Uriyahu the Kohen built an altar: according to all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyahu the Kohen make it against the coming of king Achaz from Damascus.
2 Kings 16:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Thus did Uriyahu the Kohen, according to all that king Achaz commanded. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Urijah the priest did all this as King Ahaz commanded. American Standard Version (1901) Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. Common English Bible Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz had commanded him. |
Uriyahu the Kohen built an altar: according to all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyahu the Kohen make it against the coming of king Achaz from Damascus.
King Achaz commanded Uriyahu the Kohen, saying, On 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 on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.
King Achaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Yerushalayim will I put my name.
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Yerushalayim shall my name be forever.
and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriyah the Kohen, and Zekharyah the son of Yeverekhyahu.*
For the Kohen's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.
But Kefa and Yochanan answered them, *Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
But Kefa and the emissaries answered, *We must obey God rather than men.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Kayin, and ran riotously in the error of Bil`am for hire, and perished in Korach's rebellion.