The writer condemns the obsequiousness of Urijah, whose conduct was all the more inexcusable given the noble example of his predecessor, Azariah ([…

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz
commanded .
] Not only con…

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…