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.
2 Kings 16:16 - Tree of Life Version Thus Urijah the kohen did everything just as King Ahaz 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. |
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 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the kohen saying, “Upon the great altar you will burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offering. Also sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifices. But the bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.”
Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the laver from them. He also took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
He even built altars in Adonai’s House, where Adonai had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
He built altars in the House of Adonai—of which Adonai had said, “My Name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
So I took for myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the kohen and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
For a kohen’s lips should guard knowledge, and instruction must be sought from his mouth. For he is a messenger of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we declare it—not pleasing men but rather God, who examines our hearts.
Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.