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15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the Lord’s house and in the treasuries of the king’s house. 16 At this time, Hezekiah stripped the gold off the doors of the temple of the Lord and off the doorposts, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid with gold, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

The Assyrian Commander Taunts Hezekiah

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the field commander, the chief of staff, and the herald[a] from Lachish with a large army against King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stood by the watercourse from the upper pool, which is on the way to the washerman’s field.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:17 In Hebrew the titles are tartan, rab saris, and rab shakeh (also in verses 19, 26-28, and 37). The exact equivalents of these foreign titles are uncertain.

15 So Hezekiah gave(A) him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

16 At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors(B) and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(C)(D)

17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander,(E) his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool,(F) on the road to the Washerman’s Field.

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