Catholic Public Domain Version
"And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice. "
— 2 Kings 16:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.”
“And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. ”
“When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.”
“When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.”
“And when the king was come from Damascus, he saw the altar and worshipped it: and went up and offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice;”
“And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.”
“And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.”
And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.
And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.
And Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived from Damascus.
And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.
And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar.
But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.
Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”