2 Kings 16:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ So Uriah the priest did precisely what King Ahaz ordered. ¹⁷ Later, King Ahaz ordered the side panels removed from the bases, along with the washing bowls that had stood on top of the bases. He also removed the large bowl that was called the Sea from on top of the bronze bulls that supported it, and put it on a stone base. ¹⁸ Then Ahaz removed the covered walkway for use on the Sabbath that they had built in the Temple. Because of the king of Assyria, he also removed the outside entrance from the Lord’s Temple that had been built exclusively^[a] for the king.