Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16

57 catchwords308 parallels

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2 Kings 16 . 1 , Ahaz’s wicked reign; 2 Kings 16 . 5 , Ahaz , assailed by Rezin and Pekah , hires Tiglath-pileser against them; 2 Kings 16 . 10 , Ahaz , sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah , diverts the brazen altar to his own devotions; 2 Kings 16 . 17 , He spoils the temple; 2 Kings 16 . 19 , Hezekiah succeeds him.

2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

2 Kings 16:1 · BSB

seventeenth3 parallels

Ahaz6 parallels

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2 Kings 16:2

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Kings 16:2 · BSB

did not13 parallels

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2 Kings 16:3

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 16:3 · BSB

he walked9 parallels

made his son13 parallels

according7 parallels

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2 Kings 16:4

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 16:4 · BSB

on the hills8 parallels

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2 Kings 16:5

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

2 Kings 16:5 · BSB

Rezin4 parallels

but could not9 parallels

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am 3262 , bc 742

2 Kings 16:6

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

2 Kings 16:6 · BSB

recovered2 parallels

Elath2 parallels

Heb. Eloth

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2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

2 Kings 16:7 · BSB

Tiglathpileser3 parallels

Heb. Tilgath-pileser

I am thy servant3 parallels

and save4 parallels

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2 Kings 16:8

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:8 · BSB

the silver9 parallels

to the king5 parallels

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2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

2 Kings 16:9 · BSB

went up2 parallels

Kir2 parallels

Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river ץסןע , Cyrus , or Kyrus , now called Kur , or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis , Cyrena , and Carine , mentioned by writers as lying in these parts , and a part of Media , called Syromedia , as it is thought , from the Syrians who were carried captive thither

slew Rezin2 parallels

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am 3264 , bc 740

Damascus Heb. Dammesek

2 Kings 16:10

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

2 Kings 16:10 · BSB

saw an altar7 parallels

the pattern10 parallels

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2 Kings 16:11

And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.

2 Kings 16:11 · BSB

built an altar10 parallels

Urijah1 parallel

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2 Kings 16:12

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

2 Kings 16:12 · BSB

approached4 parallels

offered thereon1 parallel

2 Kings 16:13

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.

2 Kings 16:13 · BSB

he burnt2 parallels

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of his peace offerings Heb. of the peace-offerings which were his

2 Kings 16:14

He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

2 Kings 16:14 · BSB

the brazen5 parallels

the altar1 parallel

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2 Kings 16:15

Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”

2 Kings 16:15 · BSB

the morning7 parallels

the king's burnt12 parallels

for me to inquire by5 parallels

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2 Kings 16:16

So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

2 Kings 16:16 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

2 Kings 16:17

King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

2 Kings 16:17 · BSB

cut off2 parallels

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sea4 parallels

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am 3265 , bc 739

2 Kings 16:18

And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 16:18 · BSB

the covert3 parallels

There are a great number of conjectures concerning this covert; but it is probable that it was either , as Locke supposes , a sort of shelter or canopy erected for the people on the sabbath when the crowd was too great for the porch to contain them; or , as Dr. Geddes supposes , a seat , covered with a canopy , placed on an elevation , for the king and his court , when they attended public worship

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2 Kings 16:19

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Kings 16:19 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

am 3262-3278 , bc 742-726

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2 Kings 16:20

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 16:20 · BSB

buried3 parallels

Hezekiah7 parallels

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am 3278 , bc 726

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