SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Kings 18:16

18:16a At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold

At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped the gold

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It was during that time that Hezekiah removed the gold surface/covering

18:16b with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD,

from the doors of the house of Yahweh. He stripped from the door-frames the gold with which he had covered them.

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which he himself had ordered to be applied to the doors and the doorposts of Yahweh’s temple.

18:16c and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

He sent this gold to the king of Assyria.

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Hezekiah then handed this gold over to the ruler of Assyria.

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