2 Kings 16:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. ”

2 Kings 16:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hereto the “Brasen altar” (marginal reference) had, it would seem, occupied a position directly in front of the temple porch, which it exactly equalled in width. Now Ahaz removed it from this place...
2 Kings 16:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the (i) north side of the altar. (...
2 Kings 16:14 - 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 16:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

brasen altar. Compare 1 Kings 8:64 . the altar: i.e. the new altar.
2 Kings 16:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. Put it...
2 Kings 16:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. No JFB commentary on these vers...
2 Kings 16:14 - 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 16:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he brought also the brasen altar... — Literally, And as for the brasen altar, he brought it near (to the new one), away from the front of the house, to wit, from between the (new) altar, a...
2 Kings 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he brought also the brasen altar which was before the Lord ,.... That which Solomon made, 2 Chronicles 4:1 , which stood in the court by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before th...
2 Kings 16:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. Ver....
2 Kings 16:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he burned his burnt-offering , &c. For the heathen, and Ahaz, in imitation of them, offered the same sorts of offerings to their false gods which the Israelites did to the true. He brought...
2 Kings 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The brazen altar of burnt-offerings, made by Solomon, and placed there by God's appointment. Which was before the Lord, i.e. from before the Lord's house: See Poole on " Leviticus 1:3 " . From be...
2 Kings 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - 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 16:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahaz Profanes the Temple
2 Kings 16:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 1:5 ; 2 Chronicles 4:1 ; 2 Kings 16:10-12 ; Exodus 40:29 ; Exodus 40:6 ; Matthew 23:35
2 Kings 16:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brazen attar — Of burnt — offerings, made by Solomon, and placed there by God's appointment. From between, &c. — His new altar was at first set below the brazen altar, and at a farther distance...

2 Kings 16:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 16:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 16:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 16:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 16:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 16:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes