2 Kings 16:3-4

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ²  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ³  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. 16:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 16:10-12

16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. ⁴  King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. ⁵  16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. ⁶  Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. ⁷  16:12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and ⁸  saw the altar, he approached it ⁹  and offered a sacrifice on it. ¹⁰ 

[16:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ² sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[16:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “in Damascus.”

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”

[16:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

[16:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”

[16:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the king.”

[16:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the altar.”

[16:12]  ¹² tn Or “ascended it.”