SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:16
Entonces rompió Ezequías las puertas del templo del SEÑOR, y los quiciales que el mismo rey Ezequías había cubierto de oro , y lo dio al rey de Asiria.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord , etc.] The plates of gold with which they were covered; or scraped off the gold from them, as the Targum interprets it: and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid : or the posts, as the Targum, the lintel or side posts of the doors of the temple; which though covered in Solomon’s time, the gold was worn off, or had been taken off by Ahaz, but was renewed by Hezekiah; and who, in this time of distress, thought he might take it off again, no doubt with a full purpose to replace it, when he should be able. This is one of the three things the Talmudic writers disapprove of in Hezekiah: and gave it to the king of Assyria ; to make up the thirty talents of gold he demanded.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-16 - The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to tha 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.
Original Hebrew
בעת 6256 ההיא 1931 קצץ 7112 חזקיה 2396 את 853 דלתות 1817 היכל 1964 יהוה 3068 ואת 853 האמנות 547 אשׁר 834 צפה 6823 חזקיה 2396 מלך 4428 יהודה 3063 ויתנם 5414 למלך 4428 אשׁור׃ 804
