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 king Ahaz came from Damascus.
2 Kings 16:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Urijah the priest did all this as King Ahaz commanded. American Standard Version (1901) Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. Common English Bible Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz had commanded him. |
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 king Ahaz came from Damascus.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
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 stone.
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God which proveth our hearts.
Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.