Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it. New Living Translation When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it. English Standard Version And when the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar and went up on it Berean Standard Bible When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it. King James Bible And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. New King James Version And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it. New American Standard Bible And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it, NASB 1995 When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it, NASB 1977 And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it, Legacy Standard Bible So the king came from Damascus, and the king saw the altar; then the king drew near the altar and made offerings on it, Amplified Bible When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and offered [sacrifices] on it, Christian Standard Bible When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it. American Standard Version And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the King came from Darmsuq, and King Akhaz saw the altar, and the King came to the altar and offered up upon it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the king saw the altar, and went up to it, Contemporary English Version When Ahaz returned, he went to see the altar and to offer sacrifices on it. He walked up to the altar Douay-Rheims Bible And when the king was come from Damascus, he saw the altar and worshipped it: and went up and offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice. English Revised Version And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar. The king approached the altar and went up to it. Good News Translation On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished, International Standard Version When the king returned from Damascus, as soon as he saw the altar, he approached it and offered sacrifices on it. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. Literal Standard Version And the king comes in from Damascus, and the king sees the altar, and the king draws near on the altar, and offers on it, Majority Standard Bible When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it. New American Bible On his arrival from Damascus, the king inspected the altar; the king approached the altar, went up NET Bible When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it. New Revised Standard Version When the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar, went up on it, New Heart English Bible When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it. Webster's Bible Translation And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it. World English Bible When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it. Young's Literal Translation And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Damascus Falls…11And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned. 12When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it. 13He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.… Cross References 2 Kings 16:11 And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned. 2 Kings 16:13 He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah grew 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. 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. Treasury of Scripture And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. approached 1 Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 Chronicles 26:16-19 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense… 2 Chronicles 28:23,25 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel… offered thereon Numbers 18:4-7 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you… Jump to Previous Altar Approached Damascus Drew Offered Offereth Offerings Presented Thereon ViewedJump to Next Altar Approached Damascus Drew Offered Offereth Offerings Presented Thereon Viewed2 Kings 16 1. Ahaz's wicked reign5. Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-Pileser against them 10. Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah, 12. diverts the bronze altar to his own devotions, 17. He raids the temple 19. Hezekiah succeeds him (12) The king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.--So the Targum renders. But all the other versions: "The king approached to the altar, and went up thereon." (Comp. 1Kings 12:32-33.) It thus appears that Ahaz, like Uzziah, personally exercised the priestly function of sacrifice.Verse 12. - And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. It is not necessarily implied in these words that Ahaz, like Uzziah, usurped the priestly functions, though conceivably he may have done so, and Urijah may have stood tamely by. What the writer has it in his mind to record is that the king, on his return from Damascus, at once made use of the new' altar for his private sacrifices. If he had meant to tax Ahaz with so great a sin as that which brought the curse of leprosy upon Uzziah, he would almost certainly have made his meaning clearer. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king came back וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go from Damascus מִדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק (mid·dam·me·śeq) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria) and saw וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see the altar, הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar he הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king approached וַיִּקְרַ֥ב (way·yiq·raḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7126: To come near, approach [it] הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar and presented offerings וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively on it. עָלָֽיו׃ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links 2 Kings 16:12 NIV2 Kings 16:12 NLT 2 Kings 16:12 ESV 2 Kings 16:12 NASB 2 Kings 16:12 KJV 2 Kings 16:12 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 16:12 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 16:12 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 16:12 French Bible 2 Kings 16:12 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 16:12 When the king was come from Damascus (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |