Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar, so he went near to the altar and went up on it.
New American Standard Bible
When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then
King James Version
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
Holman Bible
When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar
International Standard Version
When the king returned from Damascus, as soon as he saw the altar, he approached it and offered sacrifices on it.
A Conservative Version
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar. And the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
American Standard Version
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.
Amplified
When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and offered [sacrifices] on it,
Bible in Basic English
And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.
Darby Translation
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered upon it.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will come from Damascus, and the king will see the altar: and the king will come near upon the altar, and he will bring up upon it.
King James 2000
And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
Modern King James verseion
And the king came in from Damascus, and the king saw the altar. And the king approached to the altar and offered on it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the king was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon.
NET Bible
When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.
New Heart English Bible
When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when the king came from Damascus, then the king saw the altar, - so the king drew near unto the altar, and caused offerings to ascend thereupon.
Webster
And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.
World English Bible
When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,
Themes
Altar of burnt-offering » Ahaz removed and profaned
Altars » Mentioned in scripture » Of ahaz
Church and state » State superior to religion » Ahaz, in transforming the altars
Israel » Ahaz » Changes » Altar
Temple » Solomon's » Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 16:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Damascus Falls To The Assyrians
11 So Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Uriah the priest did before King Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar, so he went near to the altar and went up on it. 13 Then he offered his burnt offerings and his grain offerings, he poured his libations and dashed the blood of his fellowship offerings against the altar.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 26:16-19
But on account of his strength his heart grew proud unto destruction. And he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God and went into the temple of Yahweh to offer an incense offering on the altar.
Numbers 18:4-7
They will be joined to you, and they will keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly for the entire service of the tent; a stranger may not come near you.
1 Kings 13:1
Suddenly a man of God from Judah came to Bethel, by the word of Yahweh, while Jeroboam [was] standing at the altar to offer incense.
2 Chronicles 28:23
He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the king of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me." But they were {a disaster} to him and to all Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:25
And {in every city} of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and he provoked Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, to anger.