2 Kings 16:17-18

Ahaz Reigns in Judah

¹⁷ And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands and removed the basin from them, and he took down _u the sea ₁ from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pedestal. ¹⁸ And the covered way for the Sabbath that had been built inside the house and the outer entrance for the king he caused to go around the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.

Cross References
1 Kings 7:23
Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
1 Kings 7:25
It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

2 Kings 16:17

Strong's Concordance

2 Kings 16:17

And kingH4428 AhazH271 cut offH7112 the bordersH4526 of the bases,H4350 and removedH5493 the laverH3595 from off them; and took downH3381 the seaH3220 from off the brasenH5178 oxenH1241 that were under it, and putH5414 it upon a pavementH4837 of stones.H68

Notes

2 Kings 16:17 - 18

And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands and removed the basin from them, and he took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pedestal. And the covered way for the Sabbath that had been built inside the house and the outer entrance for the king he caused to go around the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria. ...

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