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2Ki 16:17 Strong Concordance And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] cut off [07112] the borders [04526] of the bases [04350], and removed [05493] the laver [03595] from off them; and took down [03381] the sea [03220] from off the brasen [05178] oxen [01241] that were under it, and put [05414] it upon a pavement [04837] of stones [068].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HE SPOILS THE TEMPLE. (Kg2 16:17-19)

cut off the borders of the bases, &c.--It is thought that he did this to use the elaborate sculpture in adorning his palace.
 
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17 And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] cut off [07112] the borders [04526] of the bases [04350], and removed [05493] the laver [03595] from off them; and took down [03381] the sea [03220] from off the brasen [05178] oxen [01241] that were under it, and put [05414] it upon a pavement [04837] of stones [068].
18 And the covert [04329] [04329] for the sabbath [07676] that they had built [01129] in the house [01004], and the king's [04428] entry [03996] without [02435], turned [05437] he from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
19 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Ahaz [0271] which he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
12 And the great [01419] court [02691] round about [05439] was with three [07969] rows [02905] of hewed stones [01496], and a row [02905] of cedar [0730] beams [03773], both for the inner [06442] court [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and for the porch [0197] of the house [01004].
36 And he built [01129] the inner [06442] court [02691] with three [07969] rows [02905] of hewed stone [01496], and a row [02905] of cedar [0730] beams [03773].
19 Moreover all the vessels [03627], which king [04428] Ahaz [0271] in his reign [04438] did cast away [02186] in his transgression [04604], have we prepared [03559] and sanctified [06942], and, behold, they are before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068].
20 The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
17 Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
13 And the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], did the Chaldees [03778] break in pieces [07665], and carried [05375] the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
20 The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
19 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] concerning the pillars [05982], and concerning the sea [03220], and concerning the bases [04350], and concerning the residue [03499] of the vessels [03627] that remain [03498] in this city [05892],
17 Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
13 And the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], did the Chaldees [03778] break in pieces [07665], and carried [05375] the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
14 And the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the snuffers [04212], and the spoons [03709], and all the vessels [03627] of brass [05178] wherewith they ministered [08334], took they away [03947].
20 And Tilgathpilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935] unto him, and distressed [06696] him, but strengthened [02388] him not.
21 For Ahaz [0271] took away a portion [02505] out of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and out of the house [01004] of the king [04428], and of the princes [08269], and gave [05414] it unto the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: but he helped [05833] him not.
17 And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] cut off [07112] the borders [04526] of the bases [04350], and removed [05493] the laver [03595] from off them; and took down [03381] the sea [03220] from off the brasen [05178] oxen [01241] that were under it, and put [05414] it upon a pavement [04837] of stones [068].
17 And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made Mattaniah [04983] his father's brother [01730] king [04427] in his stead, and changed [05437] his name [08034] to Zedekiah [06667].
34 And Pharaohnechoh [06549] made Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04427] in the room of Josiah [02977] his father [01], and turned [05437] his name [08034] to Jehoiakim [03079], and took [03947] Jehoahaz [03059] away [03947]: and he came [0935] to Egypt [04714], and died [04191] there.
5 And the meat [03978] of his table [07979], and the sitting [04186] of his servants [05650], and the attendance [04612] of his ministers [08334], and their apparel [04403], and his cupbearers [08248], and his ascent [05930] by which he went up [05927] unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; there was no more spirit [07307] in her.
18 And the covert [04329] [04329] for the sabbath [07676] that they had built [01129] in the house [01004], and the king's [04428] entry [03996] without [02435], turned [05437] he from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
18 And the covert [04329] [04329] for the sabbath [07676] that they had built [01129] in the house [01004], and the king's [04428] entry [03996] without [02435], turned [05437] he from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].