2 Kings 16:12

2 Kings 16:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
• New International Version (NIV)When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.

Context of 2 Kings 16:12

10King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to the priest Uriah. 11Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, the priest Uriah had completed it. When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it. 13He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splattered the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar. 14He took the bronze altar that was before the Lord in front of the temple between his altar and the Lord’s temple, and put it on the north side of his altar.

2 Kings 16:12 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֤א הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מִדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּקְרַ֥ב הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וַיַּ֥עַל עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• was comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• from Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• approachedקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• and offeredעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927

Cross-references for 2 Kings 16:12

• 1 Kings 13:1A man of God came, however, from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.
• 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he became strong, he grew arrogant, and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.
• 2 Chronicles 28:23He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.” But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.
• Numbers 18:4They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 16:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 God's altar had hitherto been kept in its place, and in use; but Ahaz put another in the room of it. The natural regard of the mind of man to some sort of religion, is not easily extinguished; but except it be regulated by the word, and by the Spirit of God, it produces absurd superstitions, or detestable idolatries. Or, at best, it quiets the sinner's conscience with unmeaning ceremonies. Infidels have often been remarkable for believing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13The 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old one in the temple. Urijah, with culpable complaisance, acted…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 16:12

• Ahaz
• Church and State
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Temple
• Urijah
• Usurpation

In the dictionaries

• Damascus
• Ahaz
• Fashion
• TiglathPileser III.
• Urijah
• Altar
• Assyria
• Isaiah
• Jerusalem
• Molech; Moloch

Commentaries on 2 Kings 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings