2 Kings 16:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar, approached it, and offered sacrifices on it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and offered on it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the king{H4428} was come{H935} from Damascus,{H1834} the king{H4428} saw{H7200} the altar:{H4196} and the king{H4428} drew near{H7126} unto the altar,{H4196} and offered{H5927} thereon.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the king{H4428} was come{H935}{(H8799)} from Damascus{H1834}, the king{H4428} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the altar{H4196}: and the king{H4428} approached{H7126}{(H8799)} to the altar{H4196}, and offered{H5927}{(H8686)} thereon.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan ye kynge came from Damascon, and sawe the altare, he offred theron,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe neere to the altar and offered thereon.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so when the king was come from Damascon, he sawe the aulter: and the king went to it, and offred thereon:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 26:16-19 : 16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the Lord, followed him in. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, 'It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and you will not be honored by the Lord God.' 19 Uzziah, who was holding a censer to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, near the altar of incense.
  • 2 Chr 28:23 : 23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, for he said, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them so they may help me.' But they were the downfall of him and all of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 28:25 : 25 In every city of Judah, he built high places to burn incense to other gods, provoking the LORD, the God of his ancestors, to anger.
  • Num 18:4-7 : 4 They are to join you and take responsibility for the care of the tent of meeting, performing all its service. No unauthorized person may come near you. 5 You are to perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar, so that no further wrath will fall on the Israelites. 6 I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting. 7 But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Behold, a man of God came from Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 16:7-11
    5 verses
    88%

    7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 'I am your servant and your son. Come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.'

    8 Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.

    9 The king of Assyria complied with him, marched up to Damascus, seized it, exiled its people to Kir, and killed Rezin.

    10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. While he was there, he saw an altar and sent a detailed plan and model of the altar to Uriah the priest.

    11 Uriah the priest constructed the altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. By the time the king returned from Damascus, the altar was ready.

  • 2 Kgs 16:13-18
    6 verses
    86%

    13 He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

    14 As for the bronze altar that was before the Lord, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between his new altar and the temple of the Lord—and placed it on the north side of his new altar.

    15 King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, 'On the large altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, their grain offerings, and their drink offerings. Then, you shall sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offerings and the blood of the sacrifices. But the bronze altar will be for my personal use for inquiry.'

    16 Uriah the priest did everything just as King Ahaz had commanded.

    17 King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the basins from them. He also took down the sea from the bronze oxen that supported it and placed it on a stone pavement.

    18 Then he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and the royal entrance to the outer court, to accommodate the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

    4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    5 Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz but could not overpower him.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    76%

    16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving. And he commanded Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    75%

    12 Hasn't the same Hezekiah removed his high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it'?

  • 2 Chr 28:21-24
    4 verses
    75%

    21 Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

    22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

    23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, for he said, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them so they may help me.' But they were the downfall of him and all of Israel.

    24 Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and broke them into pieces. He shut the doors of the house of the LORD and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 26:16
    74%

    16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    73%

    12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico.

  • 2 Kgs 23:12
    73%

    12 The king tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, the ones the kings of Judah had made. He also destroyed the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He removed them from there, ground them to dust, and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    73%

    26 There David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the burnt offering.

  • 2 Chr 29:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 Then they went to King Hezekiah and said, 'We have purified the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for the bread of the Presence with all its utensils.'

    19 Moreover, all the utensils that King Ahaz discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated, and they are now before the altar of the LORD.

    20 Early in the morning, King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:64
    73%

    64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat portions of the fellowship offerings.

  • 2 Chr 1:6
    73%

    6 There Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord at the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
    72%

    4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most prominent high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

  • 2 Chr 28:2
    72%

    2 Instead, he followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even made cast images for the Baals.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    72%

    32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

    1 Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 Behold, a man of God came from Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.

    2 He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, 'Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: Behold, a son will be born to the house of David; his name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.'

    3 On that same day, he gave a sign, saying, 'This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be torn apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    72%

    20 When Araunah saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Kgs 8:62
    72%

    62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

  • Josh 22:23
    71%

    23 If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • Lev 9:16
    71%

    16 He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner.

  • 2 Chr 7:4
    71%

    4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
    71%

    5 The altar was also torn apart, and the ashes on it were poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    70%

    7 Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat portions.

  • 2 Chr 29:27
    70%

    27 Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. As the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets also began, accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:31
    70%

    31 Then Hezekiah said, 'Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.' So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were willing brought burnt offerings.

  • 2 Chr 29:29
    70%

    29 When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him knelt down and worshiped.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
    70%

    27 Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a burnt sacrifice on the city wall. Great wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
    70%

    4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 1 Kgs 12:33
    70%

    33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

  • 2 Chr 28:16
    70%

    16 At that time, King Ahaz sent for help from the kings of Assyria.