¹⁹ We have prepared and consecrated all the articles^(A) that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”

²⁴ Ahaz gathered together the furnishings^(A) from the temple of God^(B) and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors^(C) of the Lord’s temple and set up altars^(D) at every street corner in Jerusalem.