Verse 17
2 Kings 16:17
King James Version
17
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְקַצֵּץ֩ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶת הַ/מִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַ/מְּכֹנ֗וֹת וַ/יָּ֤סַר מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ ו/את אֶת הַ/כִּיֹּ֔ר וְ/אֶת הַ/יָּ֣ם הוֹרִ֔ד מֵ/עַ֛ל הַ/בָּקָ֥ר הַ/נְּחֹ֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָ וַ/יִּתֵּ֣ן אֹת֔/וֹ עַ֖ל מַרְצֶ֥פֶת אֲבָנִֽים
English Translation
And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the bases and removed the bronze sea from upon the bronze oxen that were beneath it, and he put it on a stone pavement.
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Chapter 16 Context
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In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to r...
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Twenty years old
was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did no...
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But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, acc...
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And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree...
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Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and t...
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At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Sy...
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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: co...
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And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of t...
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And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and to...
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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that
was at...
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And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urij...
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And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the alt...
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and he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled...
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And he brought also the brasen altar, which
was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, fr...
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And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offer...
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Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
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And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down t...
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And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turne...
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of...
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And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah...
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