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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Kings 16:18

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2 Kings16:18

18. the covert for the Sabbath--the portico through which the priests entered the temple on the Sabbath.

the king's entry without--a private external entrance for the king into the temple. The change made by Ahaz consisted in removing both of these into the temple from fear of the king of Assyria, that, in case of a siege, he might secure the entrance of the temple from him.

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