Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offering. Splash against this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.” New Living Translation He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.” English Standard Version And King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering and 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. And throw 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.” Berean Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.” King James Bible And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. New King James Version Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great new altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.” New American Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, 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, for making inquiries.” NASB 1995 Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon 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.” NASB 1977 Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon 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 libations; 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.” Legacy Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar offer up in smoke the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering and 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 offerings; and splash 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.” Amplified Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great [new] altar, burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, and 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 offerings; and sprinkle on the new altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the [old] bronze altar shall be kept for me to use to examine the sacrifices.” Christian Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.” American Standard Version And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon 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 upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And King Akhaz commanded Uriah the Priest and said to him: “On the great altar offer up burnt offering of the dawn and an evening offering, and the sacrifice of the King and its offering and the sacrifice of all the people of the land and their offerings, and their drink offering, and all the blood of the burnt offering and sprinkle upon it all the blood of sacrifice, and the altar of brass shall be mine for inquiry. Brenton Septuagint Translation And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of any other sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning. Contemporary English Version He told Uriah the priest: From now on, the morning and evening sacrifices as well as all gifts of grain and wine are to be offered on this altar. The sacrifices for the people and for the king must also be offered here. Sprinkle the blood from all the sacrifices on it, but leave the bronze altar for me to use for prayer and finding out what God wants me to do. Douay-Rheims Bible And king Achaz commanded Urias the priest saying: Upon the great altar offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the king's holocaust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the whole people of the land, and their sacrifices, and their libations: and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim thou shalt pour out upon it: but the altar of brass shall be ready at my pleasure. English Revised Version And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon 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 upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. GOD'S WORD® Translation King Ahaz gave this command to the priest Urijah: "On this great altar you must burn the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offerings and grain offerings, and the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and wine offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt offerings and [other] sacrifices on it. I will use the bronze altar for prayer." Good News Translation Then he ordered Uriah: "Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination." International Standard Version and issued these orders to Uriah the priest: "Burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, the whole burnt offering, the grain offering, and the drink offering on behalf of all the people of the land on the large altar. And sprinkle all the blood from the burnt offering and from the sacrifice. But I will use the bronze altar to ask God questions." JPS Tanakh 1917 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying: 'Upon the great altar offer 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 dash against it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the brazen altar shall be for me to look to.' Literal Standard Version And King Ahaz commands him—Urijah the priest—saying, “On the great altar burn as incense the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their drink-offerings; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, you sprinkle on it, and the altar of bronze is for me to inquire [by].” Majority Standard Bible Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.” New American Bible King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Upon the large altar sacrifice the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offering and grain offering of the people of the land. Their libations you must sprinkle on it along with all the blood of burnt offerings and sacrifices. But the old bronze altar shall be mine for consultation.” NET Bible King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest, "On the large altar offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of Israel, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use." New Revised Standard Version King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, saying, “Upon the great altar offer the morning burnt offering, and the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offering; then dash against 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.” New Heart English Bible King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, 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." Webster's Bible Translation And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. World English Bible King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, 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 will be for me to inquire by.” Young's Literal Translation And king Ahaz commandeth him -- Urijah the priest -- saying, 'On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire by.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Damascus Falls…14He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar. 15Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.” 16So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.… Cross References Exodus 29:39 Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. 