Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
- KJV 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.
- ESV 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT To gather this amount, King Hezekiah used all the silver stored in the Temple of the Lord and in the palace treasury.
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Quick answer
Hezekiah handed over all the silver from the temple and royal treasuries to pay Assyria. The cost of appeasement was severe and reached into God's house.
Overview
To meet Sennacherib's demand, Hezekiah emptied both the LORD's house and his own treasury. Stripping the temple shows how desperate the situation was and how appeasement failed to satisfy Assyria. This sober detail reveals the futility of trusting in payment rather than in God. True security would come only when Hezekiah turned wholly to the LORD in prayer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Kgs 15:18–19So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Kgs 16:8Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 12:18So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 16:2So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kgs 15:15And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
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