2 Kings 16:12

12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings^[a] on it.

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2 Kings 16:12 in Other Translations

12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

ESV

12 And when the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar and went up on it

NLT

12 When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it.

MSG

12 The minute the king saw the altar he approached it with reverence and arranged a service of worship with a full course of offerings:

CSB

12 When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it.

2 Kings 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:12

And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the
altar
Looked at it, and liked it, being exactly according to the pattern he had sent:

and the king approached the altar, and offered thereon;
either by a priest, or it may be in his own person, having no regard to the laws and appointments of God, and especially as his sacrifices were not offered to him, but to the gods of Damascus and Syria, ( 2 Chronicles 28:23 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 16:12 In-Context

10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction.

11 So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned.

12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

13 He offered up his burnt offering and grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings against the altar.

14 As for the bronze altar that stood before the LORD, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the temple of the LORD—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

Cross References 1

1. 2 Chronicles 26:16

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "and went up"