Berean Standard Bible

2 Kings 18:13-17

13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 14So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.”

And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver1 and thirty talents of gold.2 15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

16At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

17Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan,3 the Rabsaris,4 and the Rabshakeh,5 along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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Notes

1. 2 Kings 18:14 300 talents is approximately 11.3 tons or 10.3 metric tons of silver. ↩
2. 2 Kings 18:14 30 talents is approximately 1.13 tons or 1.03 metric tons of gold. ↩
3. 2 Kings 18:17 Hebrew Tartan is the title of a field marshal, general, or commander in the Assyrian military. ↩
4. 2 Kings 18:17 Hebrew Rabsaris is the title of the chief eunuch in the Assyrian military. ↩
5. 2 Kings 18:17 Hebrew Rabshakeh is the title of a high-ranking Assyrian military officer; here and throughout chapters 18 and 19, as well as Isaiah 36 and 37. ↩

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