2 Kings 18:15
in 2 Kings 18Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, 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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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 2Ki 12:18.
This site's exposition
all the silver that was found
on 2 Kings 18:15-16
Hezekiah strips the house of the LORD. The act recalls Asa at 1 Kings 15:18 and Ahaz at 2 Kings 16:8. Sennacherib's Taylor Prism lists thirty talents of gold, though it gives eight hundred talents of silver against the text's three hundred, a difference left open.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Of Hezekiah it is written, "And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and burned the groves and broke the brazen serpent that Moses had made." And again, "He trusted in the Lord the God of Israel, and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hezekiah . . . sent to Lachish, saying, . . . that which thou puttest on me will I bear--Disappointed in his expectations of aid from Egypt, and feeling himself unable to resist so mighty a conqueror who was menacing Jerusalem itself, Hezekiah made his submission.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּן֙ | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חִזְקִיָּ֔ה | chizkiyah | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֶּ֖סֶף | hakesef | the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| הַנִּמְצָ֣א | hanimtza' | which was found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּבְאֹצְר֖וֹת | uveotzerot | and in [the] treasuries of | H214 → | 79 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיִּתֵּן֙and he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
חִזְקִיָּ֔הHezekiah
chizkiyahH2396 →127 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֶּ֖סֶףthe silver
hakesefH3701 →403 times
הַנִּמְצָ֣אwhich was found
hanimtza'H4672 →455 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּבְאֹצְר֖וֹתand in [the] treasuries of
uveotzerotH214 →79 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 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…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:18
So 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…
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
So 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 18:15–16
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
- 1 Kings 15:18
Through
1 Kings 15:15And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:51
So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and…
- 1 Kings 7:51
Through
2 Chronicles 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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 12:18
So 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…
- 2 Chronicles 28:21
Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
- 2 Kings 16:8
Through
2 Kings 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.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:17–18
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 12:17–18
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Against the Pelagians 2.21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.