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In the third year of the
reign
of
Hoshea son of Elah over
Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became
king of Judah.
Now
it
came
to
pass
in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of
Israel, that
Hezekiah the
son of Ahaz king of Judah began
to
reign
.
He
was
twenty -
five years old when he became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
twenty -
nine years. His mother’s
name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah
.
Twenty and
five years old was
he
when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned twenty and
nine years in
Jerusalem
. His mother's
name also
was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah
.
And he did what
was right in the eyes
of the LORD, just
as
his father David
had
done
.
And he did that
which
was right in the sight
of the LORD, according
to
all
that
David
his father did
.
He removed the high places, shattered
the sacred
pillars
, and cut down the Asherah
poles.
He
also
demolished
the bronze
snake
called
Nehushtan
that Moses had made ,
for up
to
that
time
the Israelites
had
burned
incense to it.
He removed the high places, and
brake
the images
, and cut down the groves,
and
brake
in
pieces
the brazen
serpent
that Moses had made :
for unto
those
days
the children
of
Israel
did
burn
incense to it :
and
he
called
it
Nehushtan
.
Hezekiah
trusted in the LORD ,
the
God of Israel .
No
king
of
Judah
was like him, either
before him or
after
him
.
He
trusted in the LORD God of Israel ;
so
that
after
him
was none
like him among
all
the
kings
of
Judah
, nor
any
that
were
before him.
He remained
faithful
to the LORD and did
not turn
from following Him ;
he
kept the
commandments that
the LORD had
given
Moses.
For
he clave
to the LORD ,
and departed
not from following him ,
but
kept his
commandments ,
which
the LORD commanded
Moses.
And the LORD was with Hezekiah,
and he prospered wherever
he went .
He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused
to
serve
him.
And the LORD was with him;
and he prospered whithersoever
he went forth:
and
he rebelled against the king of Assyria ,
and served
him not
.
He defeated
the Philistines as
far
as
Gaza and its
borders, from watchtower
to fortified
city.
He smote
the Philistines ,
even
unto
Gaza ,
and the
borders thereof
, from the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to the
fenced
city.
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s
reign
, which was the seventh year of the
reign
of
Hoshea son of Elah over
Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched
against Samaria and besieged it.
And
it
came
to
pass
in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah
, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of
Israel, that
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came
up
against Samaria ,
and besieged it.
And at the end of three years ,
the
Assyrians
captured
it .
So
Samaria
was
captured
in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which
was
the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
And at the end of three years they
took
it :
even
in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that
is
in
the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel ,
Samaria
was
taken
.
The king of Assyria exiled
the
Israelites
to
Assyria and settled
them in Halah ,
in Gozan
by the Habor
River, and in the cities of the Medes .
And
the king of Assyria did
carry
away
Israel
unto
Assyria ,
and put
them in Halah and
in Habor
by the river of
Gozan
, and in the cities of the Medes :
This
happened
because they did
not listen
to
the voice of the LORD their God, but violated
His covenant —
all that Moses the servant of the LORD had
commanded —
and would neither
listen
nor obey
.
Because they obeyed
not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed
his covenant ,
and
all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded ,
and would not
hear
them,
nor do
them
.
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign,
Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked
and
captured
all the fortified
cities of Judah.
Now
in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah
did
Sennacherib king of Assyria come
up
against
all the fenced
cities of Judah ,
and
took
them
.
So
Hezekiah king of Judah sent word
to the king of Assyria at
Lachish, saying, “
I have done
wrong
; withdraw
from me ,
and
I
will
pay
whatever
you
demand
from
me. ”
And the king of Assyria exacted
from
Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
Lachish, saying, I have offended
; return
from me :
that
which
thou
puttest
on
me will
I
bear
. And the king of Assyria appointed
unto
Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries
of the royal
palace
.
And
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD ,
and in the treasures
of the king's
house
.
At that time Hezekiah stripped
the gold with
which
he
had
plated
the doors and
doorposts
of the temple of the LORD, and he
gave it to the king of Assyria.
At that time did
Hezekiah cut
off
the gold from
the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from
the
pillars
which
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
had
overlaid,
and
gave it to the king of Assyria.
Nevertheless,
the king of Assyria sent the
Tartan ,
the
Rabsaris ,
and the
Rabshakeh ,
along
with
a
great
army,
from Lachish to King Hezekiah at
Jerusalem. They advanced
up to Jerusalem and stationed
themselves
by the aqueduct
of the upper pool, on
the road
to
the Launderer’s
Field.
And
the king of Assyria sent Tartan and
Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with
a
great
host
against
Jerusalem. And
they went
up and
came
to Jerusalem .
And when
they
were
come
up,
they
came
and
stood
by the conduit
of the upper pool, which
is
in
the highway
of
the fuller's
field.
Then
they called for
the king ;
and
Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace
administrator
, Shebnah
the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder ,
went
out
to
them
.
And
when
they had
called to
the king ,
there
came
out
to
them
Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah ,
which
was
over
the household
, and
Shebna
the scribe, and Joah the
son of Asaph the recorder.
The
Rabshakeh said to
them, “Tell
Hezekiah that
this
is
what
the great king, the king of Assyria, says:
What is the
basis
of
this confidence
of
yours
?
And
Rabshakeh said unto
them, Speak
ye
now
to
Hezekiah ,
Thus
saith
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence
is this wherein
thou
trustest
?
You
claim
to
have a
strategy
and strength for war ,
but
these
are
empty
words
. In
whom
are
you
now trusting
, that you
have
rebelled
against me?
