2 Kings 16:16

Thus did Uriiah the Priest, according to all that king Ahaz commaunded.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- American Standard Version (1901)

So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
- Basic English Bible

And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.
- Darby Bible

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- Webster's Bible

Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- World English Bible

And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 16:16

16:14 Brazen attar - Of burnt - offerings, made by Solomon, and placed there by God's appointment. From between, &c. - His new altar was at first set below the brazen altar, and at a farther distance from the temple. This he took for a disparagement to his altar; and therefore impiously takes that away, and puts his in its place. And put, &c. - So he put God's altar out of its place and use! A bolder stroke than the very worst of kings had hitherto given to religion.

16:15 Great altar - This new altar; which was greater than Solomon's. Sacrifice - Whatsoever is offered to the true God, either in my name (for possibly he did not yet utterly forsake God, but worshipped idols with him) or on the behalf of the people, shall be offered on this new altar. Enquire by - That shall be reserved for my proper use, to enquire by; at which I may seek God, or enquire of his will, by sacrifices joined with prayer, when I shall see fit. Having thrust it out from the use for which it was instituted, which was to sanctify the gifts offered upon it, he pretends to advance it above its institution, which it is common for superstitious people to do. But to overdo is to underdo. Our wisdom is, to do just what God has commanded.

16:18 The covert - The form and use whereof is now unknown. It is generally understood of some building, either that where the priests after their weekly course was ended, abode until the next course came; which was done upon the sabbath - day: or that in which the guard of the temple kept their station; or that under which the king used to sit to hear God's word, and see the sacrifices; which is called, the covert of the sabbath, because the chief times in which the king used it for those ends, was the weekly sabbath, and other solemn days of feasting, or fasting (which all come under the name of sabbaths in the Old Testament) upon which the king used more solemnly, to present himself before the Lord, than at other times. The entry - By which the king used to go from his palace to the temple.