At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the doorposts that King Hezekiah of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria — even the gold overlay that Hezekiah himself had applied to the temple doors becomes stripped to meet Assyrian demands. The phrase 'that King Hezekiah of Judah had overlaid' indicates that Hezekiah's own temple beautification becomes reversed by Sennacherib's rapacity. Yet the theological distinction persists: Hezekiah's plundering is coerced tribute; Ahaz's was voluntary vassalage.

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