Lièwángjìxià 16:17

17 Yàhāsī wáng dá diào pén zuò sìmiàn xiāng zhe de xīn zǐ , bǎ pén cóng zuò shàng nuó xià lái , yòu jiāng tóng hǎi cóng tuó hǎi de tóng niú shàng bān xià lái , fàng zaì pū shí dì .

Lièwángjìxià 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.

Lièwángjìxià 16:17 In-Context

15 Yàhāsī wáng fēnfu jìsī Wūlìyà shuō , zǎochen de Fánjì , wǎnshang de sù jì , wáng de Fánjì , sù jì , guóneì zhòng mín de Fánjì , sù jì , diàn jì dōu yào shāo zaì dà tán shàng . Fánjì shēng hépíng ān jì shēng de xuè yĕ yào sǎ zaì zhè tán shàng , zhǐshì tóng tán wǒ yào yòng yǐ qiú wèn Yēhéhuá .

16 Jìsī Wūlìyà jiù zhào zhe Yàhāsī wáng suǒ fēnfu de xíng le .

17 Yàhāsī wáng dá diào pén zuò sìmiàn xiāng zhe de xīn zǐ , bǎ pén cóng zuò shàng nuó xià lái , yòu jiāng tóng hǎi cóng tuó hǎi de tóng niú shàng bān xià lái , fàng zaì pū shí dì .

18 Yòu yīn Yàshù wáng de yuángù , jiāng Yēhéhuá diàn wèi ānxīrì suǒ gaì de lángzi hé wáng cóng waì rù diàn de lángzi nuó yí , wéirǎo Yēhéhuá de diàn .

19 Yàhāsī qíyú suǒ xíng de shì dōu xiĕ zaì Yóudà liè wáng jì shàng .