2 Kings 16:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Ahaz returned, he went to see the altar and to offer sacrifices on it. He walked up to the altar

Cross References

1 Kings 13:1

One day, Jeroboam was standing at the altar in Bethel, ready to make an offering. Suddenly one of God's prophets arrived from Judah and shouted: The LORD sent me with a message about this altar. A child named Josiah will be born into David's family. He will sacrifice on this altar the priests who make offerings here, and human bones will be burnt on it.

2 Kings 16:11

Uriah followed the plans and built an altar exactly like the one in Damascus, finishing it just before Ahaz came back.

2 Kings 16:13

and poured wine over it. Then he offered sacrifices to please the LORD, to give him thanks, and to ask for his blessings.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He said to himself, “The Syrian gods must have helped their kings defeat me. Perhaps if I offer sacrifices to those gods, they will help me.” That was the sin that finally led to the downfall of Ahaz, as well as to the destruction of Judah.

2 Chronicles 28:25

In every city and town in Judah he built local shrines to worship foreign gods. All this made the LORD God of his ancestors very angry.