2 Re 16:10

10 E il re Achaz andò incontro a Tiglat-pileser, re degli Assiri, in Damasco; e veduto l’altare ch’era in Damasco, il re Achaz mandò al sacerdote Uria il ritratto di quell’altare, e la figura di tutto il suo lavorio.

2 Re 16:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:10

And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king
of Assyria
When he heard he was come thither, and had taken it, to congratulate him on the victory, and to give him thanks for his assistance; which place from Jerusalem was one hundred and sixty miles, according to Bunting ^F17

and saw an altar that was at Damascus;
where, in all probability, he attended at the sacrifice on it along with the king of Assyria:

and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and
the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof;
not only the size and form of it, but all the decorations and figures on it, with which it was wrought. This Urijah was very probably the high priest, for it can scarcely be thought that Ahaz would write to any other, or that any other priest would or could have complied with his request; and he seems to be the same Isaiah took to be a witness in a certain affair, though he now degenerated from the character he gives of him, ( Isaiah 8:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Travels p. 185.

2 Re 16:10 In-Context

8 E Achaz prese l’argento e l’oro che si trovò nella Casa del Signore, e ne’ tesori della casa reale, e lo mandò in dono al re degli Assiri.

9 E il re degli Assiri gli acconsentì, e salì contro a Damasco, e la prese, e ne menò il popolo in cattività in Chir, e fece morire Resin.

10 E il re Achaz andò incontro a Tiglat-pileser, re degli Assiri, in Damasco; e veduto l’altare ch’era in Damasco, il re Achaz mandò al sacerdote Uria il ritratto di quell’altare, e la figura di tutto il suo lavorio.

11 E il sacerdote Uria edificò un altare: egli lo fece interamente secondo quello che il re Achaz gli avea mandato di Damasco; finchè il re Achaz fu tornato di Damasco.

12 E quando il re fu venuto di Damasco, ed ebbe veduto l’altare, si accostò ad esso, e offerse sopra esso sacrificii.