16. Uriah the priest did everything King Ahaz commanded him to do.
17. Then King Ahaz took off the side panels from the bases. He took the washing bowls off the top of the bases. He also took the large bowl, which was called the Sea, off the bronze bulls that held it up. And he put it on a stone base.
18. Ahaz took away the platform for the royal throne. It had been built at the Temple. He also took away the outside entrance for the king. He did these things because of the king of Assyria.
19. The other things Ahaz did as king are written down. They are in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.