Discovery Box2 Kings 16:3-4 
Context16:3 He followed in the footsteps of 1 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 2 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 3 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. 16:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 16:10-12
Context16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. 4 King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. 5 16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. 6 Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. 7 16:12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and 8 saw the altar, he approached it 9 and offered a sacrifice on it. 10
1 tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”
2 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
3 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
4 tn Heb “in Damascus.”
5 tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”
6 tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”
7 tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”
8 tn Heb “and the king.”
9 tn Heb “the altar.”
10 tn Or “ascended it.”
