2 Kings 16:17
15 Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
16 So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
18 And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
19 As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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- BSB
- King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
- ASV
- And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.
- DARBY
- And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a stone pavement.
- BLB
- And King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and he removed from them the basin. And he took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that [were] under it, and he put it on a pavement of stones.
- ÅB
- Kong Ahas skar også fyllingene ut av fotstykkene og tok karene ned av dem, og han tok havet ned av kobberoksene som sto under det, og satte det på et underlag av stein.
- OTB
- Da skar kong Akas av kantene på stativene, og fjernet vaskebassenget fra dem; han tok også ned havet fra bronseoksene som var under det, og satte det på et steinbelegg.
- B1930
- Kong Akas skar også fyllingene ut av fotstykkene og tok karene ned av dem, og han tok havet ned av kobberoksene som stod under det, og satte det på et underlag av sten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 29:19
Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”
Read in contextJeremiah 52:20
As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
Read in context2 Kings 25:13–16
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
Read in context2 Chronicles 4:14–15
the stands; the basins on the stands;
Read in context2 Chronicles 28:24
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Kings 7:23–39
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
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