Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the king was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon.
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.
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.
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.
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 And Uriah the priest made an altar in all points like to the pattern which king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and had finished it by the king's coming from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offering, and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the said altar.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 26:16-19
And in his greatness his heart arose, that he was marred: and transgressed against the LORD his God. For he went into the temple of the LORD to burn cense upon the altar of incense.
Numbers 18:4-7
And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you.
1 Kings 13:1
And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah with the word of God, to Bethel, as Jeroboam stood by the altar to offer,
2 Chronicles 28:23
For he offered unto the gods of them of Damascus which beat him, and said, "Because the gods of the Syrians help them, therefore will I offer to them, that they may help me also." But they were his destruction and the destruction of all Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:25
And in all the cities of Judah, city by city, he made hill altars to burn incense unto other gods, and angered the LORD God of his fathers.