2 Kings 16:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 16:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 16:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 16:17 WEB — 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.”
2 Kings 16:17 — World English Bible
2 Kings 16:17 ASV — 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. ”
2 Kings 16:17 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 16:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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 <FI>are<Fi> under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.”
2 Kings 16:17 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 16:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a stone pavement. ”
2 Kings 16:17 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 16:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“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.”
2 Kings 16:17 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 16:17 in Context — 2 Kings 16
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 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.
18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.
19 Now 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?
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What Does 2 Kings 16:17 Mean?
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