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King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On 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 on 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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Man-Made Religion's Danger
Commentators highlight that Ahaz commanded the priest, Urijah, to redirect all national worship to a new, pagan-style altar. This act demonstrates a dangerous human tendency to replace God's revealed will with personally designed religion. As Matthew Henry notes, such worship, unless guided by God's Word, often becomes empty superstition or a way to quiet a guilty conscience without true repentance.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 16:15
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 2 Kings 16:15
19th Century
Bishop
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
On 2 Kings 16:15
17th Century
Pastor
And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying
Who was not to be commanded by the king in matters of worship, but…
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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…