2Ki 16:17-18 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 16:17-18: 16:17-18 Because the side panels and basins from the ... water carts and the Sea were made of bronze (see 1 Kgs 7:25-40 ), Ahaz might have used them to pay tribute or for some other project. • In deference: Apparently at the request of the king of Assyria , Ahaz removed the canopy that led to the inner court as well as to the king’s private entrance to the Temple . Judah paid a heavy price in loss of freedom because of Ahaz’s trust in the Assyrian king’s military intervention on their behalf (2 Kgs 16:7-8 , 10 ).

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‏ 2 Kings 16:17-18

Summary for 2Kgs 16:17-18: 16:17-18 ^a Because the side panels and basins from the ... water carts and the Sea were made of bronze (see 1 Kgs 7:25-40 ^b), Ahaz might have used them to pay tribute or for some other project.

• In deference: Apparently at the request of the king of Assyria, Ahaz removed the canopy that led to the inner court as well as to the king’s private entrance to the Temple. Judah paid a heavy price in loss of freedom because of Ahaz’s trust in the Assyrian king’s military intervention on their behalf (2 Kgs 16:7-8 ^c, 10 ^d).