# 2 Kings 18:15

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

— 2 Kings 18:15, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 701 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 18:13 dates itself by the fourteenth year of Hezekiah; the Sennacherib Prism dates the same campaign to 701 BC and names Hezekiah.

## Who ruled

- **Sennacherib**, king of Assyria, 705-681 BC · Source: Taylor Prism (British Museum), in which he tells of besieging Jerusalem and names "Hezekiah, the Jew," but does not say he took the city
- **Hezekiah**, king of Judah, 715-686 BC · Source: 2 Kings 18-20; the Sennacherib Prism, which names him; the Siloam tunnel and the inscription found in it, which record the work of 2 Kings 20:20

## See also

- 1 Kings 15:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/15/18
- 2 Kings 16:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/16/8
- 2 Kings 12:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/12/18
- 2 Chronicles 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/16/2

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/15
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).