Discovery Box2 Kings 14:19
Context14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 1 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 2 and they killed him there.
2 Kings 19:8
Context19:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. 3
2 Kings 18:14
Context18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. 4 If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” 5 So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents 6 of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Kings 18:17
Context18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser 7 from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 8 along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went 9 and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 10
[14:19] 1 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
[14:19] 2 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
[19:8] 3 tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”
[18:14] 5 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
[18:14] 6 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
[18:14] 7 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.
[18:17] 7 sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
[18:17] 8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
