2 Raja-raja 16:14
Konteks16:14 He moved the bronze altar that stood in the Lord’s presence from the front of the temple (between the altar and the Lord’s temple) and put it on the north side of the new 1 altar.
2 Raja-raja 16:18
Konteks16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning 2 that had been built 3 in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. 4
[16:14] 1 tn The word “new” is added in the translation for clarification.
[16:18] 2 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מוּסַךְ (musakh; Qere) / מִיסַךְ (misakh; Kethib) is uncertain. For discussion see HALOT 557 s.v. מוּסַךְ and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189-90.
[16:18] 3 tn Heb “that they built.”
[16:18] 4 sn It is doubtful that Tiglath-pileser ordered these architectural changes. Ahaz probably made these changes so he could send some of the items and materials to the Assyrian king as tribute. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 190, 193.




