2 Kings 16:18
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
This text belongs to the Jewish history that was held up in parable to present to the Jews their future as the result of their own course of action. It was Christ who set that history before them in this way, making their past a revelation of what their conduct would bring upon them. The course shown in this chapter was the forging of fetters, a work carried on through thousands of years. By it they bound themselves in a bondage that no human power could break.