2 Kings 16:12

12 When the king arrived from Dammesek he saw the altar, and the king approached the altar and offered on 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 ) .

2 Kings 16:12 In-Context

10 When King Achaz went to Dammesek to meet Tiglat-Pil'eser king of Ashur and saw the altar that was in Dammesek, he sent a drawing and model of the altar to Uriyah the cohen, with details of its construction and decoration.

11 Then Uriyah the cohen built an altar exactly according to the design King Achaz had sent from Dammesek; Uriyah the cohen had it ready by the time King Achaz returned from Dammesek.

12 When the king arrived from Dammesek he saw the altar, and the king approached the altar and offered on it.

13 He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering and splashed the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

14 The bronze altar, which was before ADONAI, he brought from in front of the house, from between his own altar and the house of ADONAI, and put it on the north side of his own altar.