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1 # Now it came to pass in the third <07969> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Elah <0425> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, that Hezekiah <02396> the son <01121> of Ahaz <0271> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began to reign <04427> (8804).
2 Twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> was he when he began to reign <04427> (8800) ; and he reigned <04427> (8804) twenty <06242> and nine <08672> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother's <0517> name <08034> also was Abi <021>, the daughter <01323> of Zachariah <02148>.
3 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all that David <01732> his father <01> did <06213> (8804).
4 He removed <05493> (8689) the high places <01116>, and brake <07665> (8765) the images <04676>, and cut down <03772> (8804) the groves <0842>, and brake in pieces <03807> (8765) the brasen <05178> serpent <05175> that Moses <04872> had made <06213> (8804): for unto those days <03117> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did burn incense <06999> (8764) to it: and he called <07121> (8799) it Nehushtan <05180>.
5 He trusted <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>; so that after <0310> him was none like him among all the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, nor any that were before <06440> him.
6 For he clave <01692> (8799) to the LORD <03068>, and departed <05493> (8804) not from following <0310> him, but kept <08104> (8799) his commandments <04687>, which the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) Moses <04872>.
7 And the LORD <03068> was with him; and he prospered <07919> (8686) whithersoever he went forth <03318> (8799) : and he rebelled <04775> (8799) against the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, and served <05647> (8804) him not.
8 He smote <05221> (8689) the Philistines <06430>, even unto Gaza <05804>, and the borders <01366> thereof, from the tower <04026> of the watchmen <05341> (8802) to the fenced <04013> city <05892>.
9 # And it came to pass in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>, which was the seventh <07637> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Elah <0425> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, that Shalmaneser <08022> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came up <05927> (8804) against Samaria <08111>, and besieged <06696> (8799) it.
10 And at the end <07097> of three <07969> years <08141> they took <03920> (8799) it: even in the sixth <08337> year <08141> of Hezekiah <02396>, that is the ninth <08672> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, Samaria <08111> was taken <03920> (8738).
11 And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> did carry away <01540> (8686) Israel <03478> unto Assyria <0804> , and put <05148> (8686) them in Halah <02477> and in Habor <02249> by the river <05104> of Gozan <01470>, and in the cities <05892> of the Medes <04074>:
12 Because they obeyed <08085> (8804) not the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, but transgressed <05674> (8799) his covenant <01285>, and all that Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765), and would not hear <08085> (8804) them, nor do <06213> (8804) them.
13 Now in the fourteenth <0702> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> did Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> come up <05927> (8804) against all the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and took <08610> (8799) them.
14 And Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> sent <07971> (8799) to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> to Lachish <03923>, saying <0559> (8800), I have offended <02398> (8804); return <07725> (8798) from me: that which thou puttest <05414> (8799) on me will I bear <05375> (8799). And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> appointed <07760> (8799) unto Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> three <07969> hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701> and thirty <07970> talents <03603> of gold <02091>.
15 And Hezekiah <02396> gave <05414> (8799) him all the silver <03701> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and in the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004>.
16 At that time <06256> did Hezekiah <02396> cut off <07112> (8765) the gold from the doors <01817> of the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, and from the pillars <0547> which Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> had overlaid <06823> (8765), and gave <05414> (8799) it to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
17 # And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> sent <07971> (8799) Tartan <08661> and Rabsaris <07249> and Rabshakeh <07262> from Lachish <03923> to king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> with a great <03515> host <02426> against Jerusalem <03389>. And they went up <05927> (8799) and came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>. And when they were come up <05927> (8799), they came <0935> (8799) and stood <05975> (8799) by the conduit <08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295>, which is in the highway <04546> of the fuller's <03526> (8801) field <07704>.
18 And when they had called <07121> (8799) to the king <04428>, there came out <03318> (8799) to them Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, which was over the household <01004>, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608> (8802), and Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Asaph <0623> the recorder <02142> (8688).
19 And Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Speak <0559> (8798) ye now to Hezekiah <02396> , Thus saith <0559> (8804) the great <01419> king <04428>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, What confidence <0986> is this wherein thou trustest <0982> (8804)?
20 Thou sayest <0559> (8804), (but they are but vain <08193> words <01697>,) I have counsel <06098> and strength <01369> for the war <04421>. Now on whom dost thou trust <0982> (8804), that thou rebellest <04775> (8804) against me?
