2-Kings - 16:16



16 Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 16:16.

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Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
So Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz had commanded him.
So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The writer condemns the obsequiousness of Urijah, whose conduct was the more inexcusable after the noble example of his predecessor Azariah 2-Chronicles 26:17-20.

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz commanded. Not only concerning the structure of the altar, but the sacrifices to be offered on it; like king like priest, both apostates and idolaters.

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