Bible Strands
2 Kings 18:15
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Hezekiah responds to the Assyrian king’s tribute demand after Judah’s surrender at Lachish. He delivers the available silver from Jerusalem’s religious and royal vaults to the foreign ruler.
The words — The verb וַיִּתֵּן (va-yitten) means "he gave," paired with כָּל־הַכֶּסֶף (kol-hakesef), "all the silver." The participle הַנִּמְצָא (ha-nimtza), "that was found," marks the extraction of existing reserves rather than newly minted coin.
The thread — This liquidation parallels Asa’s diversion of temple funds in 1 Kings 15:18, Ahaz’s similar depletion in 2 Kings 16:8, and Joash’s removal of sacred objects in 2 Kings 12:18. Each record tracks a Judahite monarch emptying holy and royal stores to purchase political survival.
Why it lands — The text records a king sacrificing institutional wealth for immediate security. It asks the reader to observe how national leaders prioritize treaty obligations over covenantal boundaries.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 15:18 So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Kings 16:8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 12:18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2 So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kings 15:15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.