2 Kings 16:14 He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar. 2 Kings 16:16 So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded. Treasury of Scripture And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. the morning 2 Kings 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. Exodus 29:39-41 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: … Numbers 28:2-10 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season… the king's burnt Leviticus 4:13-26 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; … 2 Samuel 6:17,18 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD… 1 Kings 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. for me to enquire by 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. Genesis 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. 2 Chronicles 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Jump to Previous Ahaz Altar Blood Bronze Burn Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Sacrifice Commanded Drink Drink-Offerings Enquire Evening Great Inquire King's Meal Meat Meat-Offering Morning Offer Offering Offerings Priest Sacrifice Sprinkle UrijahJump to Next Ahaz Altar Blood Bronze Burn Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Sacrifice Commanded Drink Drink-Offerings Enquire Evening Great Inquire King's Meal Meat Meat-Offering Morning Offer Offering Offerings Priest Sacrifice Sprinkle Urijah2 Kings 16 1. Ahaz's wicked reign5. Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-Pileser against them 10. Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah, 12. diverts the bronze altar to his own devotions, 17. He raids the temple 19. Hezekiah succeeds him (15) The great altar--i.e., as we say, "the high altar," the new Syrian one. So the high priest is sometimes called "the great priest" (kohen h?gg?dol), Ahaz orders that the daily national sacrifices, the royal offerings, and those of private individuals, shall all be offered at the new altar. The morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering.--Not that there was no meat offering in the morning, and no burnt offering in the evening. (See Exodus 29:38-42; Numbers 28:3-8.) The morning meat offering is implied in the mention of the burnt offering, because no burnt offering was offered without one (Numbers 7:87; Numbers 15:2-12). On the other hand, the evening meat offering was the only part of the evening sacrifice which the congregation could stay out, for the burnt offering had to burn all the night through (Leviticus 6:9). . . . Verse 15. - And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying. Here the king, no doubt, stepped out of the sphere of his duties, not to usurp exactly the priestly office, but to give directions in matters which belonged, not to the regale, but to the pontificale. Urijah ought to have refused obedience. Upon the great altar. Certainly not so called because of its size (Keil), for it was probably much smaller than the old altar, but because of its position (see the comment on ver. 14). Burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering - i.e. offer the daily sacrifice both morning and evening - and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering - i.e. the customary royal sacrifices (see 1 Kings 8:62) - with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings - i.e., all the private offerings of the people for themselves - and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice (comp. Exodus 29:16, 20; Leviticus 1:5, 11; Leviticus 3:2, 8, 13; Leviticus 7:2; Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17, etc.) and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by; rather, and as for the brazen altar, it will be for me to inquire concerning it; i.e. I shall hereafter determine what use, if any, it shall be put to. As, by the king's directions, all the regular and all the occasional sacrifices were to be offered upon his new altar, the other would practically be superfluous. It would have been only logical to remove it, or break it up; but this the king was probably afraid of doing. He therefore said that he would take time to consider what he should do.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ־ (ham·me·leḵ-) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Ahaz אָ֠חָז (’ā·ḥāz) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 271: Ahaz -- 'he has grasped', two Israelites commanded וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (way·ṣaw·weh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Uriah אוּרִיָּ֨ה (’ū·rî·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites the priest, הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3548: Priest “Offer הַקְטֵ֣ר (haq·ṭêr) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire on עַ֣ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the great הַגָּד֡וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar the morning הַבֹּקֶר֩ (hab·bō·qer) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning burnt offering, עֹֽלַת־ (‘ō·laṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering the evening הָעֶ֜רֶב (hā·‘e·reḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6153: Evening grain offering, מִנְחַ֨ת (min·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering and the king’s הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king burnt offering עֹלַ֧ת (‘ō·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering and grain offering, מִנְחָת֗וֹ (min·ḥā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering as well as the burnt offerings, עֹלַ֞ת (‘ō·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering grain offerings, וּמִנְחָתָ֣ם (ū·min·ḥā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering and drink offerings וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֔ם (wə·nis·kê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the people עַ֤ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land. הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Sprinkle תִּזְרֹ֑ק (tiz·rōq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew on the altar עָלָ֣יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the blood דַּ֥ם (dam) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of the burnt offerings עֹלָ֛ה (‘ō·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering [and] וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every sacrifices. זֶ֖בַח (ze·ḇaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice But I will use יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the bronze הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת (han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base altar וּמִזְבַּ֧ח (ū·miz·baḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4196: An altar to seek guidance.� לְבַקֵּֽר׃ (lə·ḇaq·qêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1239: To plough, break forth, to inspect, admire, care for, consider Links 2 Kings 16:15 NIV2 Kings 16:15 NLT 2 Kings 16:15 ESV 2 Kings 16:15 NASB 2 Kings 16:15 KJV 2 Kings 16:15 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 16:15 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 16:15 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 16:15 French Bible 2 Kings 16:15 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 16:15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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