Discovery Box2 Kings 16:9-12 
Context16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; 1 he 2 attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people 3 to Kir and executed Rezin.
16:10 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 “listened to him.”
2 tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”
3 tn Heb “it.”
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.”
