2 Raja-raja 16:18

16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning ¹  that had been built ²  in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ⁴  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁵ 

[16:18]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “that they built.”

[16:18]  ³ 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.

[17:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”