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2 Kings 16

2 Kings 16:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Urijah
'Uwriyah (Hebrew #223)
from 217 and 3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
KJV usage: Uriah, Urijah.
Pronounce: oo-ree-yaw'
Origin: or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}
the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
s an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
according to all that king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Ahaz
'Achaz (Hebrew #271)
possessor; Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
KJV usage: Ahaz.
Pronounce: aw-khawz'
Origin: from 270
had sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
from Damascus
Dammeseq (Hebrew #1834)
or Darmeseq {dar-meh'-sek}; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria
KJV usage: Damascus.
Pronounce: dam-meh'-sek
Origin: or Duwmeseq {doo-meh'-sek}
: so Urijah
'Uwriyah (Hebrew #223)
from 217 and 3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
KJV usage: Uriah, Urijah.
Pronounce: oo-ree-yaw'
Origin: or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}
the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
it against king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Ahaz
'Achaz (Hebrew #271)
possessor; Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
KJV usage: Ahaz.
Pronounce: aw-khawz'
Origin: from 270
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
from Damascus
Dammeseq (Hebrew #1834)
or Darmeseq {dar-meh'-sek}; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria
KJV usage: Damascus.
Pronounce: dam-meh'-sek
Origin: or Duwmeseq {doo-meh'-sek}
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Psa. 106:39• 39And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions. (Psa. 106:39)

More on:

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Ahaz,
Altar,
Damascus,
Kings,
Priest; Priesthood,
Urijah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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built an altar.
1 Kings 21:11‑13• 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
 12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:11‑13)
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2 Chron. 26:17‑18• 17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men:
 18and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah to burn incense unto Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah, God. (2 Chron. 26:17‑18)
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Jer. 23:11• 11For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:11)
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Ezek. 22:26• 26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:26)
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Dan. 3:7• 7Therefore, at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (Dan. 3:7)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
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Hos. 5:11• 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man. (Hos. 5:11)
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Mal. 2:7‑9• 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
 8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. (Mal. 2:7‑9)
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Gal. 1:10• 10For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)
Urijah.
Isa. 8:2• 2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. (Isa. 8:2)
• He finds a high priest to accomplish this act of sacrilege. 2 Chronicles 28:22 tells us that Ahaz sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, for to burn a sacrifice upon an altar other than the brazen altar was to sacrifice to false gods. (“Ahaz, King of Judah: 2 Kings 16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made it, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made it, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)