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SABBATH*, COVERT FOR THE Covered place in the court of the temple reserved for the king who stood there with his attendants on a Sabbath or feast day (2 Kgs 16:18, kjv; nlt “canopy”).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (1149). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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SABBATH, COVERED WAY FOR THE (Heb. mûsak hashshabbāt, 2 Kings 16:18). This was, no doubt, a covered place, stand, or hall in the court of the Temple used by the king whenever he visited the Temple with his attendants on the Sabbath on feast days. In what the removal of it consisted it is impossible to determine from lack of information. Some believe it means to change the name; others believe it to have been a taking down thereof. The motive may have been fear of the king of Assyria or King Ahaz’s own idolatry (cf. 2 Chron. 28:24).
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
