2 Kings 16:12

12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar and offered upon 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 And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser, King of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah, the priest, the fashion of the altar and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.

11 And Urijah, the priest, built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah, the priest, made it while King Ahaz returned from Damascus.

12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar and offered upon it.

13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his present and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, next to the altar.

14 And the brasen altar which had been before the LORD, he caused to be moved in front of the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and he put it beside the altar towards the Aquilon.