2 Kings 16:12

Wycliffe Bible

And whanne the king cam fro Damask, he siy the auter, and worschipide it; and he stiede, and offride brent sacrifices, and his sacrifice;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it.

Hebrew Names Version
When the king was come from Dammesek, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

King James Version
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

English Standard Version
And when the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar and went up on it

New Century Version
When the king arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar and went near and offered sacrifices on it.

New English Translation
When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.

Amplified Bible
When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and offered [sacrifices] on it,

New American Standard Bible
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it,

World English Bible
When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe neere to the altar and offered thereon.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the king came from Damascus, and the king saw the altar; then the king drew near the altar and made offerings on it,

Berean Standard Bible
When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

Contemporary English Version
When Ahaz returned, he went to see the altar and to offer sacrifices on it. He walked up to the altar

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

Darby Translation
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered upon it.

Easy-to-Read Version
When the king arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar. He offered sacrifices on the altar.

George Lamsa Translation
And when the king was come from Damascus, King Ahaz saw the altar; and the king drew near to the altar and went up to it,

Good News Translation
On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished,

Lexham English Bible
When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar, so he went near to the altar and went up on it.

Literal Translation
And the king came in from Damascus, and the king saw the altar; and the king drew near to the altar and offered on it;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan ye kynge came from Damascon, and sawe the altare, he offred theron,

American Standard Version
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

Bible in Basic English
And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so when the king was come from Damascon, he sawe the aulter: and the king went to it, and offred thereon:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

King James Version (1611)
And when the king was come from Damascus, the King saw the altar: and the King approched to the altar, and offered thereon.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,

English Revised Version
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,

Update Bible Version
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.

New King James Version
And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.

New Living Translation
When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it.

New Life Bible
When the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar and went up to it.

New Revised Standard
When the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar, went up on it,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the king came from Damascus, then the king saw the altar, - so the king drew near unto the altar, and caused offerings to ascend thereupon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the king was come from Damascus, he saw the altar and worshipped it: and went up and offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice;

Revised Standard Version
And when the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar, and went up on it,

THE MESSAGE
The 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And kyng Achaz yede in to metyng to Teglat Phalasaar, kyng of Assiriens; and whanne kyng Achaz hadde seyn the auter of Damask, he sent to Vrie, the preest, the saumpler and licnesse therof, bi al the werk therof. ¹¹ And Vrie, the preest, bildide an auter bi alle thingis whiche king Achaz hadde comaundid fro Damask, so dide the preest Vrie, til kyng Achaz cam fro Damask. ¹² And whanne the king cam fro Damask, he siy the auter, and worschipide it; and he stiede, and offride brent sacrifices, and his sacrifice; ¹³ and he offride moist sacrifices, and he schedde the blood of pesible thingis, which he hadde offrid on the auter. ¹⁴ Forsothe he dide awei the brasun auter, that was bifor the Lord, fro the face of the temple, and fro the place of the auter, and fro the place of the temple of the Lord; and settide it on the side of the auter `at the north. ¹⁵ Also kyng Achaz comaundide to Vrie, the preest, and seide, Offre thou on the more auter the brent sacrifice of the morewtid, and the sacrifice of euentid, and the brent sacrifice of the king, and the sacrifice of hym, and the brent sacrifice of al the puple of the lond, and the sacrifices of hem, and the moist sacrifices of hem; and thou schalt schede out on that al the blood of brent sacrifice, and al the blood of slayn sacrifice; sotheli the brasun auter schal be redi at my wille. ¹⁶ Therfor Vrie, the preest, dide bi alle thingis whiche kyng Achaz hadde comaundid to hym.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

approached: 1 Kings 13:1, 2 Chronicles 26:16-19, 2 Chronicles 28:23, 2 Chronicles 28:25

offered thereon: Numbers 18:4-7

Cross-References

Genesis 16:5
And Saray seide to Abram, Thou doist wickidli ayens me; I yaf my seruauntesse in to thi bosum, which seeth, that sche conseyuede, and dispisith me; the Lord deme betwixe me and thee.

Genesis 16:8
he seide to hir, Fro whennus comest thou Agar, the seruauntesse of Sarai, and whidur goist thou? Which answerde, Y fle fro the face of Sarai my ladi.

Genesis 21:20
and was with him, and he encresside, and dwellide in wildernesse, and he was maad a yong man an archer,

Genesis 27:40
thou schalt lyue bi swerd, and thou schalt serue thi brothir, and tyme schal come whanne thou schalt shake awei, and vnbynde his yok fro thi nollis.

Job 11:12
A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.