2 Kings 16:16
New International Version
And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.

New Living Translation
Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz commanded him.

English Standard Version
Uriah the priest did all this, as King Ahaz commanded.

Berean Standard Bible
So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

King James Bible
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

New King James Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

New American Standard Bible
So Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.

NASB 1995
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

NASB 1977
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Amplified Bible
Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.

Christian Standard Bible
The priest Uriah did everything King Ahaz commanded.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Uriah the priest did everything King Ahaz commanded.

American Standard Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

Contemporary English Version
Uriah did everything Ahaz told him.

English Revised Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The priest Urijah did what King Ahaz had commanded.

Good News Translation
Uriah did as the king commanded.

International Standard Version
So Uriah the priest did precisely what King Ahaz ordered.

Majority Standard Bible
So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

NET Bible
So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered.

New Heart English Bible
Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

World English Bible
Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Urijah the priest does according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Young's Literal Translation
And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Urijah the priest will do according to all which king Ahaz commanded.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz had commanded him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

New American Bible
Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

New Revised Standard Version
The priest Uriah did everything that King Ahaz commanded.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded him.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Uriah the Priest did according to what King Akhaz commanded him.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Damascus Falls
15Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.” 16So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded. 17King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:24
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 16:10-11
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. / And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.

2 Kings 21:3-5
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 23:12
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:18-19
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils. / Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

2 Chronicles 33:4-5
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:7
Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

2 Kings 23:4-5
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 29:3-5
In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD. / Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side. / “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.

2 Chronicles 29:15-16
When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD. / So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:25-27
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:14
They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 31:1
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

2 Chronicles 34:3-5
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. / Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

2 Kings 16:11
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.

Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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2 Kings 16
1. Ahaz's wicked reign
5. 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
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And Uriah the priest
Uriah, whose name means "Yahweh is my light," was a priest during the reign of King Ahaz. His role as a priest was to serve as a mediator between God and the people, offering sacrifices and maintaining the temple's sanctity. However, in this context, Uriah's actions reflect a departure from his divine duties, as he complies with the king's orders rather than adhering to God's commands. This highlights the tension between political authority and religious fidelity, a recurring theme in the history of Israel. Uriah's compliance suggests a compromised priesthood, which can serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of prioritizing human authority over divine instruction.

did just as King Ahaz had commanded
King Ahaz, known for his idolatrous practices, represents a period of spiritual decline in Judah. His command to Uriah involved altering the temple's altar, a direct violation of the sacred traditions established by God. The phrase "did just as" indicates complete obedience to the king's orders, showcasing Uriah's failure to resist ungodly directives. This obedience to a corrupt king over God's law serves as a warning against the allure of political power and the ease with which one can be led astray from true worship. It underscores the importance of steadfastness in faith and the courage to uphold God's commandments, even in the face of earthly authority.

Verse 16. - Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded. An emphatic condemnation of the high priest, whose subserviency evidently pro-yokes the writer's indignation.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Uriah
אוּרִיָּ֣ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

the priest
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

did
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

just as
כְּכֹ֥ל (kə·ḵōl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

King
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Ahaz
אָחָֽז׃ (’ā·ḥāz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 271: Ahaz -- 'he has grasped', two Israelites

had commanded.
צִוָּ֖ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


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