ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 18
1. Now it came to pass in the third[H7969] year[H8141] of Hoshea[H1954] son[H1121] of Elah[H425] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that Hezekiah[H2396] the son[H1121] of Ahaz[H271] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began to reign[H4427].
2. Twenty[H6242] and five[H2568] years[H8141] old[H1121] was he when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] twenty[H6242] and nine[H8672] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Abi[H21] the daughter[H1323] of Zechariah[H2148].
3. And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], according to all that David[H1732] his father[H1] had done[H6213].
4. He removed[H5493] the high places[H1116], and brake[H7665] the pillars[H4676], and cut down[H3772] the Asherah[H842]: and he brake in pieces[H3807] the brazen[H5178] serpent[H5175] that Moses[H4872] had made[H6213]; for unto those days[H3117] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did burn incense[H6999] to it[H7121]; and he called it Nehushtan[H5180].
5. He trusted[H982] in Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; so that after[H310] him was none like him among all the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], nor among them that were before him[H6440].
6. For he clave[H1692] to Jehovah[H3068]; he departed[H5493] not from following[H310] him[H8104], but kept his commandments[H4687], which Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] Moses[H4872].
7. And Jehovah[H3068] was with him[H3318]; whithersoever he went forth he prospered[H7919]: and he rebelled[H4775] against the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and served him not[H5647].
8. He smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430] unto Gaza[H5804] and the borders[H1366] thereof[H4026], from the tower of the watchmen[H5341] to the fortified[H4013] city[H5892].
9. And it came to pass in the fourth[H7243] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396], which was the seventh[H7637] year[H8141] of Hoshea[H1954] son[H1121] of Elah[H425] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that Shalmaneser[H8022] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] came up[H5927] against Samaria[H8111], and besieged it[H6696].
10. And at the end[H7097] of three[H7969] years[H8141] they took[H3920] it[H8337]: in the sixth year[H8141] of Hezekiah[H2396], which was the ninth[H8672] year[H8141] of Hoshea[H1954] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], Samaria[H8111] was taken[H3920].
11. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] carried Israel[H3478] away[H1540] unto Assyria[H804], and put[H5148] them in Halah[H2477], and on the Habor[H2249], the river[H5104] of Gozan[H1470], and in the cities[H5892] of the Medes[H4074],
12. because they obeyed[H8085] not the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], but transgressed[H5674] his covenant[H1285], even all that Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680], and would not hear[H8085] it[H6213], nor do it.
13. Now in the fourteenth[H702] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396] did Sennacherib[H5576] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] come up[H5927] against all the fortified[H1219] cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and took them[H8610].
14. And Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] sent[H7971] to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] to Lachish[H3923], saying[H559], I have offended[H2398]; return[H7725] from me[H5414]: that which thou puttest on me will I bear[H5375]. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] appointed[H7760] unto Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] talents[H3603] of silver[H3701] and thirty[H7970] talents[H3603] of gold[H2091].
15. And Hezekiah[H2396] gave[H5414] him all the silver[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and in the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004].
16. At that time[H6256] did Hezekiah[H2396] cut off[H7112] the gold from the doors[H1817] of the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068], and from the pillars[H547] which Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] had overlaid[H6823], and gave[H5414] it to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
17. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] sent[H7971] Tartan[H8661] and Rab-saris[H7249] and Rabshakeh[H7262] from Lachish[H3923] to king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396] with a great[H3515] army[H2426] unto Jerusalem[H3389]. And they went up[H5927] and came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389]. And when they were come up[H5927], they came[H935] and stood[H5975] by the conduit[H8585] of the upper[H5945] pool[H1295], which is in the highway[H4546] of the fuller[H3526]'s field[H7704].
18. And when they had called[H7121] to the king[H4428], there came out[H3318] to them Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], who was over the household[H1004], and Shebnah[H7644] the scribe[H5608], and Joah[H3098] the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623] the recorder[H2142].
19. And Rabshakeh[H7262] said[H559] unto them[H559], Say ye now to Hezekiah[H2396], Thus saith[H559] the great[H1419] king[H4428], the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], What confidence[H986] is this wherein thou trustest[H982]?
20. Thou sayest[H559] (but they are but vain[H8193] words[H1697]), There is counsel[H6098] and strength[H1369] for the war[H4421]. Now on whom dost thou trust[H982], that thou hast rebelled against me[H4775]?
