Sennacherib’s Invasion

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.(A) 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish,(B) saying, “I have done wrong;(C) withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.” The king of Assyria demanded 11 tons[a] of silver and one ton[b] of gold from King Hezekiah of Judah. 15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace.

16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s sanctuary and from the doorposts he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.(D)

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan,(E) the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem.(F) They advanced and came to Jerusalem, and[c] they took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the highway to the Fuller’s Field.(G) 18 Then they called for the king, but Eliakim(H) son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah(I) the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:14 Lit 300 talents
  2. 2 Kings 18:14 Lit 30 talents
  3. 2 Kings 18:17 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads and came and

13 During the fourteenth year of the reign of[a] King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria approached all of the walled cities of Judah and seized them. 14 So Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have offended you. Withdraw from me, and I’ll accept whatever tribute you impose.” So the king of Assyria required Hezekiah to pay him 300 talents[b] of silver and 30 talents[c] of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that could be removed from the Lord’s Temple and from the treasuries in the king’s palace. 16 At that time, Hezekiah removed the doors to the Lord’s Temple and the doorposts that he had overlaid with gold,[d] and gave the gold[e] to the king of Assyria.

Assyria’s King Taunts Hezekiah(A)

17 Sometime later, the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, accompanied with a large army. 18 When they called for the king, Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who managed the household, Shebnah the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder went out to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:13 The Heb. lacks the reign of
  2. 2 Kings 18:14 I.e. about 11,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  3. 2 Kings 18:14 I.e. about 1,150 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  4. 2 Kings 18:16 The Heb. lacks with gold
  5. 2 Kings 18:16 Lit. gave it