2 Kings 16:17

And King Ahaz cut off the side walls of the stands, and took away from off them the laver, and, the sea, took he down from off the oxen of bronze, which were under it,—and set it on a pavement of stones.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.

18Also, the covered walk for the Sabbath, which they had built in the house, and the outer entrance for the king, he changed in the house of Yahweh,—because of the king of Assyria.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:23And he made a molten sea,—ten cubits from the one brim to the other, it was round all about, and, five cubits, was the height thereof, and, a line of thirty cubits, would encompass it round about.

2 Chronicles 4:14and, the stands, made he,—and, the lavers, made he upon the stands;

2 Chronicles 29:19And, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign rejected when he acted unfaithfully, have we made ready and hallowed,—and, there they are, before the altar of Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:11-17

10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser 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… Read the whole commentary →

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