2 Kings 18:16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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Barnes' Notes
Ahaz had already exhausted the treasuries 2Ki 16:8; Hezekiah was therefore compelled to undo his own work.
The kingdom of Assyria had now grown considerable, though we never read of it till the last reign. Such changes there are in the affairs of nations and families: those that have been despicable become…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
cut offthe gold from the doors of the temple Plainly shewing that there was a great scarcity of gold at this time. Hezekiah was the last man to have stripped the temple doors if there had been any…