2 Kings 16:18

16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning33 that had been built34 in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.35

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33	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.
34	tn Heb “that they built.”
35	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.