2 Kings 16:12

New International Reader's Version

The king came back from Damascus. When he saw the altar, he approached it. Then he offered sacrifices on it.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:33

He offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. It was on the 15th day of the eighth month. That’s the month he had chosen for it. So he established the feast for the Israelites. And he went up to the altar to sacrifice offerings.

1 Kings 13:1

A man of God went from Judah to Bethel. He had received a message from the Lord. He arrived in Bethel just as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer a sacrifice.

2 Kings 16:11

So Uriah the priest built an altar. He followed all the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. He finished it before Ahaz returned.

2 Kings 16:13

He offered up his burnt offering and grain offering. He poured out his drink offering. And he splashed the blood from his friendship offerings against the altar.

2 Chronicles 28:23

Ahaz offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus. They had won the battle over him. Ahaz thought, “The gods of the kings of Aram have helped them. So I’ll sacrifice to those gods. Then they’ll help me.” But those gods only caused his ruin. In fact, those gods caused the ruin of the whole nation of Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:25

In every town in Judah he built high places. Sacrifices were burned there to other gods. That made the Lord, the God of his people, very angry.