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2 Kings 18:15

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What does 2 Kings 18:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house.
2 Kings 18:15 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 18

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house.
16At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And 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.
18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“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 <121218>2 Kings 12:18 16:8).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“18:15-16 Hezekiah paid a heavy price for refusing to pay tribute money to the king of Assyria. Now, to satisfy Sennacherib’s demands he emptied the silver and gold from the Temple and the palace treasury (cp. 2 Chr 16:1-9).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Kg2 12:18, Kg2 16:8; Kg1 15:15, Kg1 15:18, Kg1 15:19; Ch2 16:2 4 Kings (2 Kings) 18:16”
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