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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 16:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 16:8 |
King James |
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare the marginal reference and Kg1 15:18. Political necessity was always held to justify the devotion of the temple treasure to secular purposes. |
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,