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2 Kings 18:13-17

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Return from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house. At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of Yahweh’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Return from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house. At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of Yahweh’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field. When they had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came out to them. Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust? You say (but they are but vain words), ‘There is counsel and strength for war.’ Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him. But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God;’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?’ Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Have I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ” ’ ”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

    Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Return from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

    At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of Yahweh’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

    The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

  • KJV King James Version

    Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    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.

    At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    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.

    At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the door-posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers' field.

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Cross-references (23)

  • 1 Kings 15:18-19 (v15) Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and…
  • 2 Kings 16:8 (v15) Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the…
  • 2 Kings 20:20 (v17) Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t…
  • Isaiah 7:3 (v17) Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the…
  • Isaiah 20:1 (v17) In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
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  • 2 Kings 18:7 (v14) Yahweh was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
  • Isaiah 36:1-22 (v13) Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.…
  • 2 Kings 12:18 (v15) Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and…
  • 2 Chronicles 16:2 (v15) Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria,…
  • Isaiah 36:2 (v17) The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper…
  • 1 Kings 6:31-35 (v16) For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. So he made…
  • 1 Kings 15:15 (v15) He brought into Yahweh’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated: silver, gold, and…
  • 1 Kings 20:4 (v14) The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
  • 2 Chronicles 29:3 (v16) In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of Yahweh’s house, and repaired them.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:1-23 (v13) After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities,…
  • 2 Chronicles 32:9 (v17) After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to…
  • Proverbs 29:25 (v14) The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
  • Isaiah 7:17-25 (v13) Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from…
  • Isaiah 8:7-8 (v13) now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come…
  • Isaiah 10:5 (v13) Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
  • Isaiah 22:9-11 (v17) You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. You counted the houses…
  • Hosea 12:1-2 (v13) Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil…
  • Luke 14:32 (v14) Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv14, 17 As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness…

As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that none should glory in himself.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv13–17 2Ki 18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 16, 17 Sennacherib, the son or successor of Shalmaneser.
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v17 Here is, I. Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib's army, Kg2…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv13–14 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 17 Them - Many of them; universal particles being frequently…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v17 Verse 17. The king of Assyria sent Tartan, c.]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 17 2Ki 18:13. Sennacherib king of Assyria — Who succeeded…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 16, 17 In the fourteenth year - This note of time,…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv13, 16, 17 Sennacherib’s expedition in Egypt and Asia are mentioned by…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 17 Sennacherib--the son and successor of Shalmaneser.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv13–17 SENNACHERIB’S INVASION OF JUDAH, 2Ki_18:13-16.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv13–17 13–16. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invades Judah. Hezekiah submits,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv13–17 (13) In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah.—The fall…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv13–17 Vers. 13-16. FIRST EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH. The…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v13 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain On v13 2Ki_18:13-37; 2Ki_19:1-37
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On v13 2Ki_18:13. In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah did Sennacherib,…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v17 The Assyrian Expedition Against Jerusalem
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv13, 16 This is the name of a man. (See: How…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv13, 14, 15, 17 18:13 The annals of King Sennacherib of Assyria describe…
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