Urijah (the priest)
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Named at 2 Kings 16:10 as Urijah the priest: King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saw the altar that was at Damascus, and “sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.” 16:11 says, “Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.” At 16:15–16 King Ahaz commands Urijah the priest, and “Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.”
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- 2KI 16:10–16, engwebp
10King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.
11Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.
12When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king came near to the altar, and offered on it.
13He burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.
14The bronze altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the front of the house, from between his altar and the LORD’s house, and put it on the north side of his altar.
15King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, 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 bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.”
16Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
- ISA 8:1–4, engwebp
1The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
2and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
4For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”
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King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.
Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.
King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, 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 bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.”
Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Urijah (the priest) (person-urijah-priest) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/urijah-priest Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 16:10 as Urijah the priest: King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saw the altar that was at Damascus, and “sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.” 16:11 says, “Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.” At 16:15–16 King Ahaz commands Urijah the priest, and “Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.” Cited evidence: 2KI 16:10–16, engwebp / ISA 8:1–4, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.