Holy Scripture

2 Kings 16:13

A church father on this verse
“"And when you say, 'Why did the Lord God do all of these bad things to us?' And you will say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served other gods in your land, so you shall serve in a land not your own.' " Let one consider the literal sense, and it will suffice at the present to refresh the memory from the literal…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 7.3.1

Source: Septuagint

Original

13and offered his whole burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering, and poured out the blood of his peace offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.

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11And Uriah the priest built the altar, according to all the directions which King Ahaz sent from Damascus.

12And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,

— 2 Kings 16:13 —

14And he brought forward the one before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northward.

15And King Ahaz charged Uriah the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole burnt offering in the morning and the meat offering in the evening, and the whole burnt offering of the king, and his meat offering, and the whole burnt offering of all the people, and their meat offering, and their drink offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole burnt offering, and all the blood of any other sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.

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