2 Kings 16:16

THE MESSAGE

The priest Uriah followed King Ahaz's orders to the letter.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Uriah did everything Ahaz told him.

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria in Damascus. The altar in Damascus made a great impression on him. He sent back to Uriah the priest a drawing and set of blueprints of the altar. Uriah the priest built the altar to the specifications that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. By the time the king returned from Damascus, Uriah had completed the altar. ¹²The minute the king saw the altar he approached it with reverence and arranged a service of worship with a full course of offerings: Whole-Burnt-Offerings with billows of smoke, Grain-Offerings, libations of Drink-Offerings, the sprinkling of blood from the Peace-Offerings—the works. But the old bronze Altar that signaled the presence of God he displaced from its central place and pushed it off to the side of his new altar. ¹⁵ Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest: "From now on offer all the sacrifices on the new altar, the great altar: morning Whole-Burnt-Offerings, evening Grain-Offerings, the king's Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Grain-Offerings, the people's Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Grain-Offerings, and also their Drink-Offerings. Splash all the blood from the burnt offerings and sacrifices against this altar. The old bronze Altar will be for my personal use. ¹⁶ The priest Uriah followed King Ahaz's orders to the letter.

Bible Verse Review
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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.