2 Kings 16:18 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 16:18

And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

QUESTION 48, ON 2 KINGS (458)

I certainly do not think that he built [the altar] for the God of all things but just for certain of those who are falsely called gods. This is what the book of Chronicles points out. It reads, "In the time of his distress this …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the covert for the Sabbath - There are a great number of conjectures concerning this covert, or, as it is in the Hebrew, the מוסך musach, of the Sabbath.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מוּסַ֨ךְ	mi.sakh	[the] covered structure of	H4329 →
הַשַּׁבָּ֜ת	ha.sha.Bat	the sabbath	H7676 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בָּנ֣וּ	ba.Nu	people had built	H1129 →
בַבַּ֗יִת	va.Ba.yit	in the house	H1004 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מְב֤וֹא	me.Vo'	[the] entrance of	H3996 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הַֽחִיצ֔וֹנָה	ha.chi.Tzo.nah	<the> outer	H2435 →
הֵסֵ֖ב	he.Sev	he removed	H5437 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	<from> because of	H6440 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּֽׁוּר׃	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 46:2
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in…
leads to
- Ezekiel 44:3
  Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 46:8
  When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
Through
2 Kings 11:5
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:25
  Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
- 2 Kings 11:19
  He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…
Through
1 Kings 10:5
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:16
  The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
- Ezekiel 46:2
  The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in…
- 1 Kings 4:22–23
  Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
- 2 Chronicles 9:4
  the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her…

About 2 Kings

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PlaceUpper MesopotamiaAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's ang…

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