2 Kings 16:10

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Summary

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.

Saw an altar

The pattern

Bible References

Saw an altar

beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they became the downfall of him and all Israel.

Thus says the Lord,
“Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;

When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may

prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

knowing that you were not

redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,

The pattern

Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them.

Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and the room for the mercy seat;

Thus they became unclean in their practices,
And played the harlot in their deeds.

by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.

he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.