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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 18:16 - King James

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2Ki 18:16 King James 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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Ahaz had already exhausted the treasuries Kg2 16:8; Hezekiah was therefore compelled to undo his own work.
 
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8 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.