2 Kings 16:10

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahaz	אָחָ֡ז 'a.Chaz	H271	Achaz · proper noun, a man's name
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Damascus	דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק du.Me.sek	H1834	Damascus · proper noun, a place name
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering
Tiglath-pileser	תִּגְלַ֨ת tig.Lat	H8407	Tiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria	אַשּׁוּר֙ 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
saw	וַיַּ֥רְא vai.Yar'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Damascus	בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק be.da.Ma.sek	H1834	Damascus · preposition + proper noun, a place name
king	הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahaz	אָחָ֜ז 'a.Chaz	H271	Achaz · proper noun, a man's name
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Urijah	אוּרִיָּ֣ה 'u.ri.Yah	H223	Urijah · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֗ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
fashion	דְּמ֧וּת de.Mut	H1823	resemblance · noun, common feminine singular construct
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pattern	תַּבְנִית֖וֹ tav.ni.To	H8403	structure · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
workmanship	מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ ma.'a.Se.hu	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Ezekiel 23:16-17 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,…
Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, accord…
Exodus 39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed t…
Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not aft…
2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and…
1 Chronicles 28:11-12 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper cham…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:10-16

Though Ahaz had himself sacrificed in high places, on hills, and under every green tree (Kg2 16:4), yet God's altar had hitherto continued in its place and in use, and the king's burnt-offering and his meat-offering (Kg2 16:15) had been offered upon it by the priests that attended it; but here we have it taken away by wicked Ahaz, and another altar, an idolatrous one, put in the room of it - a bolder stroke than the worst of the kings had yet given to religion. We have here, I. The model of this new altar, taken from one at Damascus, by the king himself, Kg2 16:10. The king of Assyria having taken Damascus, thither Ahaz went, to congratulate him on his success, to return him thanks for the k…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:10

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old one in the temple. Urijah, with culpable complaisance, acted according to his instructions (Kg2 16:16). The sin in this affair consisted in meddling with, and improving according to human taste and fancy, the altars of the temple, the patterns of which had been furnished by divine authority (Exo 25:40; Exo 26…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:10

Ahaz went to Damascus - He had received so much help on the defeat of Rezin, that he went to Damascus to meet the king of Assyria, and render him thanks. Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar - This was some idolatrous altar, the shape and workmanship of which pleased Ahaz so well that he determined to have one like it at Jerusalem. For this he had no Divine authority, and the compliance of Urijah was both mean and sinful. That Ahaz did this for an idolatrous purpose, is evident from Ch2 28:21-25 : "For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus; - and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. And he made high pla…

The Church Fathers

"And when you say, 'Why did the Lord God do all of these bad things to us?' And you will say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served other gods in your land, so you shall serve in a land not your own.' " Let one consider the literal sense, and it will suffice at the present to refresh the memory from the literal sense for those who can understand. Surely then, the people of Israel possessed the holy land, the temple, the house of prayer. They ought to have served God, but when they transgressed the divine commandments they served idols, both the idols acquired from Damascus, as it is written in Kings, and the other idols brought from other pagan nations into the holy land. Due to the fact that they received these pagan idols, they made themselves worthy to be rejected to the land of the idols, to dwell there where they worship the idols.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 7.3.1

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Dictionary and topics

Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Tiglath-Pileser III. — Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2…
Tiglathpileser — (In (1 Chronicles 5:26) and again in 2Chr 28:20 The name of this king is given as TIGLATH-PILNESER.) Tiglath-pileser is the second Assyrian king mentioned in Scripture as having come into contact…
Uriah — The Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s “mighty men.” The sad story of the…
Urijah — The lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of…
Ahaz · forms of worship — forms of worship
Altar · Used in idolatrous worship — Used in idolatrous worship
Altar Of Burnt Offering, The · Ahaz removed and profaned — Ahaz removed and profaned
Altars · Mentioned in scripture: Of Ahaz — Mentioned in scripture: Of Ahaz
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Ahaz — Who reigned over Judah: Ahaz
Uriah · .Probably i — .Probably i
Urijah

2 Kings 16:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 16:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:10

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 16:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 16:10-11

Rashi on 2 Kings 16:9