2 Kings 18:15

15 Hizkiyahu gave him all the silver that could be found in the house of ADONAI and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

2 Kings 18:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:15

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the
house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
] To make up the three hundred talents of silver, for which purpose he exhausted both, which had been done more than once before by the kings of Judah; these were their resources in times of distress; see ( 2 Kings 12:18 ) ( 16:8 ) .

2 Kings 18:15 In-Context

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hizkiyahu, Sancheriv king of Ashur advanced against all the fortified cities of Y'hudah and captured them.
14 Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah sent this message to the king of Ashur at Lakhish: "I have done wrong. If you will go away from me, I will pay whatever penalty you impose on me." The king of Ashur imposed on Hizkiyahu a penalty of ten tons of silver and a ton of gold.
15 Hizkiyahu gave him all the silver that could be found in the house of ADONAI and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
16 It was at that time that Hizkiyahu stripped the gold from the doors of the sanctuary of ADONAI and from the doorposts which Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah himself had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Ashur.
17 From Lakhish the king of Ashur sent Tartan, Rav-Saris and Rav-Shakeh to King Hizkiyahu in Yerushalayim with a large army. They advanced and came to Yerushalayim. Upon arrival, they came and positioned themselves by the aqueduct from the Upper Pool, which is by the road to the Launderers' Field.
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