18 And the [a]veil for the Sabbath (that they had made in the house) and the king’s entry without turned he to the house of the Lord, [b]because of the king of Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:18 Or, tent, wherein they lay on the Sabbath, which had served their week in the Temple, and so departed home.
  2. 2 Kings 16:18 Either to flatter the King of Assyria, when he should thus see him change the ordinance of God, or else that the Temple might be a refuge for him if the King should suddenly assail his house.

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