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Fantastic Heads or Devil's Heads (1841)
Vaclav Levy (1820-1870)
Academic and Fantastic Art Styles
Carved in the Rocks Near Klacelka Cave, Near Libechov, Outside the Village of Zelizy, Czech Republic
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SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: 2 Kings 16 describes the reign of Ahaz in Judah. [Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].
Ahaz began to reign in Judah when he was 20; and he reigned for 16 years. He lived in the evil ways of the kings of Israel; he sacrificed his son; and he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places (1-4).
When Rezin, King of Syria, came against Jerusalem he besieged the city but could not overcome it. However, he was able to conquer Elath and recover it for Syria; and he drove the Jews from Elath. As a counter move, Ahaz used the silver and gold from the Temple and the treasures of his own house to hire Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, to drive Rezin away from Judah. This was yet another despoliation of the Temple for military gain. Tiglathpileser conquered Damascus, sent captives to Kir, and killed Rezin (5-9).
While Tiglathpileser was in Damascus Ahaz visited him. There he saw an altar which captured his attention. So Ahaz sent a description of it to Urijah the priest in Jerusalem; and, before Ahaz returned, Urijah made a copy of the altar and installed it in the Temple, in front of the main altar (the bronze altar). When Ahaz returned, he made many offerings on the new altar. And he designated the bronze altar for his use and the new altar for the use of the people (10-16).
Ahaz also made other adjustments in the Temple. He moved and reshaped various items in the Temple. When he died his son Hezekiah reigned in his stead (17-20).
[ Sermons: William Still. Various. ]
[ Illustration: Today's illustration, though it does not specifically represent the gods in this chapter, nevertheless it well represent the grotesque and horrific nature of the false gods which Ahaziah promoted in the kingdom of Judah. By embracing such worship, the soul likewise becomes increasingly distorted.]
RESOURCES
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 2 Kings 16:
[Chapter 16: Related Scriptures: 2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chronicles 27:9; 2 Chronicles 28:1-8; 2 Chronicles 28:9-15; Isaiah 7:1-2; Isaiah 7:3-19; 2 Chronicles 28:17-19; 2 Chronicles 28:16, 21; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:22-25; 2 Kings 15:30-31; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27; 2 Chronicles 29:1; Isaiah 7; Isaiah 8; Isaiah 9; Isaiah 10].
[1] 2 Kings 16:1.
[2] Hosea 10:5.
[4] 2 Kings 12:20; Jeremiah 11:9; Deuteronomy 19:18; Micah 6:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 36:5; Jeremiah 32:2-3.
[5] 2 Kings 18:11.
[6] Hosea 10:5; Micah 1:6; Isaiah 28:1-4; 1 Chronicles 5:26.
[7] Exodus 20:2; Hosea 11:1; Hosea 12:9; Amos 5:25-26; Ezekiel 8:14; Ezekiel 8:16.
[8] Exodus 12:14; Leviticus 20:23; 1 Kings 3:3.
[9] 1 Chronicles 10:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Kings 18:8.
[12] Deuteronomy 29:16.
[14] Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 17:23; 2 Chronicles 36:13.
[15] Jeremiah 2:5; Job 7:16; Job 27:12; Romans 1:21.
[16] 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 16:33; Judges 2:13; Judges 3:7; Judges 6:28; 2 Kings 23:4; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 24:18; 1 Kings 14:23; Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 27:9; Judges 6:26; 2 Kings 17:10; Deuteronomy 16:21; Judges 6:28; 2 Kings 18:4; Isaiah 27:9; Micah 5:13; Judges 6:28; Deuteronomy 16:21; Jeremiah 7:18; Jeremiah 44:17; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:4.
[17] 2 Kings 16:3; Deuteronomy 18:10; Numbers 23:23; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 21:25.
[18] 1 Kings 11:36.
[19] Micah 6:16; 2 Kings 8:27; 2 Kings 16:3.
[20] 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 15:29; Judges 2:14.
[21] Amos 2:3; 2 Chronicles 21:11.
[23] Hosea 1:6; Hosea 9:16; Amos 3:11-12; Amos 5:27; Isaiah 28:1-4; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 34:9; 2 Kings 23:20; Deuteronomy 28:64.
[24] 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Ezra 4:2.
[25] Leviticus 26:22; Exodus 23:29; Ezekiel 14:15.
[31] 2 Kings 19:37.
[34] 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chronicles 34:6; 2 Chronicles 34:9; 2 Chronicles 34:33; John 4:12.
-- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
2 Kings Detailed Outline
2 Kings 16
Notes: In the Hebrew Bible 1 Kings and 2 Kings were one Book. Overlapping dates for various kings indicate overlapping reigns (co-regencies).
1. The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1:1 - 1 Kings 11:43) - 971 - 931 B.C. Israel
2. The Divided Kingdom (1 Kings 12:1 - 2 Kings 25:30) - 931 - 560 B.C. Israel
DD. Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16:1-20) - [735-715 B.C.]
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and besieged [they inclosed upon] Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14 And he bought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles [words of the days] of the kings of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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