2 Kings 16:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands, removed the lavers from them, and took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the basins from them. He also took down the sea from the bronze oxen that supported it and placed it on a stone pavement.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And kynge Achas brake downe the seates, and put a waye the ketell from aboue, and toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that were there vnder, and set it vpon ye pauement of stone.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And King Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and tooke the caldrons from off them, and tooke downe the sea from the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And king Ahaz brake the sydes of the botomes, and toke the lauer from of them, & toke downe the lauatorie from of the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that `are' under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took“The Sea” down from the bronze bulls that supported it and put it on the stone pavement.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 7:23-39 : 23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other; it was round all about, and its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits encircled it. 24 And under the brim around it were knobs encircling it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea all around; the knobs were cast in two rows when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set upon them, and all their hind parts were inward. 26 And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; it contained two thousand baths. 27 And he made ten bases of bronze; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. 28 And the workmanship of the bases was as follows: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges. 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a base above, and beneath the lions and oxen were additions of thin work. 30 And each base had four bronze wheels and plates of bronze, and the four corners had supports; the supports were molten beneath the lavers, at the side of each addition. 31 And the opening in the top of the base was within the capital and above one cubit; but the mouth was round after the shape of the base, a cubit and a half; and there were engravings with their borders, square, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were joined to the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 And the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 And there were four supports at the four corners of each base; the supports themselves were part of the base. 35 And on the top of the base was a circular piece half a cubit high; and on the top of the base, its ledges and its borders were part of it. 36 On the plates of its ledges and on its borders, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the open space on each, with wreaths all around. 37 Thus he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. 38 Then he made ten bronze lavers; each laver held forty baths, each laver was four cubits; on each of the ten bases, one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house, eastward, toward the south.
  • 2 Kgs 25:13-16 : 13 And the bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 And they took away the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels used in ministering. 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the bronze of all these vessels was beyond measure.
  • 2 Chr 4:14-15 : 14 He also made stands, and lavers made upon the stands; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
  • 2 Chr 28:24 : 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 29:19 : 19 Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz cast away during his reign in his transgression, we have prepared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
  • Jer 52:20 : 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the bronze of these vessels was beyond weight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 16:18-19
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    79%

    18He also removed the sabbath canopy they had built in the house, and the king's outer entry, from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

    19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Kgs 16:14-16
    3 verses
    77%

    14He also brought the bronze altar, which was before the LORD, from the front of the temple, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

    15Then king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.

    16Thus Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

  • 2 Chr 28:24
    76%

    24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 29:19
    75%

    19Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz cast away during his reign in his transgression, we have prepared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 4:14-15
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    74%

    14He also made stands, and lavers made upon the stands;

    15One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-12
    6 verses
    74%

    7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

    8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

    9The king of Assyria heeded him, for he went up against Damascus, captured it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.

    10Then king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

    11Then Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus.

    12And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and offered on it.

  • 2 Chr 28:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21For Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but he did not help him.

    22And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.

  • 2 Kgs 18:16
    74%

    16At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • 1 Kgs 7:27-30
    4 verses
    74%

    27And he made ten bases of bronze; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

    28And the workmanship of the bases was as follows: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges.

    29And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a base above, and beneath the lions and oxen were additions of thin work.

    30And each base had four bronze wheels and plates of bronze, and the four corners had supports; the supports were molten beneath the lavers, at the side of each addition.

  • 2 Kgs 25:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And the bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon.

    14And they took away the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels used in ministering.

  • 1 Kgs 7:43-44
    2 verses
    73%

    43The ten bases and ten lavers on the bases;

    44The one sea and twelve oxen under the sea;

  • Jer 52:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Also, the bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.

    18The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away.

  • Exod 35:16
    73%

    16The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

  • 2 Kgs 23:12
    72%

    12And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

  • Exod 30:28
    72%

    28And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

  • Exod 31:9
    72%

    9The altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base,

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    71%

    16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the bronze of all these vessels was beyond measure.

  • 2 Chr 33:15
    71%

    15And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37-40
    4 verses
    71%

    37Thus he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

    38Then he made ten bronze lavers; each laver held forty baths, each laver was four cubits; on each of the ten bases, one laver.

    39And he put five bases on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house, eastward, toward the south.

    40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work he did for King Solomon for the house of the LORD:

  • 2 Chr 4:2
    70%

    2Also he made a cast sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, perfectly round, and five cubits high; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    70%

    3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 28:2
    70%

    2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for Baalim.

  • 2 Kgs 16:5
    70%

    5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

  • Jer 52:20
    70%

    20The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the bronze of these vessels was beyond weight.

  • 2 Kgs 18:4
    70%

    4He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.

  • 1 Kgs 7:23-24
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    70%

    23And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other; it was round all about, and its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

    24And under the brim around it were knobs encircling it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea all around; the knobs were cast in two rows when it was cast.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
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    12Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?

  • 2 Chr 28:19
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    19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made Judah act wickedly and transgressed grievously against the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 18:8
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    8Likewise, from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a great deal of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.

  • 2 Chr 4:6
    70%

    6He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such items as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.