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2 Kings 16:17

King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

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ASV

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.

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.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְקַצֵּץ֩vay.ka.Tzetzand he cut offH7112 →
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אָחָ֜ז'a.ChazAhazH271 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹתha.mis.ge.Rotthe rims ofH4526 →
הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹתha.me.kho.Notthe standsH4350 →
וַיָּ֤סַרvai.Ya.sarand he removedH5493 →
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙me.'a.lei.Hemfrom on <the> themH5921 →
אֶתve.'Et<obj.>H853 →
הַכִּיֹּ֔רha.ki.Yorthe laverH3595 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַיָּ֣םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
הוֹרִ֔דho.Ridhe took downH3381 →
מֵעַ֛לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
הַבָּקָ֥רha.ba.Karthe ox[en]H1241 →
הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁתha.ne.Cho.shetthe bronzeH5178 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָtach.Tei.ha[were] under itH8478 →
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.Tenand he putH5414 →
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
עַ֖ל'alonH5921 →
מַרְצֶ֥פֶתmar.Tze.feta pavement ofH4837 →
אֲבָנִֽים׃'a.va.Nimstone<s>H68 →

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2 Chronicles 28:24Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 4:14–15the stands; the basins on the stands;2 Chronicles 29:19Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”Jeremiah 52:20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.2 Kings 25:13–16Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.1 Kings 7:23–39He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.1 Kings 7:23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

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