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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.
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Verse 11. Priest, or pontiff, as no other would have dared to make this innovation. Salien.—He was guilty of a great weakness; as the altar of Solomon had been so solemnly consecrated by God’s presence. All changes in religion are dangerous. The Machabees behaved with far greater respect, with regard to the altar which had been profaned. 1 Maccabees 4:45. Calmet.—Isaias (8:2) calls this priest a faithful, or competent witness, ( Bible.) on account of his dignity, not approving his conduct. Salien.—But he had not erected this altar when the prophet spoke thus to him. D.
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