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2 Kings 18:15

Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house (temple) of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house (palace).

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jerusalem;   Lachish;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Times of the Gentiles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Kings;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliakim;   Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Sennacherib;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Lachish;   Nahum;   Palestine;   Temple;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Isaiah, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Jerusalem;   Sennacherib;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archaeology and Biblical Study;   Assyria, History and Religion of;   Economic Life;   Isaiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Tribute;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Lachish;   Philistines;   Rab-Shakeh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Sennacherib;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hezeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gold;   Hezekiah (2);   Isaiah;   Temple;   Treasure;   Treasury (of Temple);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Assyria;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace.
Hebrew Names Version
Hizkiyahu gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
New Century Version
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was in the Temple of the Lord and in the palace treasuries.
New English Translation
Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord 's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
New American Standard Bible
Hezekiah then gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house.
World English Bible
Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the Kings house.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king's house.
Berean Standard Bible
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
Contemporary English Version
So Hezekiah collected all the silver from the Lord 's temple and the royal treasury.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hizkiyahu gave him all the silver that could be found in the house of Adonai and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
Darby Translation
And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Easy-to-Read Version
Hezekiah gave all the silver that was in the Lord 's Temple and in the king's treasuries.
George Lamsa Translation
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasures of the kings house.
Good News Translation
Hezekiah sent him all the silver in the Temple and in the palace treasury;
Lexham English Bible
Then Hezekiah gave all of the silver found in the temple of Yahweh and in the storerooms of the house of the king.
Literal Translation
And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Ezechias gaue all ye slyuer yt was foude in ye house of the LORDE, & in the treasures of ye kynges house.
American Standard Version
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Bible in Basic English
So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia gaue him all the siluer that was founde in the house of the Lorde, & in the treasures of the kinges house
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And Hezekiah gaue him all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the kings house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ezekias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ezechie yaf al the siluer, that was foundun in the hows of the Lord, and in the kyngis tresories.
Young's Literal Translation
and Hezekiah giveth all the silver that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king;
Update Bible Version
And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
New Living Translation
To gather this amount, King Hezekiah used all the silver stored in the Temple of the Lord and in the palace treasury.
New Life Bible
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the store-rooms of the king's house.
New Revised Standard
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Hezekiah delivered up all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasuries of the house of the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ezechias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s treasures.
Revised Standard Version
And Hezeki'ah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house.
THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah of Judah In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz began his rule over Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. In God 's opinion he was a good king; he kept to the standards of his ancestor David. He got rid of the local fertility shrines, smashed the phallic stone monuments, and cut down the sex-and-religion Asherah groves. As a final stroke he pulverized the ancient bronze serpent that Moses had made; at that time the Israelites had taken up the practice of sacrificing to it—they had even dignified it with a name, Nehushtan (The Old Serpent). Hezekiah put his whole trust in the God of Israel. There was no king quite like him, either before or after. He held fast to God —never loosened his grip—and obeyed to the letter everything God had commanded Moses. And God , for his part, held fast to him through all his adventures. He revolted against the king of Assyria; he refused to serve him one more day. And he drove back the Philistines, whether in sentry outposts or fortress cities, all the way to Gaza and its borders. In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes. All this happened because they wouldn't listen to the voice of their God and treated his covenant with careless contempt. They refused either to listen or do a word of what Moses, the servant of God , commanded. In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the outlying fortress cities of Judah and captured them. King Hezekiah sent a message to the king of Assyria at his headquarters in Lachish: "I've done wrong; I admit it. Pull back your army; I'll pay whatever tribute you set." The king of Assyria demanded tribute from Hezekiah king of Judah—eleven tons of silver and a ton of gold. Hezekiah turned over all the silver he could find in The Temple of God and in the palace treasuries. Hezekiah even took down the doors of The Temple of God and the doorposts that he had overlaid with gold and gave them to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria sent his top three military chiefs (the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh) from Lachish with a strong military force to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool on the road to the laundry commons. They called loudly for the king. Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the court historian went out to meet them. The third officer, the Rabshakeh, was spokesman. He said, "Tell Hezekiah: A message from The Great King, the king of Assyria: You're living in a world of make-believe, of pious fantasy. Do you think that mere words are any substitute for military strategy and troops? Now that you've revolted against me, who can you expect to help you? You thought Egypt would, but Egypt's nothing but a paper tiger—one puff of wind and she collapses; Pharaoh king of Egypt is nothing but bluff and bluster. Or are you going to tell me, ‘We rely on God '? But Hezekiah has just eliminated most of the people's access to God by getting rid of all the local God-shrines, ordering everyone in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at the Jerusalem altar only.' "So be reasonable. Make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I'll give you two thousand horses if you think you can provide riders for them. You can't do it? Well, then, how do you think you're going to turn back even one raw buck private from my master's troops? How long are you going to hold on to that figment of your imagination, these hoped-for Egyptian chariots and horses? "Do you think I've come up here to destroy this country without the express approval of God ? The fact is that God expressly ordered me, ‘Attack and destroy this country!'" Eliakim son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, "Please, speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand Aramaic. Don't speak in Hebrew—everyone crowded on the city wall can hear you." But the Rabshakeh said, "We weren't sent with a private message to your master and you; this is public—a message to everyone within earshot. After all, they're involved in this as well as you; if you don't come to terms, they'll be eating their own turds and drinking their own pee right along with you." Then he stepped forward and spoke in Hebrew loud enough for everyone to hear, "Listen carefully to the words of The Great King, the king of Assyria: Don't let Hezekiah fool you; he can't save you. And don't let Hezekiah give you that line about trusting in God , telling you, ‘ God will save us—this city will never be abandoned to the king of Assyria.' Don't listen to Hezekiah—he doesn't know what he's talking about. Listen to the king of Assyria—deal with me and live the good life; I'll guarantee everyone your own plot of ground—a garden and a well! I'll take you to a land sweeter by far than this one, a land of grain and wine, bread and vineyards, olive orchards and honey. You only live once—so live, really live! "No. Don't listen to Hezekiah. Don't listen to his lies, telling you ‘ God will save us.' Has there ever been a god anywhere who delivered anyone from the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? And Samaria—did their gods save them? Can you name a god who saved anyone anywhere from me, the king of Assyria? So what makes you think that God can save Jerusalem from me?" The people were silent. No one spoke a word for the king had ordered, "Don't anyone say a word—not one word!" Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator, and Shebna the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the court historian went back to Hezekiah. They had ripped their robes in despair; they reported to Hezekiah the speech of the Rabshakeh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house.

