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1 # Now it came to pass in the fourteenth <0702> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>, that Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came up <05927> (8804) against all the defenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and took <08610> (8799) them.
2 And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> sent <07971> (8799) Rabshakeh <07262> from Lachish <03923> to Jerusalem <03389> unto king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> with a great <03515> army <02426>. And he stood <05975> (8799) by the conduit <08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295> in the highway <04546> of the fuller's <03526> (8801) field <07704>.
3 Then came forth <03318> (8799) unto him Eliakim <0471>, Hilkiah's <02518> son <01121>, which was over the house <01004>, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608> (8802), and Joah <03098>, Asaph's <0623> son <01121>, the recorder <02142> (8688).
4 And Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Say <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)?
5 I say <0559> (8804), sayest thou, (but they are but vain <08193> words <01697>) I have counsel <06098> and strength <01369> for war <04421>: now on whom dost thou trust <0982> (8804), that thou rebellest <04775> (8804) against me?
6 Lo, thou trustest <0982> (8804) in the staff <04938> of this broken <07533> (8803) reed <07070>, on Egypt <04714>; whereon 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> to all that trust <0982> (8802) in him.
7 But if thou say <0559> (8799) to me, We trust <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> our God <0430>: is it not he, whose high places <01116> and whose altars <04196> Hezekiah <02396> hath taken away <05493> (8689), and said <0559> (8799) to Judah <03063> and to Jerusalem <03389>, Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> this altar <04196> ?
8 Now therefore give pledges <06148> (8690), I pray thee, to my master <0113> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> , and I will give <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.
9 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>?
10 And am I now come up <05927> (8804) without <01107> the LORD <03068> against this land <0776> to destroy <07843> (8687) it? the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) unto me, Go up <05927> (8798) against this land <0776> , and destroy <07843> (8685) it.
11 # Then said <0559> (8799) Eliakim <0471> and Shebna <07644> and Joah <03098> unto Rabshakeh <07262> , Speak <01696> (8761), I pray thee, unto thy servants <05650> in the Syrian language <0762>; for we understand <08085> (8802) it: and speak <01696> (8762) not to us in the Jews' language <03066>, in the ears <0241> of the people <05971> that are on the wall <02346>.
12 But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799), 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> that sit <03427> (8802) upon the wall <02346>, that they may eat <0398> (8800) their own dung <02716> (8676) <06675>, and drink <08354> (8800) their own piss <04325> <07272> (8675) <07890> with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh <07262> stood <05975> (8799), and cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' language <03066>, and said <0559> (8799), Hear <08085> (8798) ye the words <01697> of the great <01419> king <04428>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
14 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.
15 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: this city <05892> shall not be delivered <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.
16 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 eat <0398> (8798) ye every one <0376> of his vine <01612>, and every one <0376> of his fig tree <08384>, and drink <08354> (8798) ye every one <0376> the waters <04325> of his own cistern <0953>;
17 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>.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah <02396> persuade <05496> (8686) you, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> will deliver <05337> (8686) us. Hath any <0376> of the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> delivered <05337> (8689) his land <0776> out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>?
19 Where are the gods <0430> of Hamath <02574> and Arphad <0774>? where are the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim <05617>? and have they delivered <05337> (8689) Samaria <08111> out of my hand <03027>?
20 Who are they among all the gods <0430> of these lands <0776>, that have delivered <05337> (8689) their land <0776> out of my hand <03027>, that the LORD <03068> should deliver <05337> (8686) Jerusalem <03389> out of my hand <03027> ?
21 But they held their peace <02790> (8686), 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.
22 Then came <0935> (8799) Eliakim <0471>, the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, that 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>.