21 Now, behold, thou trustest <0982> (8804) upon the staff <04938> of this bruised <07533> (8803) reed <07070> , even upon Egypt <04714>, on which if a man <0376> lean <05564> (8735), it will go <0935> (8804) into his hand <03709>, and pierce <05344> (8804) it: so is Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> unto all that trust <0982> (8802) on him.
22 But if ye say <0559> (8799) unto me, We trust <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> our God <0430>: is not that he, whose high places <01116> and whose altars <04196> Hezekiah <02396> hath taken away <05493> (8689), and hath said <0559> (8799) to Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> this altar <04196> in Jerusalem <03389>?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges <06148> (8690) to my lord <0113> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> , and I will deliver <05414> (8799) thee two thousand <0505> horses <05483>, if thou be able <03201> (8799) on thy part to set <05414> (8800) riders <07392> (8802) upon them.
24 How then wilt thou turn away <07725> (8686) the face <06440> of one <0259> captain <06346> of the least <06996> of my master's <0113> servants <05650>, and put thy trust <0982> (8799) on Egypt <04714> for chariots <07393> and for horsemen <06571>?
25 Am I now come up <05927> (8804) without <01107> the LORD <03068> against this place <04725> to destroy <07843> (8687) it? The LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) to me, Go up <05927> (8798) against this land <0776> , and destroy <07843> (8685) it.
26 Then said <0559> (8799) Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, and Shebna <07644>, and Joah <03098>, unto Rabshakeh <07262>, Speak <01696> (8761), I pray thee, to thy servants <05650> in the Syrian language <0762> ; for we understand <08085> (8802) it: and talk <01696> (8762) not with us in the Jews' language <03066> in the ears <0241> of the people <05971> that are on the wall <02346>.
27 But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Hath my master <0113> sent <07971> (8804) me to thy master <0113>, and to thee, to speak <01696> (8763) these words <01697>? hath he not sent me to the men <0582> which sit <03427> (8802) on the wall <02346>, that they may eat <0398> (8800) their own dung <06675> (8675) <02755> , and drink <08354> (8800) their own piss <04325> <07272> (8675) <07890> with you?
28 Then Rabshakeh <07262> stood <05975> (8799) and cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' language <03066>, and spake <01696> (8762), saying <0559> (8799), Hear <08085> (8798) the word <01697> of the great <01419> king <04428>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>:
29 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428>, Let not Hezekiah <02396> deceive <05377> (8686) you: for he shall not be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) you out of his hand <03027>:
30 Neither let Hezekiah <02396> make you trust <0982> (8686) in the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800) , The LORD <03068> will surely <05337> (8687) deliver <05337> (8686) us, and this city <05892> shall not be delivered <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
31 Hearken <08085> (8799) not to Hezekiah <02396>: for thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, Make <06213> (8798) an agreement with me by a present <01293>, and come out <03318> (8798) to me, and then eat <0398> (8798) ye every man <0376> of his own vine <01612>, and every one <0376> of his fig tree <08384>, and drink <08354> (8798) ye every one <0376> the waters <04325> of his cistern <0953>:
32 Until I come <0935> (8800) and take you away <03947> (8804) to a land <0776> like your own land <0776> , a land <0776> of corn <01715> and wine <08492>, a land <0776> of bread <03899> and vineyards <03754>, a land <0776> of oil <03323> olive <02132> and of honey <01706>, that ye may live <02421> (8798), and not die <04191> (8799) : and hearken <08085> (8799) not unto Hezekiah <02396>, when he persuadeth <05496> (8686) you, saying <0559> (8800) , The LORD <03068> will deliver <05337> (8686) us.
33 Hath any <0376> of the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> delivered <05337> (8689) at all <05337> (8687) his land <0776> out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>?
34 Where are the gods <0430> of Hamath <02574>, and of Arpad <0774>? where are the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim <05617>, Hena <02012>, and Ivah <05755>? have they delivered <05337> (8689) Samaria <08111> out of mine hand <03027> ?
35 Who are they among all the gods <0430> of the countries <0776>, that have delivered <05337> (8689) their country <0776> out of mine hand <03027>, that the LORD <03068> should deliver <05337> (8686) Jerusalem <03389> out of mine hand <03027>?
36 But the people <05971> held their peace <02790> (8689), and answered <06030> (8804) him not a word <01697> : for the king's <04428> commandment <04687> was, saying <0559> (8800), Answer <06030> (8799) him not.
37 Then came <0935> (8799) Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, which was over the household <01004>, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608> (8802), and Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Asaph <0623> the recorder <02142> (8688), to Hezekiah <02396> with their clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803), and told <05046> (8686) him the words <01697> of Rabshakeh <07262>.