2 Kings 16:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 16:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His sacrifices were not offered to the God of Israel, but to the gods of Damascus (as we find 2 Chron. xxviii. 23 ), and, when he borrowed the Syrians' altar, no marvel that he borrowed their gods.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
מִדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק	mi.da.Me.sek	from Damascus	H1834 →
וַיַּ֥רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
וַיִּקְרַ֥ב	vai.yik.Rav	and he drew near	H7126 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
וַיַּ֥עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he offered up	H5927 →
עָלָֽיו׃	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1834midamesekfrom Damascus45×

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 13:1
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
leads to
- 2 Kings 23:17
  Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things…
- 1 Kings 12:32–33
  And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
  By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- Jeremiah 25:3
  “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again,…
- Jeremiah 32:29
  And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to…
Through
2 Chronicles 28:23
Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:14
  When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
- Jeremiah 44:20–28
  Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
Through
2 Chronicles 28:25
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 28:3
  Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.