KJV King James Version
At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 18:16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
WEB World English Bible
At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Yahweh, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
ASV American Standard Version
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
at that time hath Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and giveth them to the king of Asshur.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 18
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 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.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller’s field.
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?
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בָּעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֗יאH1931 · huhe/she/itקִצַּ֨ץH7112 · qa.tsatsto cutחִזְקִיָּ֜הH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דַּלְת֨וֹתH1817 · daldoorהֵיכַ֤לH1964 · he.khaltempleיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאֹ֣מְנ֔וֹתH547 · o.me.nahpillarאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichצִפָּ֔הH6823 · tsa.phahto overlayחִזְקִיָּ֖הH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖םH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּֽׁוּר׃ פH804 · ash.shurAssyria
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