Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month—in the month that he had made up from his own heart—and made up a festival for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
2 Kings 16:12 - Tree of Life Version When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, the king approached the altar and went up to 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. |
Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month—in the month that he had made up from his own heart—and made up a festival for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
Unexpectedly, a man of God came from Judah to Bethel with the word of Adonai while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
Then Urijah the kohen built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and Urijah the kohen finished it by the time King Ahaz returned from Damascus.
Then he burned his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar.
He even sacrificed to the gods of Damascus after he had been defeated, for he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them and they will help me.” But they caused the downfall of him and all Israel.
In every town of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods—provoking Adonai, the God of his fathers.