Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, Uriah the priest had completed it.
New American Standard Bible
So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, thus Urijah the priest made it,
King James Version
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
International Standard Version
Uriah the priest built an altar, following the plans that King Ahaz had sent him from Damascus and finishing the altar before King Ahaz returned from Damascus.
A Conservative Version
And Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it until the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
American Standard Version
And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
Amplified
So Urijah the priest built an altar; in accordance with everything that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, that is how Urijah the priest made it before King Ahaz returned from Damascus.
Bible in Basic English
And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.
Darby Translation
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made it, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
Julia Smith Translation
And Urijah the priest will build an altar according to all which king Ahaz sent from Damascus: thus did Urijah the priest till the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
King James 2000
And Uriah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Uriah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. So Urijah the priest did until King Ahaz came in from Damascus.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.
New Heart English Bible
Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
The Emphasized Bible
and Urijah the priest built an altar, - according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus, so, did Urijah the priest make it, by the time King Ahaz came from Damascus.
Webster
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
World English Bible
Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.
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
Topics
Interlinear
Banah
Shalach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 16:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Damascus Falls To The Assyrians
10
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 21:11-13
The men of his city, the elders and nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had commanded them, as was written in the letters she had sent them.
2 Chronicles 26:17-18
Azariah
Isaiah 8:2
I have appointed
Jeremiah 23:11
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things.
Daniel 3:7
Therefore, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and every kind of music, people of every nation and language fell down and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Hosea 4:6
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your sons.
Hosea 5:11
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.
Malachi 2:7-9
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Galatians 1:10
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God?