2 Kings 18
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2 Kings 18:13-19

131Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. 14Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent messengers to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “2I have done wrong. 3Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will endure.” So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah the payment of three hundred 4talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 155Hezekiah then gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house. 16At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the doorposts, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

17Then the king of Assyria sent 6Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the 7conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the 8fuller’s field. 18Then they called to the king, and 9Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the household, 10Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, went out to them.

19And Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria says: “11What is this confidence that you 12have?

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 18:13 2 Chr 32:1; Is 36:1-39:8 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 18:14 2 Kin 18:7 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 18:14 Lit Turn back ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 18:14 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 18:15 1 Kin 15:18, 19; 2 Kin 12:18; 16:8 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 18:17 Is 20:1 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 18:17 2 Kin 20:20; Is 7:3 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 18:17 I.e., launderer’s ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 18:18 2 Kin 19:2; Is 22:20 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 18:18 Is 22:15 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 18:19 2 Chr 32:10 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Kings 18:19 Lit trust ↩

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