2 Kings 16:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ And Sovereign Aḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 enquire by.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest: Upon the principal (the new) altar, burn the morning burnt offering, the evening cereal offering, the king's burnt sacrifice and his cereal offering, with the burnt offering and cereal offering and drink offering of all the people of the land; and dash upon the [new] altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and the sacrifices. But the [old] bronze altar shall be kept for me to use to inquire by [of the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ 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 brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Then King Ahaz ordered the priest Uriah, saying, “Burn the following sacrifices on the main altar: in the morning, the entirely burned offering; in the evening, the grain offering; the king’s entirely burned offering and his grain offering; the entirely burned offering for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. “Sprinkle all the blood of the entirely burned offerings and all the blood of the sacrifices on it. I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: "Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will."

2 Kings 16:15 Cross References

Genesis 44:5

‘Is this not the one from which my master drinks, and with which he indeed divines? You have done evil in what you have done.’ ”

1 Kings 3:4

And the sovereign went to Gibʽ

1 Kings 7:23

And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from one rim to the other, round all about, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it.

1 Kings 8:64

On that day the sovereign set apart the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the House of יהוה, for there he made burnt offerings, and the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before יהוה  was too small to contain the burnt offerings, and the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

2 Kings 16:14

And the bronze altar which was before יהוה  he brought from the front of the House, from between the new altar and the House of יהוה, and put it on the north side of his altar.

2 Kings 16:16

And Uriyah the priest did according to all that Sovereign Aḥ

2 Kings 18:4

He took away the high places and broke the pillars, and cut down the Ashĕ

2 Kings 3:20

And it came to be in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that see, water came by way of Eḏ

2 Chronicles 29:32

And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs – all these for a burnt offering to יהוה.

2 Chronicles 29:35

And there were also many burnt offerings, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. Thus the service of the House of יהוה  was re-established.

2 Chronicles 33:6

And he made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and practised magic, and used divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of יהוה, to provoke Him.

Isaiah 2:6

For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Yaʽ

Daniel 11:31

“And strong ones shall arise from him and profane the set-apart place, the stronghold, and shall take away that which is continual, and set up the abomination that lays waste.

Daniel 12:11

“And from the time that which is continual is taken away, and the abomination that lays waste is set up, is one thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Daniel 9:21

while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gaḇ

Daniel 9:27

“And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the middle of the week he shall put an end to slaughtering and meal offering. And on the wing of abominations he shall lay waste, even until the complete end and that which is decreed is poured out on the one who lays waste.”

Hosea 4:12

“My people ask from their Wood, and their Staff declares to them. For a spirit of whorings has led them astray, and they went whoring from under their Elohim.