2 Kings 16:15

Easy To Read Version

Ahaz gave a command to Uriah the priest. He said, “Use the large altar to burn the morning burnt offerings, the evening grain offerings, and the drink offerings from all the people of this country. Sprinkle all the blood from the burnt offering and other sacrifices on the large altar. But I will use the bronze altar to ask questions from God.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:5

My master drinks from that cup and he uses it to learn secret things. What you did was wrong!’”

1 Kings 3:4

King Solomon went to Gibeon to offer a sacrifice. He went there because that was the most important high place. [15] Solomon offered 1,000 offerings on that altar.

1 Kings 7:23

Then Huram [77] made a round tank from bronze. [78] {They called this tank “The Sea.”} The tank was about 30 cubits [79] around. It was 10 cubits [80] across and 5 cubits [81] deep.

1 Kings 8:64

Also, that day King Solomon dedicated the yard in front of the temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat from the animals that were used as fellowship offerings. King Solomon made these offerings there in the yard. He did this because the bronze altar in front of the Lord was too small to hold them all.

2 Kings 16:14

Ahaz took the bronze altar that was before the Lord from the front of the temple. [193] This bronze altar was between Ahaz’s altar [194] and the temple of the Lord. Ahaz put the bronze altar on the north side of his own altar.

2 Kings 16:16

Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded him to do.

2 Kings 18:4

Hezekiah destroyed the high places. [217] He broke the memorial stones [218] and cut down the Asherah poles. [219] At that time, the people of Israel burned incense [220] to the bronze snake made by Moses. This bronze snake was called “Nehushtan.” [221] Hezekiah broke this bronze snake into pieces {because the people were worshiping that snake}.

2 Kings 3:20

In the morning, at the time for the morning sacrifice, water began flowing from the direction of Edom and filled the valley.

2 Chronicles 29:32

This is how many burnt offerings the assembly brought to the temple: 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All these animals were sacrificed as burnt offerings to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:35

There were many burnt offerings, and the fat of fellowship offerings, and drink offerings. So the service in the Lord’s temple began again.

2 Chronicles 33:6

Manasseh also burned his own children for a sacrifice {\cf2\super [403]} in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. {\cf2\super [404]} Manasseh also used magic by doing soothsaying, divination, and sorcery. {\cf2\super [405]} He talked with mediums {\cf2\super [406]} and wizards. {\cf2\super [407]} Manasseh did many things that the Lord said was wrong, and this made the Lord angry.

Isaiah 2:6

\{I say this to you\} because you have left your people. Your people have become filled with the wrong ideas of the people in the east. Your people try to tell the future like the Philistines. {\cf2\super [19]} Your people have completely accepted those strange ideas.

Daniel 11:31

The northern king will send his army to do terrible things to the temple in Jerusalem. They will stop the people from offering the daily sacrifice. {\cf2\super [129]} Then they will do something really terrible. They will set up that terrible thing that causes destruction.

Daniel 12:11

“‘The daily sacrifice will be stopped. There will be 1,290 days from that time until the time that the terrible thing that destroys is set up.

Daniel 9:21

While I was praying, the man Gabriel came to me. Gabriel was the person I saw in the vision. {\cf2\super [104]} Gabriel came flying quickly to me. He came at the time of the evening sacrifice.

Daniel 9:27

“Then the future ruler will make an agreement with many people. That agreement will continue for one week. {\cf2\super [115]} The offerings and sacrifices will stop for a half of a week. {\cf2\super [116]} And a destroyer will come. He will do terrible, destructive things! {\cf2\super [117]} But God has ordered that destroyer to be completely destroyed.”

Hosea 4:12

My people are asking pieces of wood for advice. They think those sticks will answer them. Why? Because they have chased after those false gods like prostitutes. {\cf2\super [38]} They left their God and became like prostitutes.