The Parallels of Second Kings

In the scriptures, things are out of sequence and they're out of sequence on purpose. This was a pretty serious stripping of anything worth value in order to pay off the Assyrians. So yeah, if you're reading through this chronologically, you think, wait, how did he come into all these treasures? I thought he got rid of all this stuff. Now, this was carefully designed probably in order that what happens to Hezekiah and his recovery and then this talk about Babylon is not only going to be presented as a narrative but also symbolic.