Verse 4

2 Kings 16:4

New Living Translation

4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְזַבֵּ֧חַ וַ/יְקַטֵּ֛ר בַּ/בָּמ֖וֹת וְ/עַל הַ/גְּבָע֑וֹת וְ/תַ֖חַת כָּל עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן

English Translation

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

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Chapter 16 Context

1 Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel. Focus ↗

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not... Focus ↗

3 Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his own son in the fire. I... Focus ↗

4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green...

5 Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel came up to attack Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but... Focus ↗

6 At that time the king of Edom recovered the town of Elath for Edom. He drove out the people of Judah... Focus ↗

7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant a... Focus ↗

8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple of the LORD and the palace treasury and sent it a... Focus ↗

9 So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as capti... Focus ↗

10 King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he... Focus ↗

11 Uriah followed the king’s instructions and built an altar just like it, and it was ready before the... Focus ↗

12 When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it. Focus ↗

13 He presented a burnt offering and a grain offering, he poured out a liquid offering, and he sprinkle... Focus ↗

14 Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from its place in front of the LORD’s Temple, between th... Focus ↗

15 He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the eveni... Focus ↗

16 Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz commanded him. Focus ↗

17 Then the king removed the side panels and basins from the portable water carts. He also removed the... Focus ↗

18 In deference to the king of Assyria, he also removed the canopy that had been constructed inside the... Focus ↗

19 The rest of the events in Ahaz’s reign and everything he did are recorded in <i>The Book of the Hist... Focus ↗

20 When Ahaz died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Hezekiah became... Focus ↗

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