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Leadership's Compromise
Commentators highlight the priest Urijah's role. As high priest, he knew God's specific commands for the altar but chose to obey King Ahaz instead. Scholar John Gill calls him a 'timeserver' who sought to please his king over God, serving as a stark warning against compromising faith for earthly favor.
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 16:11
17th Century
Pastor
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that
King Ahaz had sent from Damascus
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 16:10–16
17th Century
Minister
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…