2 Kings 18:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
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.(A)
17 Then the king of Assyria sent the field marshal,(B) the chief of staff, and his royal spokesman, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem.(C) They advanced and came to Jerusalem, and[a] they took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer’s Field.(D) 18 They called for the king, but Eliakim(E) son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah(F) the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them.(G)
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- 18:17 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads and came and
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