2 Kings 16:11 “And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions…”

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 before King Ahaz returned.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.

American Standard Version

And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Vriiah the Priest made an altar in al poyntes like to that which King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Vriiah the Priest against King Ahaz came from Damascus.

Darby Translation

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made [it], against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

Young's Literal Translation

and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.

Bible in Basic English

And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.

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Cross references

“built an altar”

1 Kings 21:11–13 Jeremiah 23:11 Ezekiel 22:26 Daniel 3:7 Hosea 4:6 Hosea 5:11

1 Kings 21:11–13 · BSB

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

Jeremiah 23:11 · BSB

“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:26 · BSB

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that…

Daniel 3:7 · BSB

Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebucha…

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Hosea 5:11 · BSB

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

“Urijah”

Isaiah 8:2

Isaiah 8:2 · BSB

And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Then 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.

12When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

Read 2 Kings 16