2 Kings 16:12

Translations

Modern

When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

Traditional

And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

Literal

And the king came back from Damascus, and the king saw the altar, and the king drew near on the altar and made offerings on it.

Latin

Cumque venisset rex de Damasco, vidit altare, et veneratus est illud: ascenditque et immolavit holocausta et sacrificium suum,

Original

Hebrew

English

When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

Notes

2 Kings 16:12–13

The king started using the new altar by making traditional offerings on it (see Leviticus 1–3; Numbers 15:1–10; 28:9–15, 24, 31; 2 Kings 6:8–23; 7:11–20). Unfortunately, these offerings on a non-religious altar by a leader lacking spiritual integrity made a mockery of their true spiritual significance.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahaz Arameans Assyria Fearing People

Events

Reign of Ahaz

Related verses

2 Chronicles 26:16–19
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
1 Kings 13:1
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 28:23
He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
Numbers 18:4–7
They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
2 Chronicles 28:25
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 28:16–27

Places

Damascus: Ancient city, capital of Syria, important in biblical history

Glossary

Ahaz (King) Alliance Immanuel Kings, Books of First and Second Nineveh, Ninevite Oholah and Oholibah Syria, Syrians Uriah

Topics

Ahaz: Visits Damascus Altars of Ahaz Church and State: State Superior to Religion: Ahaz, in Transforming the Altars Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Ahaz Prophecies Concerning Israel: Ahaz Changes the Nature of the Altar in the Temple Temple: Solomon's: Ahaz Changes the Pattern of the Altar In The Altar of Burnt-Offering: Ahaz Removed and Profaned Urijah: A Priest in Ahaz: Builds a New Altar for Ahaz Usurpation in Religious Affairs by King Ahaz

2 Kings 16:12

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