John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:15
And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying ,.... Who was not to be commanded by the king in matters of worship, but to attend to the laws and institutions of God: saying, upon the great altar ; meaning the new one, which either was of a larger size than the altar of God, or was greater in the esteem of Ahaz: burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering ; the daily sacrifice, morning and evening: and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 16:10-16
Though Ahaz had himself sacrificed in high places, on hills, and under every green tree (2 Kgs. 16:4), yet God's altar had hitherto continued in its place and in use, and the king's burnt-offering and his meat-offering (2 Kgs. 16:15) had been offered upon it by the priests that attended it; but here we have it taken away by wicked Ahaz, and another altar, an idolatrous one, put in the room of it?a bolder stroke than the worst of the kings had yet given to religion. We have here, I. The model... read more