2 Kings 18:16
16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord , and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid , and gave it to the king of Assyria .
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 18:16
Commentary on 2 Kings 18:9-16
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The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers, require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God.