And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the
house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
] To make up the three hundred talents of silver, for which purpose he exhausted both, which had been done more than once before by the kings of Judah; these were their resources in times of distress; see ( 2 Kings 12:18 ) ( 16:8 ) .