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2 Kings 16:10

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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KJV King James Version

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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.

WEB World English Bible

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

ASV American Standard Version

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur at Damascus, and seeth the altar that is in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,

Surrounding context — 2 Kings 16

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.

9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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.

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

13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: went הַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking אָחָ֡זH271 · a.chazAhaz לִ֠קְרַאתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meet תִּגְלַ֨תH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileser פִּלְאֶ֤סֶרH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileser מֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhking אַשּׁוּר֙H804 · ash.shurAssyria דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascus וַיַּ֥רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: see אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltar אֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhich בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascus וַיִּשְׁלַח֩H7971 · sha.lachto send: depart הַמֶּ֨לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking אָחָ֜זH271 · a.chazAhaz אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אוּרִיָּ֣הH223 · u.riy.yahUriah הַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548 · ko.henpriest אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דְּמ֧וּתH1823 · de.mutlikeness הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltar וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]תַּבְנִית֖וֹH8403 · tav.nitpattern לְכָֽל־H3605 · kolall מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃H4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: work

Cross-references

Ezekiel 23:16-17And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.Isaiah 8:2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.Ezekiel 43:8In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.2 Chronicles 28:23-25For 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.1 Chronicles 28:11-12Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Ezekiel 43:11And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write [it] in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.Deuteronomy 12:30Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.1 Chronicles 28:19All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.Psalm 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.Exodus 39:43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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