Contextual Overview

9Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser the king of Assyria went up against Samaria and besieged it. 10At the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11Then the king of Assyria sent Israel into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of [the city of] Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but broke His covenant, everything that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would not listen nor do it. 13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah [except Jerusalem] and captured them. 14Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah [a tribute tax of] three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house (temple) of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house (palace).16At that time Hezekiah cut away the gold framework from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts which he had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 15:15, 1 Kings 15:18, 1 Kings 15:19, 2 Chronicles 16:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:4 - brought 1 Chronicles 27:25 - the king's 1 Chronicles 28:12 - the treasuries 2 Chronicles 12:9 - took away 2 Chronicles 28:21 - took away Isaiah 10:13 - robbed Joel 3:5 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 12:13
"Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you."
Genesis 18:25
"Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and righteous judgment]?"
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered, "Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.
Job 2:10
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the [spiritually] foolish women speaks [ignorant and oblivious to God's will]. Shall we indeed accept [only] good from God and not [also] accept adversity and disaster?" In [spite of] all this Job did not sin with [words from] his lips.
Psalms 44:21
Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.
Mark 2:8
Immediately Jesus, being fully aware [of their hostility] and knowing in His spirit that they were thinking this, said to them, "Why are you debating and arguing about these things in your hearts?
John 2:25
and He did not need anyone to testify concerning man [and human nature], for He Himself knew what was in man [in their hearts—in the very core of their being].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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