2 Kings 18:15

15 Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.

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 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
14 Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of Yahweh, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
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