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Church and State: State Superior to Religion: Ahaz, in Transforming the Altars 2 Kings 16:10–16

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. / And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned. / When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.