Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen, &c. Probably that he might dispose of them, or of the brass of them, in some other way; perhaps that he might turn them into money, either by casting them into such pieces as were current, or by selling them as they were.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 16:17
2 Kings 16:17
17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.