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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 28:24 - Strong Concordance

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2Ch 28:24 Strong Concordance And Ahaz [0271] gathered together [0622] the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], and cut in pieces [07112] the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], and shut up [05462] the doors [01817] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and he made [06213] him altars [04196] in every corner [06438] of Jerusalem [03389].
  King James And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Compare Kg2 16:17 note. The temple-worship was suspended, the lamps put out, and the doors shut, to prevent the priests from entering. The Jews still celebrate a yearly fast in commemoration of this time of affliction.

Altars - As the one altar for sacrifice, which alone the Law allowed, symbolized the doctrine of one God, so these many altars spoke unmistakeably of the all-embracing polytheism affected by Ahaz.
 
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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].
3 He in the first [07223] year [08141] of his reign [04427], in the first [07223] month [02320], opened [06605] the doors [01817] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and repaired [02388] them.