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II Kings 16:Verse 12

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

2 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 26:192 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 26:192 Chronicles 28:25
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What Does II Kings 16:12 Mean?

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"Ahaz assumes the role of an apostate priest: "And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, ..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

American Standard Version
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.

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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

Bible in Basic English
BBE

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

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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,

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe neere to the altar and offered thereon.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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;

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

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.

Literal Translation
LITV

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;

Modern King James
MKJV

And the king came in from Damascus, and the king saw the altar. And the king approached to the altar and offered on it.

Updated King James
UKJV

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

Lexham English Bible
LEB

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

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

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

Revised Webster
RWebster

And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

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

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2 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 26:192 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 26:192 Chronicles 28:252 Chronicles 28:231 Kings 13:1Numbers 18:4Numbers 18:72 Chronicles 28:25
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