16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave [a]it to the king of Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:16 Lit. them

Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he (A)opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.

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31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were [a]one-fifth of the wall. 32 The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 So for the door of the [b]sanctuary he also made doorposts of olive wood, [c]one-fourth of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of cypress wood; (A)two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door. 35 Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:31 Or five-sided
  2. 1 Kings 6:33 temple
  3. 1 Kings 6:33 Or four-sided

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