Thou
sayest,
(but
they
are
but
vain
words,)
I
have counsel
and strength for the
war. Now on
whom
dost
thou
trust
, that thou
rebellest
against me?
Look
now, you
are
trusting
in
Egypt
, that
splintered
reed
of a staff
that
will pierce
the
hand of
anyone
who
leans
on
it .
Such
is Pharaoh king of Egypt to
all who
trust in
him.
Now, behold
, thou
trustest
upon
the
staff
of this
bruised
reed,
even
upon
Egypt,
on
which
if
a man
lean,
it
will go
into
his
hand ,
and
pierce
it :
so
is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto
all that
trust on
him.
But if you
say to
me, ‘
We trust in the LORD our God ,’
is He
not the
One
whose high places and altars Hezekiah has
removed
, saying
to Judah and Jerusalem :
‘You
must
worship before this altar in Jerusalem ’
?
But if ye
say unto
me, We trust in the LORD our God :
is not that
he,
whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath
taken
away
, and
hath
said
to Judah and Jerusalem ,
Ye
shall
worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Now ,
therefore, make
a
bargain
with
my
master
, the king of Assyria .
I will give
you
two thousand horses —
if you
can
put
riders
on them !
Now therefore, I
pray
thee
, give
pledges
to
my
lord
the king of Assyria ,
and
I will deliver
thee
two thousand horses ,
if thou
be
able
on thy
part
to
set
riders
upon
them .
For
how can
you
repel
a
single
officer
among
the least of my master’s
servants when
you
depend
on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
How then
wilt
thou
turn
away
the face
of
one
captain
of
the
least of my master's
servants ,
and
put
thy
trust
on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
So
now,
was
it
apart
from
the
LORD
that
I have
come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself
said to me, ‘
Go up against this land and destroy it. ’”
Am
I now
come up without
the
LORD
against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land ,
and destroy it.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along
with
Shebnah
and Joah, said
to
the
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak to your
servants in Aramaic,
since
we understand it .
Do
not speak
with us in Hebrew
in the hearing
of the people on the wall. ”
Then said
Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah, and Shebna,
and
Joah, unto
Rabshakeh, Speak ,
I
pray
thee,
to thy
servants in the
Syrian
language;
for
we understand it :
and
talk
not with us in the
Jews'
language
in the ears
of the people that
are
on the wall.
But the
Rabshakeh replied
, “Has
my master sent me to speak
these
words
only
to
you
and
your
master, and not to the men sitting
on the wall, who
are
destined
with
you
to
eat their own dung and drink their own urine
? ”
But Rabshakeh said
unto
them
, Hath
my master sent me to thy
master, and to
thee,
to
speak
these
words?
hath
he
not sent
me
to the men which
sit
on the wall, that
they
may
eat their own dung ,
and drink their own piss
with
you
?
Then the
Rabshakeh stood and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria !
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried
with
a
loud
voice
in the
Jews'
language,
and
spake,
saying,
Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria :
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not
let Hezekiah deceive you ;
he cannot
deliver you from
my
hand .
Thus
saith
the king ,
Let not
Hezekiah deceive you :
for
he shall
not
be
able
to
deliver you out
of
his
hand :
Do
not
let Hezekiah persuade
you to
trust in the LORD when
he
says
, ‘
The LORD will surely deliver us ;
this city will
not be given
into the hand of the king of Assyria. ’
Neither
let Hezekiah make
you trust in the LORD, saying,
The LORD will surely deliver us ,
and
this city shall
not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Do
not listen
to Hezekiah ,
for this
is
what
the king of Assyria says:
Make peace
with me and come out to me .
Then every one
of you
will
eat
from
his own vine and his own
fig tree, and drink water
from
his own
cistern ,
Hearken
not to Hezekiah :
for thus
saith
the king of Assyria ,
Make an
agreement
with me by
a
present,
and come out to me ,
and
then eat
ye
every man
of his own vine ,
and every
one
of
his fig tree, and drink ye
every
one
the
waters
of
his cistern :
until I come and take you away to a land like your own —
a land of grain
and new
wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees
and honey —so
that you
may live and not die .
But
do
not listen
to
Hezekiah, for
he
misleads
you
when he says
, ‘
The LORD will deliver us. ’
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of corn
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil
olive and of
honey ,
that ye
may live ,
and not die :
and
hearken
not unto
Hezekiah, when he persuadeth
you
, saying,
The LORD will deliver us.
Has
the god
of any
nation
ever
delivered his land from
the hand of the king of Assyria?
Hath
any
of
the gods
of the
nations
delivered at
all
his land out
of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah
? Have they delivered Samaria from
my
hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath ,
and of
Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah
? have they delivered Samaria out
of
mine
hand?
Who among all the gods of these
lands
has
delivered his
land
from
my
hand ?
How
then
can
the LORD deliver Jerusalem from
my
hand? ”
Who are
they
among all the gods of the
countries,
that
have
delivered their
country
out
of
mine
hand ,
that
the LORD should
deliver Jerusalem out
of
mine
hand?
But the people remained
silent
and did
not answer
a word ,
for Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “Do
not
answer him. ”
But the people held
their
peace,
and answered
him
not a word :
for the
king's
commandment
was
, saying,
Answer him not
.
Then Hilkiah’s
son
Eliakim the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s
son
Joah the recorder came
to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
, and they
relayed
to
him the words of the
Rabshakeh.
Then came
Eliakim the son
of
Hilkiah
, which
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son
of
Asaph
the
recorder ,
to Hezekiah with their clothes rent
, and told
him the words of Rabshakeh.
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