2 Kings 18:14-15

14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "¹I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 ²Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house.

2 Kings 18:14-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 18

This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, the reformation he made in the kingdom, and the prosperity that attended him when Israel was carried captive, 2Ki 18:1-12 and gives an account of the siege of Jerusalem by the king of Assyria, and of the distress Hezekiah was in, and the hard measures he was obliged to submit unto, 2Ki 18:13-18 and of the reviling and blasphemous speech of Rabshakeh, one of the generals of the king of Assyria, urging the Jews to a revolt from their king, 2Ki 18:19-37.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 18:7
• 2. 1 Kings 15:18, 19; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 16:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Return"
• [b]. Lit "give"
• [c]. Lit "put on"