The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . eser king of Assyria, say-ing, I am thy servant and thy son:come up, and save me out of thehand of the king of Syria, and outof the hand of the king of Israel,which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver andgold that was found in the house ofthe Lord, and in the treasures ofthe kings house, and sent it for apresent to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hear-kened unto him: for the king ofAssyria went up against Damascus,and took it, and carried the peopleo/it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . eser king of Assyria, say-ing, I am thy servant and thy son:come up, and save me out of thehand of the king of Syria, and outof the hand of the king of Israel,which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver andgold that was found in the house ofthe Lord, and in the treasures ofthe kings house, and sent it for apresent to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hear-kened unto him: for the king ofAssyria went up against Damascus,and took it, and carried the peopleo/it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 IF And king Ahaz went toDamascus to meet Tiglath-pileserking of Assyria, and saw an altarthat was at Damascus: and kingAhaz sent to Urijah the priest the 463 Ahaz introduces a strange altar 2 KINGS 17. and otherwise defiles the temple. fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altaraccording to all that king Ahaz had sentfrom Damascus: so Urijah the priest madeit against king Ahaz came from Damascus. British Museum . BLACK OBELISK FROM NIMROUD,With Record of Victories of Shalmaneser II. 12 And when the king was come from Da-mascus, the king saw the altar: and the kingapproached to the altar, and ofFei-ed thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and hismeat-offering, and poured his drink-offering,and sprinkled the blood of his i^eace-offerings,upon the altar. 464 14 And he brought also the brasen altar,which was before the Lord, from the fore-front of the house, from between the altarand the house of the Lord, and put it onthe north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah thepriest, saying, LTpon the great altar burnthe morning burnt-offering, and the eveningmeat-offering, and the kings burnt-sacrifice,and his meat-offering, with the burnt offer-ing of all the people of the land, and theirmeat-offering, and their drink-offerings; andsprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offeri
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