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2 Kings 16:10

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¶ 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.

And king {H4428} Ahaz {H271} went {H3212} to Damascus {H1834} to meet {H7125} Tiglathpileser {H8407} king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}, and saw {H7200} an altar {H4196} that was at Damascus {H1834}: and king {H4428} Ahaz {H271} sent {H7971} to Urijah {H223} the priest {H3548} the fashion {H1823} of the altar {H4196}, and the pattern {H8403} of it, according to all the workmanship {H4639} thereof.

When King Achaz went to Dammesek to meet Tiglat-Pil'eser king of Ashur and saw the altar that was in Dammesek, he sent a drawing and model of the altar to Uriyah the cohen, with details of its construction and decoration.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the 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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Cross-References

  • Romans 12:2 (3 votes)

    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, and perfect, will of God.

  • Isaiah 8:2 (3 votes)

    And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

  • Ezekiel 23:16 (2 votes)

    And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

  • Ezekiel 23:17 (2 votes)

    And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

  • Psalms 106:39 (2 votes)

    Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

  • Exodus 24:4 (2 votes)

    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, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Matthew 15:9 (2 votes)

    But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.