Invasion of Judah

13 (A)Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. 14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent messengers to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “(B)I have done wrong. [a]Withdraw 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 [b]talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 (C)Hezekiah then gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house. 16 At 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.

17 Then the king of Assyria sent (D)Tartan, 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 (E)conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the [c]fuller’s field. 18 Then they called to the king, and (F)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the household, (G)Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, went out to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:14 Lit Turn back
  2. 2 Kings 18:14 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
  3. 2 Kings 18:17 I.e., launderer’s

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