2 Kings 16:17-18
16:17 King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” down from the bronze bulls that supported it and put it on the pavement.
16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 12:17-18
12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.
12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 18:15-16
18:15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver in
the
Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the
Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated
and gave them to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:2
18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.
His mother
was Abi,
the daughter of Zechariah.
2 Kings 16:2
16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
He did not do what pleased the
Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.
2 Kings 1:1
Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Kings 1:1
Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.