Hezekiah strips the temple to pay Assyria
When Sennacherib captured Judah's fortified cities, Hezekiah admitted his rebellion and agreed to pay the demanded tribute. He gave the Assyrian king silver from the temple and palace and removed gold from the temple doors (2 Kings 18:13-16).
13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 14So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
