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

17 (A)And King Ahaz cut off (B)the panels of the carts, and removed the lavers from them; and he took down (C)the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones. 18 Also he removed the Sabbath pavilion which they had built in the temple, and he removed the king’s outer entrance from the house of the Lord, on account of the king of Assyria.

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16 And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.

17 King Ahaz cut off the side panels and removed the basins from the movable stands. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls that supported it and set it on a stone base.(A) 18 He took away the Sabbath canopy[a] that had been built at the temple and removed the royal entryway outside the temple of the Lord, in deference to the king of Assyria.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint)