King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now it came to pass[H1961] in the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Hezekiah,[H2396] that Sennacherib[H5576] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] came up[H5927] against[H5921] all[H3605] the defensed[H1219] cities[H5892] of Judah,[H3063] and took[H8610] them.

2. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] sent[H7971] [H853] Rab-shakeh[H7262] from Lachish[H4480] [H3923] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto[H413] king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396] with a great[H3515] army.[H2428] And he stood[H5975] by the conduit[H8585] of the upper[H5945] pool[H1295] in the highway[H4546] of the fuller's[H3526] field.[H7704]

3. Then came forth[H3318] unto[H413] him Eliakim,[H471] Hilkiah's[H2518] son,[H1121] which[H834] was over[H5921] the house,[H1004] and Shebna[H7644] the scribe,[H5608] and Joah,[H3098] Asaph's[H623] son,[H1121] the recorder.[H2142]

4. And Rab-shakeh[H7262] said[H559] unto[H413] them, Say[H559] ye now[H4994] to[H413] Hezekiah,[H2396] Thus[H3541] saith[H559] the great[H1419] king,[H4428] the king[H4428] of Assyria,[H804] What[H4100] confidence[H986] is this[H2088] wherein[H834] thou trustest?[H982]

5. I say,[H559] sayest thou, (but[H389] they are but vain[H8193] words)[H1697] I have counsel[H6098] and strength[H1369] for war:[H4421] now[H6258] on[H5921] whom[H4310] dost thou trust,[H982] that[H3588] thou rebellest[H4775] against me?

6. Lo,[H2009] thou trustest[H982] in[H5921] the staff[H4938] of this[H2088] broken[H7533] reed,[H7070] on[H5921] Egypt;[H4714] whereon[H834] [H5921] if a man[H376] lean,[H5564] it will go[H935] into his hand,[H3709] and pierce[H5344] it: so[H3651] is Pharaoh[H6547] king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] to all[H3605] that trust[H982] in[H5921] him.

7. But[H3588] if thou say[H559] to[H413] me, We trust[H982] in[H413] the LORD[H3068] our God:[H430] is it not[H3808] he,[H1931] [H853] whose[H834] high places[H1116] and whose altars[H4196] Hezekiah[H2396] hath taken away,[H5493] and said[H559] to Judah[H3063] and to Jerusalem,[H3389] Ye shall worship[H7812] before[H6440] this[H2088] altar?[H4196]

8. Now[H6258] therefore give pledges,[H6149] I pray thee,[H4994] to[H854] my master[H113] the king[H4428] of Assyria,[H804] and I will give[H5414] thee two thousand[H505] horses,[H5483] if[H518] thou be able[H3201] on thy part to set[H5414] riders[H7392] upon[H5921] them.

9. How[H349] then wilt thou turn away[H7725] [H853] the face[H6440] of one[H259] captain[H6346] of the least[H6996] of my master's[H113] servants,[H5650] and put thy trust[H982] on[H5921] Egypt[H4714] for chariots[H7393] and for horsemen?[H6571]

10. And am I now[H6258] come up[H5927] without[H4480] [H1107] the LORD[H3068] against[H5921] this[H2063] land[H776] to destroy[H7843] it? the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] me, Go up[H5927] against[H413] this[H2063] land,[H776] and destroy[H7843] it.

11. Then said[H559] Eliakim[H471] and Shebna[H7644] and Joah[H3098] unto[H413] Rab-shakeh,[H7262] Speak,[H1696] I pray thee,[H4994] unto[H413] thy servants[H5650] in the Syrian language;[H762] for[H3588] we[H587] understand[H8085] it: and speak[H1696] not[H408] to[H413] us in the Jews' language,[H3066] in the ears[H241] of the people[H5971] that[H834] are on[H5921] the wall.[H2346]

12. But Rab-shakeh[H7262] said,[H559] Hath my master[H113] sent[H7971] me to[H413] thy master[H113] and to[H413] thee to speak[H1696] [H853] these[H428] words?[H1697] hath he not[H3808] sent me to[H5921] the men[H376] that sit[H3427] upon[H5921] the wall,[H2346] that they may eat[H398] [H853] their own dung,[H6675] and drink[H8354] [H853] their own piss[H4325] [H7272] with[H5973] you?

13. Then Rab-shakeh[H7262] stood,[H5975] and cried[H7121] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963] in the Jews' language,[H3066] and said,[H559] Hear[H8085] ye[H853] the words[H1697] of the great[H1419] king,[H4428] the king[H4428] of Assyria.[H804]

14. Thus[H3541] saith[H559] the king,[H4428] Let not[H408] Hezekiah[H2396] deceive[H5377] you: for[H3588] he shall not[H3808] be able[H3201] to deliver[H5337] you.

15. Neither[H408] let Hezekiah[H2396] make you trust[H982] [H853] in[H413] the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] The LORD[H3068] will surely deliver[H5337] [H5337] us: this[H2063] city[H5892] shall not[H3808] be delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria.[H804]

16. Hearken[H8085] not[H408] to[H413] Hezekiah:[H2396] for[H3588] thus[H3541] saith[H559] the king[H4428] of Assyria,[H804] Make[H6213] an agreement with[H854] me by a present,[H1293] and come out[H3318] to[H413] me: and eat[H398] 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]

17. Until[H5704] I come[H935] and take you away[H3947] [H853] to[H413] a land[H776] like your own land,[H776] a land[H776] of corn[H1715] and wine,[H8492] a land[H776] of bread[H3899] and vineyards.[H3754]

18. Beware lest[H6435] Hezekiah[H2396] persuade[H5496] you, saying,[H559] The LORD[H3068] will deliver[H5337] us. Hath any[H376] of the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471] delivered[H5337] [H853] his land[H776] out of the hand[H4480] [H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria?[H804]

19. Where[H346] are the gods[H430] of Hamath[H2574] and Arphad?[H774] where[H346] are the gods[H430] of Sepharvaim?[H5617] and[H3588] have they delivered[H5337] [H853] Samaria[H8111] out of my hand?[H4480] [H3027]

20. Who[H4310] are they among all[H3605] the gods[H430] of these[H428] lands,[H776] that[H834] have delivered[H5337] [H853] their land[H776] out of my hand,[H4480] [H3027] that[H3588] the LORD[H3068] should deliver[H5337] [H853] Jerusalem[H3389] out of my hand?[H4480] [H3027]

21. But they held their peace,[H2790] and answered[H6030] him not[H3808] a word:[H1697] for[H3588] the king's[H4428] commandment[H4687] was, saying,[H559] Answer[H6030] him not.[H3808]

22. Then came[H935] Eliakim,[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah,[H2518] that[H834] was over[H5921] the household,[H1004] and Shebna[H7644] the scribe,[H5608] and Joah,[H3098] the son[H1121] of Asaph,[H623] the recorder,[H2142] to[H413] Hezekiah[H2396] with their clothes[H899] rent,[H7167] and told[H5046] him[H853] the words[H1697] of Rab-shakeh.[H7262]