And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king`s burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
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The bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by—most modern commentators translate this as: “As for the bronze altar, it will be for me to in…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The great altar—that is, as we say, “the high altar,” the new Syrian one. So the high priest is sometimes called “the gre…
John Gill
JohnGill
And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying
Who was not to be commanded by the king in matters of worship, but…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
God's altar had until then been kept in its place and in use; but Ahaz put another to replace it. The natural human inclination toward some form of…
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Albert Barnes
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