2 Kings 18:14
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Withdraw from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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1 Kings 20:4The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
2 Kings 14:19They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
2 Kings 18:7The LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
Luke 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:10-17
Sennacherib Invades Judea. ( b. c. 726.) 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in… Read the whole commentary →