2 Kings 16:17 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 16:17

2 Kings 16:17. Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen, &c. Probably that he might dispose of them, or of the brass of them, in some other way; perhaps that he might turn them into money, either by casting them into such pieces as were current, or by selling them as they were. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Judah’s decline under Ahaz (15:27-16:20)The writer of Kings records the Assyrian attack mentioned above. Pekah’s policy had proved fatal and he was assassinated by Hoshea, a sympathizer with Assyria. Hoshea then became king and won temporary relief for Israel by submitting to Assyria’s control (27-31).Before speaking further of Hoshea, the writer returns to the time before Pekah was assassinated. Pekah’s program for the conquest of Judah had begun during the reign of Jotham, but reached its... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 16:17

the laver. Compare 1 Kings 7:23-39 . 2 Chronicles 28:24 , 2 Chronicles 28:25 . the Sea. Compare 1 Kings 7:23-26 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:17

STILL FURTHER CHANGES ORDERED BY AHAZ"And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone. And the covered way for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he unto the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 16:17

17. cut off the borders of the bases, &c.—It is thought that he did this to use the elaborate sculpture in adorning his palace. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 16:10-18

Ahaz’s apostasy 16:10-18As Ahab had imported Baal worship from Phoenicia, so Ahaz imported a foreign altar from Damascus (cf. Amaziah of Judah’s Edomite idols, 2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 25:20). As Judah’s king-priest, he led the nation in worshipping at an altar different from what Yahweh had specified (Exodus 27:1-8). Furthermore, he removed the altar God had established from the place God had said it should occupy in the temple courtyard (Exodus 40:6; Exodus 40:29)."Readers could... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Ahaz and AssyriaThis chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and the overthrow of Damascus by the king of Assyria.3. He walked, etc.] see 2 Chronicles 28:2 where he is described as making images for Baalim. Made his son.. fire] Children were sometimes actually sacrificed and burnt (see 2 Kings 17:31; 2 Kings 3:27), and the same thing may be meant here, but some think that the rite here described was a kind of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 16:17-18

(17, 18) And king Ahaz cut off.—The key to the right understanding of these verses is given in the last words of 2 Kings 16:18. Ahaz spoiled the Temple of its ornamental work, not out of wanton malice, but from dire necessity. He had to provide a present for the king of Assyria. Thus these verses are really a continuation of the first statement of 2 Kings 16:10. They inform us how Ahaz managed not to appear empty-handed at Damascus. (So Thenius.) Prof. R. Smith says: “Ahaz, whose treasures had... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Lowering the Sea 2 Kings 16:17 'King Ahaz... took down the sea.' The reference is to the enormous and superb laver which was situate in the temple, and was intended for the cleansing of the priests. I. We have not lowered the sea! No. But we have Frustrated the Divine Plan. That plan we may not have spoiled utterly, thanks to restraining grace, but we have frustrated it in detail. True, Ahaz did not frustrate God's plan as a whole. He 'took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-18

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ2 Kings 16:1-18"For when we in our wickedness grow hard,Oh the misery on’t! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our errors; laugh at us while we strut To our confusion."AHAZ was indifferent to these prophecies because his heart was otherwhere. It is clear from our authorities that this king had excited an unusually deep antipathy in the hearts of those later writers who judged religion not only from the earlier standpoint,... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 16:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 16:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 16:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 16:10-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 16:17-18

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-18

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