2 Reyes 16:17

Listen to 2 Reyes 16:17
17 Entonces el rey Acaz cort贸 los bordes de las basas, y quit贸 de ellas la pila; tambi茅n baj贸 el mar de sobre los bueyes de bronce que estaban debajo de 茅l y lo puso sobre un enlosado de piedra.

2 Reyes 16:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:17

And King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed
the laver from off them
In the temple there were ten lavers for the priests to wash in, which are here meant, the singular being put for the plural; and these had bases of brass, on which they were set; and about these bases were borders, which had on them figures of various creatures, lions, oxen, and cherubim; and these Ahaz cut off, either to deface them, in contempt of them, or to convert the brass to other uses, as he might also the bases themselves, since he removed the lavers from off of them, see ( 1 Kings 7:27-30 )

and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen [that were] under it;
the molten sea Solomon made, which he set upon twelve oxen made of brass; this Ahaz took down from thence, either to abate its magnificence, and render it despicable, or for the sake of the brass, of which the oxen were made, see ( 1 Kings 7:23-26 )

and put it upon a pavement of stones;
not upon the floor of the temple, for that was of wood, fir, or cedar, but on rows of stones, placed instead of bases for it to stand upon.

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2 Reyes 16:17 In-Context

15 Entonces el rey Acaz dio 贸rdenes al sacerdote Ur铆as, diciendo: Quema sobre el gran altar el holocausto de la ma帽ana y la ofrenda de cereal de la tarde, el holocausto del rey y su ofrenda de cereal, con el holocausto de todo el pueblo de la tierra y con su ofrenda de cereal y sus libaciones; y roc铆a sobre 茅l toda la sangre del holocausto y toda la sangre del sacrificio. Pero el altar de bronce ser谩 para m铆 para consultar.
16 Y el sacerdote Ur铆as hizo conforme a todo lo que el rey Acaz le hab铆a ordenado.
17 Entonces el rey Acaz cort贸 los bordes de las basas, y quit贸 de ellas la pila; tambi茅n baj贸 el mar de sobre los bueyes de bronce que estaban debajo de 茅l y lo puso sobre un enlosado de piedra.
18 Y el p贸rtico para el d铆a de reposo, que hab铆an edificado en la casa, y la entrada exterior del rey, los quit贸 de la casa del SE脩OR a causa del rey de Asiria.
19 Los dem谩s hechos de Acaz, lo que hizo, 驴no est谩n escritos en el libro de las Cr贸nicas de los reyes de Jud谩?
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