2 Kings 16:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And king Ahaz went to Damascusc to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. ”

2 Kings 16:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And saw an altar - Rather, “The altar,” i. e. an Assyrian altar, and connected with that formal recognition of the Assyrian deities which the Ninevite monarchs appear to have required of all the...
2 Kings 16:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16. Reign of Ahaz. This chapter is assigned to different sources, and deals mainly with the king's alteration of the Temple, though it alludes to his apostasy and his wars. The Temple recor...
2 Kings 16:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ahaz. Called Jehoahaz in Tiglath-pileser ' . great triumphal inscriptions. The first syllable of his name dropped in Scripture, as he was unworthy of it. to meet: and do him honour. Hence the s...
2 Kings 16:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it...
2 Kings 16:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of...
2 Kings 16:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ahaz and Assyria This chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and the overthrow of Damascus by the king of Assyria....
2 Kings 16:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ahaz went to Damascus, to meet Tiglath-pileser. — The great king appears to have held his court there after the capture of the city, and to have summoned the vassal princes of Palestine thither to...
2 Kings 16:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ 2 Kings 16:1-18 "For when we in our wickedness grow hard, Oh the misery on't! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our...
2 Kings 16:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

High-handed Idolatry 2 Kings 16:10-20 The calling in of the king of Assyria was fraught with disastrous consequences. “He distressed him and strengthened him not.” Well may the Apostle warn us...
2 Kings 16:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps the sin of Judah had its most awful expression during the reign of Ahaz. The king first sought help from the Assyrians under Tiglathpileser in his time of difficulty, and this was by delibera...
2 Kings 16:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include the whole of the remainder of the life of Ahaz in one view, because it only leads the mind to discover the progress of his impiety until the measure of it was full. Reader! can we contempla...
2 Kings 16:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria ,.... When he heard he was come thither, and had taken it, to congratulate him on the victory, and to give him thanks for his as...
2 Kings 16:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it...
2 Kings 16:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-pileser To congratulate his victory, acknowledge his favour and help, and to beg the continuance of it. And saw an altar that was at Damascus Of an excellent st...
2 Kings 16:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WICKEDNESS OF AHAZ (vv.1-4). Ahaz stands in startling contrast to his father. His mother's name is not mentioned, perhaps because she was not worth mentioning. Ahaz was 20 years old when he...
2 Kings 16:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the p...
2 Kings 16:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria; to congratulate his victory, and acknowledge his favour and help, and to beg the continuance of it. Saw an altar of an excellent structure, upon which the...
2 Kings 16:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Ahaz King Of Judah c. 732/1-716/15 BC. Co-regent from 744/43 BC. Ahaz came to the throne of Judah as sole ruler at a crucial time in Judah's history. Never before in that history had...
2 Kings 16:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF AHAZ IN JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 16:2 . Twenty years old was Ahab when, &c.—The Sept. MS. of the Vatican, and other MSS., give “ twenty-five ” in the c...
2 Kings 16:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:3 . Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. It appears from the poets that the heathens did commonly dedicate a child to a god by lustrations; that is, by causing him to pass between t...
2 Kings 16:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the seventeenth year of Pekah. A people’s king and priest, or kinghood and priesthood I. The kinghood. 1. The de-humanising force of false religion. Ahaz was an idolator. 2. The nation...
2 Kings 16:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 16:1-12 REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH - PILESER AGAINST THEM . RELIGIOUS CHANGES...
2 Kings 16:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, to express his appreciation of the assistance which had been rendered him and his people, and saw an altar that was at Damasc...
2 Kings 16:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:11 ; 1 Chronicles 28:12 ; 1 Chronicles 28:19 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; 2 Chronicles 28:23-25 ; Deuteronomy 12:30 ; Exodus 24:4 ; Exodus 39:43 ; Ezekiel 23:16 ; Ezekiel 23:17 ; Ezeki...

2 Kings 16:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 16:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 16:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 16:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 16:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 16:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge