2 Kings 16:16-18

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¹⁶ So Uriah the priest did everything as King Ahaz commanded him.

¹⁷ Then King Ahaz ·took [cut] off the side panels from the bases and removed the ·washing bowls [basins] from the top of the ·bases [movable stands; portable water carts]. He also took the large bowl, which was called the Sea, off the bronze ·bulls [oxen] that held it up, and he put it on ·a [the] stone ·base [pavement; pediment]. ¹⁸ Ahaz took away the ·platform [dais; or canopy; covered portal] for the royal throne, which had been built at the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord. He also took away the outside entrance for the king. He did these things because of the king of Assyria [^Cto show deference and submission].