15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
16 At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.
18 They called for the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to meet them.
19 Then the Rab-shakeh said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you have?'