2 Reyes 18:14

14 Entonces Ezequías le envió este mensaje al rey de Asiria, que se encontraba en Laquis: «He actuado mal. Si te retiras, te pagaré cualquier tributo que me impongas». El rey de Asiria le impuso a Ezequías, rey de Judá, un tributo de nueve mil novecientos kilos de plata y novecientos noventa kilos^[a] de oro.

2 Reyes 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:14

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
Lachish
A city in the tribe of Judah, about twenty miles from Jerusalem, towards the southwest ^F17; which the king of Assyria was now besieging, ( 2 Chronicles 32:9 ) at first Hezekiah made provision to defend himself, and encouraged his people not to be afraid of the king of Assyria, ( 2 Chronicles 32:1-8 ) , but understanding he had taken his fortified cities, and made such progress with his arms, he was disheartened, and sent an embassy to him to sue for peace; judging it more advisable to buy it than to expose his capital to a siege; in which he betrayed much weakness and distrust of the power and providence of God:

saying, I have offended;
not the Lord, but the king of Assyria by rebelling against him, or refusing to pay the yearly tribute to him; he owned he had acted imprudently, and had given him, just occasion to invade his land:

return from me;
from his land, from proceeding to Jerusalem, which he seemed to have a design upon, and go back to his own country with his army, and make no further conquests:

that which thou puttest on me I will bear;
what mulct or fine he should lay upon him, or tribute he should impose upon him, or whatever he should demand of him, he would submit to:

and the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah
three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold;
to be paid to him directly; which, according to Brerewood ^F18, amounted to 247,500 pounds.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Bunting's Travels p. 99.
F18 De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5.

2 Reyes 18:14 In-Context

12 Esto sucedió porque no obedecieron al SEÑOR su Dios, sino que violaron su pacto. No cumplieron ni pusieron en práctica lo que Moisés, siervo del SEÑOR, les había ordenado.

13 En el año catorce del reinado de Ezequías, Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, atacó y tomó todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá.

14 Entonces Ezequías le envió este mensaje al rey de Asiria, que se encontraba en Laquis: «He actuado mal. Si te retiras, te pagaré cualquier tributo que me impongas». El rey de Asiria le impuso a Ezequías, rey de Judá, un tributo de nueve mil novecientos kilos de plata y novecientos noventa kilos de oro.

15 Así que Ezequías le entregó a Senaquerib toda la plata que había en el templo del SEÑOR y en los tesoros del palacio real.

16 Fue entonces cuando Ezequías, rey de Judá, les quitó a las puertas y los quiciales del templo del SEÑOR el oro con que él mismo los había cubierto, y se lo entregó al rey de Asiria.

Footnotes

• [a]. "nueve mil novecientos kilos " "… " "novecientos noventa kilos" . Lit. "trescientos talentos … treinta talentos" .