He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
2 Kings 16:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the king came from Damascus, he looked at the altar and offered on it. American Standard Version (1901) And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. Common English Bible When the king arrived from Damascus, he inspected the altar. He came close to it, then went up on it, Catholic Public Domain Version And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the king was come from Damascus, he saw the altar and worshipped it: and went up and offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice. |
He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
A man of God came, however, from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.
Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, the priest Uriah had completed it.
He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splattered the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar.
He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, ‘Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.’ But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.
He made high places in every city of Judah to offer incense to other gods, and he angered the Lord, the God of his ancestors.