21. Now[H982], behold, thou trustest upon the staff[H4938] of this bruised[H7533] reed[H7070], even upon Egypt[H4714]; whereon if a man[H376] lean[H5564], it will go[H935] into his hand[H3709], and pierce[H5344] it[H6547]: so is Pharaoh king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] unto all that trust on him[H982].
22. But if ye say[H559] unto me[H982], We trust in Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430]; is not that he[H1116], whose high places and whose altars[H4196] Hezekiah[H2396] hath taken away[H5493], and hath said[H559] to Judah[H3063] and to Jerusalem[H3389], Ye shall worship[H7812] before[H6440] this altar[H4196] in Jerusalem[H3389]?
23. Now therefore[H6148], I pray thee, give pledges to my master[H113] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and I will give[H5414] thee two thousand[H505] horses[H5483], if thou be able[H3201] on thy part to set[H5414] riders upon them[H7392].
24. How then canst thou turn away[H7725] the face[H6440] of one[H259] captain[H6346] of the least[H6996] of my master[H113]'s servants[H5650], and put thy trust[H982] on Egypt[H4714] for chariots[H7393] and for horsemen[H6571]?
25. Am I now come up[H5927] without[H1107] Jehovah[H3068] against this place[H4725] to destroy[H7843] it[H3068]? Jehovah said[H559] unto me[H5927], Go up against this land[H776], and destroy it[H7843].
26. Then said[H559] Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], and Shebnah[H7644], and Joah[H3098], unto Rabshakeh[H7262], Speak[H1696], I pray thee[H5650], to thy servants in the Syrian language[H762]; for we understand[H8085] it[H1696]: and speak not with us in the Jews[H3066]' language, in the ears[H241] of the people[H5971] that are on the wall[H2346].
27. But Rabshakeh[H7262] said[H559] unto them[H113], Hath my master sent[H7971] me to thy master[H113], and to thee[H1696], to speak these words[H1697]? hath he not sent me to the men[H582] that sit[H3427] on the wall[H2346], to eat[H398] their own dung[H6675], and to drink[H8354] their own water with you[H7272]?
28. Then Rabshakeh[H7262] stood[H5975], and cried[H7121] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963] in the Jews[H3066]' language, and spake[H1696], saying[H559], Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the great[H1419] king[H4428], the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
29. Thus saith[H559] the king[H4428], Let not Hezekiah[H2396] deceive[H5377] you[H3201]; for he will not be able to deliver[H5337] you out of his hand[H3027]:
30. neither let Hezekiah[H2396] make you trust[H982] in Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] will surely[H5337] deliver[H5337] us[H5892], and this city shall not be given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
31. Hearken[H8085] not to Hezekiah[H2396]: for thus saith[H559] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], Make[H6213] your peace[H1293] with me[H3318], and come out to me[H398]; and eat ye every one[H376] of his vine[H1612], and every one[H376] of his fig-tree[H8384], and drink[H8354] ye every one[H376] the waters[H4325] of his own cistern[H953];
32. Until I come[H935] and take you away[H3947] to a land[H776] like your own land[H776], a land[H776] of grain[H1715] and new wine[H8492], a land[H776] of bread[H3899] and vineyards[H3754], a land[H776] of olive[H2132] - trees[H3323] and of honey[H1706], that ye may live[H2421], and not die[H4191]: and hearken[H8085] not unto Hezekiah[H2396], when he persuadeth[H5496] you[H559], saying, Jehovah[H3068] will deliver us[H5337].
33. Hath any[H376] of the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471] ever[H5337] delivered[H5337] his land[H776] out of the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]?
34. Where are the gods[H430] of Hamath[H2574], and of Arpad[H774]? where are the gods[H430] of Sepharvaim[H5617], of Hena[H2012], and Ivvah[H5755]? have they delivered[H5337] Samaria[H8111] out of my hand[H3027]?
35. Who are they among all the gods[H430] of the countries[H776], that have delivered[H5337] their country[H776] out of my hand[H3027], that Jehovah[H3068] should deliver[H5337] Jerusalem[H3389] out of my hand[H3027]?
36. But the people[H5971] held their peace[H2790], and answered[H6030] him not a word[H1697]; for the king[H4428]'s commandment[H4687] was[H559], saying, Answer him not[H6030].
37. Then came[H935] Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], who was over the household[H1004], and Shebna[H7644] the scribe[H5608], and Joah[H3098] the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623] the recorder[H2142], to Hezekiah[H2396] with their clothes[H899] rent[H7167], and told[H5046] him the words[H1697] of Rabshakeh[H7262].
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