And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
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Interpretation
God's altar had hitherto been kept in its place, and in use; but Ahaz put another in the room of it. The natural regard of the mind of man to some sort of religion, is not easily extinguished; but except it be regulated by the word, and by the Spirit of God, it produces absurd superstitions, or detestable idolatries.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 16:10-14.
Glossary
- Damascus Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Damascus.