When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
- BSB When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
- NKJV And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.
- NASB And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it,
- NLT When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it.
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- 2 Chr 26:16–19But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 1 Kgs 13:1Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Beth El; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
- 2 Chr 28:25In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.
- Num 18:4–7They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
- 2 Chr 28:23For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
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