2 Kings 16:8 “Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the LORD’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

American Standard Version

And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ahaz tooke the siluer and the golde that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and sent a present vnto the King of Asshur.

Darby Translation

And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it [as] a present to the king of Assyria.

Young's Literal Translation

And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur — a bribe.

Bible in Basic English

And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.

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Cross references

“the silver”

2 Chronicles 16:2 2 Kings 16:17 2 Kings 16:18 2 Kings 12:17 2 Kings 12:18 2 Kings 18:15

2 Chronicles 16:2 · BSB

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:

2 Kings 16:17 · BSB

King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

2 Kings 16:18 · BSB

And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:17 · BSB

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:18 · BSB

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…

2 Kings 18:15 · BSB

Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

“to the king”

Isaiah 7:17 Psalm 7:15 Psalm 7:16 Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 8:8

Isaiah 7:17 · BSB

The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

Psalm 7:15 · BSB

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

Psalm 7:16 · BSB

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Isaiah 8:7 · BSB

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

Isaiah 8:8 · BSB

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

9So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

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