17 Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands , and removed the laver from them; he also took down the sea from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone . 18 The covered way for the sabbath which they had built in the house , and the outer entry of the king , he removed from the house of the Lord because e of the king of Assyria . 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 16:17-19
Commentary on 2 Kings 16:17-20
(Read 2 Kings 16:17-20)
Ahaz put contempt upon the sabbath, and thus opened a wide inlet to all manner of sin. This he did for the king of Assyria. When those who have had a ready passage to the house of the Lord, turn it another way to please their neighbours, they are going down-hill apace to ruin.