2 Kings 18:15

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.

Cross-reference

In 2 Kings 12:18, Joash also gave temple treasures to Hazael to avert attack — a parallel pattern of using sacred wealth for political survival.

In 2 Kings 16:8, Ahaz similarly paid tribute from temple and palace to Assyria — another Judahite king buying off a foreign power.

2 Kings 17:4 shows Hoshea withholding tribute from Assyria — contrasting Hezekiah's payment of tribute from the temple treasuries.

In 1 Kings 15:15, Asa brought treasures into the temple — opposite to Hezekiah removing them. Contrasts dedication vs. depletion.

In 1 Kings 15:18, Asa also took silver and gold from temple and palace to bribe Ben-Hadad — same method of using sacred funds for diplomacy.

In 2 Chronicles 16:2, Asa again took temple and palace treasures for a bribe — a direct parallel to Hezekiah's action in the same chronicler tradition.

2 Chronicles 28:21 records Ahaz also giving temple treasures to Assyria—a failed appeasement his son Hezekiah now repeats.

In 2 Chronicles 12:9, Shishak plundered temple and palace treasures — a foreign king taking by force, while Hezekiah gave willingly to avoid invasion.

1 Kings 15:19 records Asa's message accompanying the bribe — shows the political reasoning behind giving temple treasures, similar to Hezekiah's situation.