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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 16:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 16:14 |
Strong Concordance |
And he brought [07126] also the brasen [05178] altar [04196], which was before [06440] the LORD [03068], from the forefront [06440] of the house [01004], from between the altar [04196] and the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and put [05414] it on the north [06828] side [03409] of the altar [04196]. |
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King James |
And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Hereto the "Brasen altar" (marginal reference) had, it would seem, occupied a position directly in front of the temple porch, which it exactly equalled in width. Now Ahaz removed it from this place, and gave the honorable position to his new altar, which he designed to supersede the old far all ordinary purposes Kg2 16:15.
From between the altar ... - Urijah, having received no official directions, had placed the new altar in front of the old, between it and the eastern gate of the court. Ahaz consequently on his arrival found the brasen altar "between the (new) altar and the house of the Lord." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Soon after this Ahaz went still further, and had "the copper altar before Jehovah," i.e., the altar of burnt-offering in the midst of the court before the entrance into the Holy Place, removed "from the front of the (temple-) house, from (the spot) between the altar (the new one built by Urijah) and the house of Jehovah (i.e., the temple-house(, and placed at the north side of the altar." הקריב does not mean removit, caused to be taken away, but admovit, and is properly to be connected with הם על־ירך, notwithstanding the fact that אתו ויּתּן is inserted between for the sake of greater clearness, as Maurer has already pointed out.
(Note: There is nothing in the text to support the view of Thenius, that Urijah had the brazen altar of burnt-offering erected by Solomon moved farther forwards, nearer to the temple-house, and the new one put in its place, whence it was afterwards shifted by Ahaz and the new one moved a little farther to the south, that is to say, that he placed the two altars close to one another, so that they now occupied the centre of the court.)
On the use of the article with המּזבּח in the construct state, see Ewald, 290, d. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Brazen attar - Of burnt - offerings, made by Solomon, and placed there by God's appointment. From between, &c. - His new altar was at first set below the brazen altar, and at a farther distance from the temple. This he took for a disparagement to his altar; and therefore impiously takes that away, and puts his in its place. And put, &c. - So he put God's altar out of its place and use! A bolder stroke than the very worst of kings had hitherto given to religion. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Put it on the north side - He seems to have intended to conform every thing in the Lord's house as much as possible to the idolatrous temples which he saw at Damascus, and to model the Divine worship in the same way: in a word to honor and worship the gods of Syria, and not the God of heaven. All the alterations specified here were in contempt of the true God. Thus he provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers, Ch2 28:25. |
15 And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] commanded [06680] Urijah [0223] the priest [03548], saying [0559], Upon the great [01419] altar [04196] burn [06999] the morning [01242] burnt offering [05930], and the evening [06153] meat offering [04503], and the king's [04428] burnt sacrifice [05930], and his meat offering [04503], with the burnt offering [05930] of all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262]; and sprinkle [02236] upon it all the blood [01818] of the burnt offering [05930], and all the blood [01818] of the sacrifice [02077]: and the brasen [05178] altar [04196] shall be for me to enquire [01239] by.
25 And in every several city [05892] of Judah [03063] he made [06213] high places [01116] to burn incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430], and provoked to anger [03707] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of his fathers [01].