2 Kings 16:10-13

16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. ¹  King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. ²  16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. ³  Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. ⁴  16:12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and ⁵  saw the altar, he approached it ⁶  and offered a sacrifice on it. ⁷  16:13 He offered his burnt sacrifice and his grain offering. He poured out his libation and sprinkled the blood from his peace offerings on the altar.

[16:10]  ¹ tn Heb “in Damascus.”

[16:10]  ² tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”

[16:11]  ³ tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”

[16:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the king.”

[16:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “the altar.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Or “ascended it.”