KJV King James Version
And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
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2 Kings 16:14
And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
WEB World English Bible
The bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.
ASV American Standard Version
And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As to the altar of brass that is before Jehovah—he bringeth it near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire [by].
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
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וְאֵ֨תH853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּזְבַּ֣חH4196 · miz.be.achaltarהַנְּחֹשֶׁת֮H5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָה֒H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיַּקְרֵ֗בH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeמֵאֵת֙H854 · etwithפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַבַּ֔יִתH1004 · betplaceמִבֵּין֙H996 · ba.yinbetweenהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוּמִבֵּ֖יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיִּתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עַל־H5921 · aluponיֶ֥רֶךְH3409 · ya.rekhthighהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarצָפֽוֹנָה׃H6828 · tsa.phonnorth
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.Exodus 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.Exodus 40:29And he put the altar of burnt offering [by] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.2 Chronicles 1:5Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.2 Kings 16:11And 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.
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