2 Kings 15:19
15:19 Pul
king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid
him
a thousand talents
of silver to gain his support
and to solidify his control of the kingdom.
2 Kings 16:8
16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were
in the
Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute
to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 16:18
16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning
that had been built
in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:11
18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel
to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:13
Sennacherib Invades Judah
18:13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
2 Kings 18:16
18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the
Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated
and gave them to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:23
18:23 Now make a deal
with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
2 Kings 18:28
18:28 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:30
18:30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the
Lord when he says, “The
Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
2 Kings 19:8
19:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.
2 Kings 19:11
19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands.
Do you really think you will be rescued?