17
Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and removed the laver from them; he removed the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pediment of stone.
18
The covered portal for use on the sabbath that had been built inside the palace, and the outer entrance for the king he removed from the house of the Lord. He did this because of the king of Assyria.
19
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?
20
Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David; his son Hezekiah succeeded him.