of Yahweh,—as to which Yahweh had said, In Jerusalem, shall be my Name, unto times age-abiding.
Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest, are profane,—Even in my house, have I found their wickedness, Declareth Yahweh.
Daniel 3:7Wherefore, at the same time—when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the psaltery, and all kinds of instruments of music, they were falling down—even all the peoples, the races, and the tongues,—adoring the image of gold, which Nebuchadnezzar the king, had set up.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment,—because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.
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 →