2 Kings 18:16

God's Word

At that time Hezekiah stripped ⌞the gold⌟ off the doors and doorposts of the Lord’s temple. (⌞Earlier⌟ Hezekiah had them covered ⌞with gold⌟.) He gave the gold to the king of Assyria.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:18

So King Joash of Judah took all the gifts his ancestors Kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah of Judah, had dedicated to the Lord, the things he had dedicated to the Lord, and all the gold that could be found in the storerooms of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent these things to King Hazael of Aram, who called off the attack on Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:19

Isn’t everything else about Joash—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 18:15

Hezekiah gave him all the silver that could be found in the Lord’s temple and in the royal palace treasury.

2 Kings 18:17

Then the king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief, his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came there and stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman’s Field.

2 Chronicles 29:3

In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.

Isaiah 39:2

Hezekiah was so happy with them that he showed the messengers his warehouse: the silver, gold, balsam, fine olive oil, his entire armory, and everything in his treasury. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and every corner of his kingdom.