And he brought 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.
King Ahaz also moved the bronze altar that belonged to the LORD from the front of the temple, where it had been placed between his new altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of his new altar.
King Ahaz moved God's sacred bronze altar away from its proper place of honor to make room for a pagan altar he preferred.
📚 Historical Context
This describes King Ahaz of Judah's religious reforms around 735-715 BC, where he replaced traditional Jewish worship practices with elements copied from Assyrian religion. The bronze altar was the sacred altar originally made for Solomon's temple where sacrifices to God were offered. Ahaz displaced it to install an altar modeled after one he saw in Damascus, showing his preference for foreign religious practices over traditional worship of the LORD.
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