16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. 1 King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. 2 16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. 3 Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. 4 16:12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and 5 saw the altar, he approached it 6 and offered a sacrifice on it. 7
1 tn Heb “in Damascus.”
2 tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”
3 tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”
4 tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”
5 tn Heb “and the king.”
6 tn Heb “the altar.”
7 tn Or “ascended it.”