And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Here is, I. Ahaz abusing the temple, not the building itself, but some of the furniture of it. 1. He defaced the bases on which the lavers were set (Kg1 7:28, Kg1 7:29) and took down the molten sea, Kg2 16:17. These the priests used for washing; against them therefore he seems to have had a particular spite.
Commenting on 2 Kings 16:17-20
Was buried with his fathers in the city of David - But it is expressly declared, Ch2 28:27, that he was not buried in the sepulchres of the kings of Israel; and this was undoubtedly intended as a mark of degradation. His reign was disastrous and impious; and it was disastrous because it was impious. He had been a scourge, not a blessing, to his people.
2Ki 16:19-20 Conclusion of the reign of Ahaz. According to 2Ch 28:27, he was buried in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Commenting on 2 Kings 16:19-20