2 Kings 16:13
in 2 Kings 16He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar.
KJV
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
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This verse in 2 Kings 16
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd he burnt his burnt offering, and his meat offering,.... Which went together according to the law of God, and was imitated by the Heathens: and poured his drink offering; a libation of wine, as probably it was, like what they used according to the Levitical law: and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar; as used according to the same law; for all sorts of sacrifices were offered by idolaters, as by the people of God, in imitation of them.
This site's exposition
he approached it and presented offerings on it
on 2 Kings 16:12-13
Ahaz installed the altar and then offered on it in person. He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. That is the full round of Levitical sacrifice, performed on a design from Damascus.
This site's exposition
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings
2 Chronicles 28:23 adds that Ahaz sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, reasoning that they had helped the kings of Aram. Matthew Henry read the borrowed altar and the borrowed gods as one step. The altar brought its gods with it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The sin in this affair consisted in meddling with, and improving according to human taste and fancy, the altars of the temple, the patterns of which had been furnished by divine authority (Ex 25:40; Urijah was one of the witnesses taken by Isaiah to bear his prediction against Syria and Israel (Isa 8:2).
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the Copper Altar … he brought, etc. It is impossible to say that this was the Copper Altar that Moshe made, because it was hidden.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר | vaiyakter | and he made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ | olato | burnt offering his | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִנְחָת֔וֹ | minchato | grain offering his | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְ | vaiyasekh | and he poured out | H5258 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִסְכּ֑וֹ | nisko | drink offering his | H5262 → | |
| וַיִּזְרֹ֛ק | vaiyizrok | and he sprinkled | H2236 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דַּֽם־ | dam- | [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַשְּׁלָמִ֥ים | hashelamim | the peace offerings | H8002 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | [belonged] to him | ||
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
וַיַּקְטֵ֤רand he made smoke
vaiyakterH6999 →116 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֹֽלָתוֹ֙burnt offering his
olatoH5930 →287 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִנְחָת֔וֹgrain offering his
minchatoH4503 →211 times
וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְand he poured out
vaiyasekhH5258 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִסְכּ֑וֹdrink offering his
niskoH5262 →
וַיִּזְרֹ֛קand he sprinkled
vaiyizrokH2236 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דַּֽם־[the] blood of
dam-H1818 →360 times
הַשְּׁלָמִ֥יםthe peace offerings
hashelamimH8002 →
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֖וֹ[belonged] to him
lo
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃the altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.