2 Rois 16:18

18 Il changea dans la maison de l'Eternel, à cause du roi d'Assyrie, le portique du sabbat qu'on y avait bâti et l'entrée extérieure du roi.

2 Rois 16:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:18

And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the
house
Used on the sabbath day, either for the people to sit under to hear the law explained by the priests; or for the course of the priests to be in, that went out that day, to give way to the course that entered, which yet did not depart from the temple till evening; or rather for the king himself to sit under, while attending the temple service of that day, and might be the cover of the scaffold, ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ) and be very rich cloth of gold; and therefore he took it away for the king of Assyria, or to signify that he should not frequent the place any more: and hence it follows,

and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord;
the way which led from the king's palace to it, he turned it a round about way, that it might not be discerned there was a way from the one to the other: and this he did

for the king of Assyria;
to gratify him, that he might from hence conclude that he had wholly relinquished the worship of God in the temple, and should cleave to the gods of Damascus and Syria; or for fear of him, that he might not see the way into the temple, and take away the vessels; or find him, should he be obliged to hide himself there, when in danger by him.

2 Rois 16:18 In-Context

16 Le sacrificateur Urie se conforma à tout ce que le roi Achaz avait ordonné.

17 Et le roi Achaz brisa les panneaux des bases, et en ôta les bassins qui étaient dessus. Il descendit la mer de dessus les boeufs d'airain qui étaient sous elle, et il la posa sur un pavé de pierres.

18 Il changea dans la maison de l'Eternel, à cause du roi d'Assyrie, le portique du sabbat qu'on y avait bâti et l'entrée extérieure du roi.

19 Le reste des actions d'Achaz, et tout ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?

20 Achaz se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David. Et Ezéchias, son fils, régna à sa place.