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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 16:16

Uriah did everything Ahaz told him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahaz;   Altar;   Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Temple;   Urijah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Burnt-Offering, the;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Damascus;   Nahum;   Priest;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tiglath-Pileser Iii.;   Urijah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   High Priest;   Tiglath Pileser;   Uriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Damascus;   Hezekiah;   High Priest;   King, Kingship;   Uriah;   Urijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaz;   Alliance;   Damascus;   Temple;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaz ;   Uriah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Uri'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Isaiah;   Priest, High;   Temple;   Uriah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Uriah, Urijah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The priest Uriah did everything King Ahaz commanded.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus did Uriyahu the Kohen, according to all that king Achaz commanded.
King James Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
English Standard Version
Uriah the priest did all this, as King Ahaz commanded.
New Century Version
So Uriah the priest did everything as King Ahaz commanded him.
New English Translation
So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered.
Amplified Bible
Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.
New American Standard Bible
So Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.
World English Bible
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Vriiah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Berean Standard Bible
So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
Complete Jewish Bible
Uriyah the cohen acted in accordance with everything King Achaz ordered.
Darby Translation
And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.
Easy-to-Read Version
Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded him to do.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded him.
Good News Translation
Uriah did as the king commanded.
Lexham English Bible
So Uriah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Literal Translation
And Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vrias the prest dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge commaunded him.
American Standard Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Bible in Basic English
So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Uria the priest did according to al thinges as king Ahaz commaunded him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
King James Version (1611)
Thus did Uriiah the Priest, according to all that king Ahaz commaunded.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.
English Revised Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Vrie, the preest, dide bi alle thingis whiche kyng Achaz hadde comaundid to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Update Bible Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
New King James Version
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
New Living Translation
Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz commanded him.
New Life Bible
Urijah the religious leader did all that King Ahaz told him.
New Revised Standard
The priest Uriah did everything that King Ahaz commanded.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Urias, the priest, did according to all that king Achaz had commanded him.
Revised Standard Version
Uri'ah the priest did all this, as King Ahaz commanded.
THE MESSAGE
The priest Uriah followed King Ahaz's orders to the letter.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Contextual Overview

10 Later, Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser. And while Ahaz was there, he saw an altar and sent a model of it back to Uriah the priest, along with the plans for building one. 11 Uriah followed the plans and built an altar exactly like the one in Damascus, finishing it just before Ahaz came back. 12 When Ahaz returned, he went to see the altar and to offer sacrifices on it. He walked up to the altar 13 and poured wine over it. Then he offered sacrifices to please the Lord , to give him thanks, and to ask for his blessings. 14 After that, he had the bronze altar moved aside, so his new altar would be right in front of the Lord 's temple. 15 He told Uriah the priest: From now on, the morning and evening sacrifices as well as all gifts of grain and wine are to be offered on this altar. The sacrifices for the people and for the king must also be offered here. Sprinkle the blood from all the sacrifices on it, but leave the bronze altar for me to use for prayer and finding out what God wants me to do. 16 Uriah did everything Ahaz told him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 16:11, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Jude 1:11

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded. Not only concerning the structure of the altar, but the sacrifices to be offered on it; like king like priest, both apostates and idolaters.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer condemns the obsequiousness of Urijah, whose conduct was the more inexcusable after the noble example of his predecessor Azariah 2 Chronicles 26:17-20.


 
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