Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
In the third year of the
reign
of
Hoshea son of Elah over
Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became
king of Judah .
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of
Israel, reigned
hath
Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah ;
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.
a
son
of
twenty and
five years was
he in
his
reigning
, and twenty
and
nine
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem, and
the name
of
his
mother
`is'
Abi
daughter of Zechariah.
And he did
what
was
right in the eyes of the
LORD
, just
as
his father David
had
done.
And he doth
that
which
`is'
right in the eyes of Jehovah
, 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 hath
turned
aside
the high places, and
broken
in
pieces
the standing-
pillars, and cut down the shrine,
and
beaten
down
the brazen
serpent
that Moses made, for unto
these
days
were
the sons
of
Israel
making
perfume
to it ,
and
he
calleth
it
`a
piece
of
brass
. '
Hezekiah
trusted
in the
LORD
, the
God of Israel .
No
king
of
Judah
was
like him, either
before him or
after
him.
In Jehovah
, God of Israel ,
he
hath
trusted,
and
after
him
there
hath
not
been
like him among
all
the
kings
of
Judah
, nor
`among
any'
who
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.
and
he cleaveth
to Jehovah,
he
hath
not turned
aside
from after
Him ,
and
keepeth
His
commands
that Jehovah
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 Jehovah
hath
been
with him
, in
every
place
where
he goeth
out
he acteth
wisely,
and
he rebelleth
against the king of Asshur,
and hath
not
served
him ;
He defeated
the Philistines as
far
as
Gaza and its borders, from watchtower
to
fortified
city.
he hath
smitten
the Philistines unto
Gaza ,
and its borders, from a
tower
of
watchers
unto
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
cometh
to
pass,
in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah
--
it
`is'
the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of
Israel --
come
up
hath
Shalmaneser king of Asshur
against Samaria ,
and layeth
siege
to
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 they
capture
it
at the end of three years ;
in the sixth year of Hezekiah --
it
`is'
the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel --
hath
Samaria
been
captureth,
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 Asshur
removeth
Israel
to Asshur,
and placed
them in Halah, and
in Habor
`
by '
the river Gozan
, and `
in '
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 that
they have
not hearkened
to the voice of Jehovah
their God, and
transgress
His covenant --
all that He
commanded
Moses ,
servant of Jehovah
--
yea,
they
have
not
hearkened
nor done
`it'
.
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign,
Sennacherib king of Assyria
attacked
and
captured
all the fortified
cities of Judah .
And
in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah
hath
Sennacherib king of Asshur
come
up
against
all the fenced
cities of Judah ,
and
seizeth
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 sendeth
unto
the king of Asshur
to
Lachish, saying, `
I have sinned
, turn
back
from off
me ;
that
which
thou
puttest
on
me
I
bear;'
and the king of Asshur
layeth
on
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 giveth
all the silver that is
found in the house of Jehovah,
and in the treasures
of the house
of
the
king;
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 hath
Hezekiah cut
off
the doors of the temple of Jehovah,
and
the pillars
that
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
had
overlaid
, and giveth
them
to the king of Asshur
.
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 Asshur
sendeth
Tartan, and
the chief
of
the
eunuchs
, and the chief
of
the
butlers
, from Lachish ,
unto
king Hezekiah ,
with
a
heavy
force,
to
Jerusalem ,
and
they go
up and
come
in
to Jerusalem ,
and they
go
up,
and
come
in
and
stand
by the conduit
of the upper pool that
`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
they call
unto
the king ,
and go
out
unto
them
doth
Eliakim son of Hilkiah ,
who
`is'
over
the house
, and
Shebna
the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer
.
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
the chief
of
the
butlers
saith
unto
them, `Say,
I
pray
you,
unto
Hezekiah ,
Thus
said
the great king, the king of Asshur
, What `
is '
this confidence in
which
thou
hast
confided
?
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
hast
said:
Only
a word
of
the
lips!
counsel
and might
`
are '
for
battle;
now, on
whom
hast
thou
trusted
that thou
hast
rebelled 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, lo
, thou
hast
trusted
for
thee
on
the staff
of this
broken
reed,
on Egypt;
which
a
man
leaneth
on,
and
it hath
gone
into
his
hand,
and
pierced
it!
--
so
`
is '
Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those
trusting
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 ’
?
`And
when
ye
say unto
me, Unto
Jehovah
our God we
have
trusted
, is it
not He
whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath
turned
aside
, and
saith
to Judah and to
Jerusalem ,
Before this altar do
ye
bow
yourselves
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 !
`And
, now
, give
a pledge
for
thee
, I
pray
thee,
to
my
lord
the king of Asshur,
and
I give to
thee
two thousand horses ,
if thou
art
able
to
give
for
thee
riders on 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?
And
how dost
thou
turn
back
the face
of
one
captain
of
the
least of the
servants of
my
lord,
that
thou
dost
trust
for
thee
on Egypt for chariot,
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. ’”
Now, without
Jehovah
have I
come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah
said unto
me, Go up against this land ,
and thou
hast
destroyed
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. ”
And
Eliakim son of Hilkiah saith
--
and
Shebna
, and Joah --
to the chief
of
the
butlers
, `
Speak ,
we
pray
thee,
unto
thy
servants `
in '
Aramaean
, for
we are
understanding,
and
do not speak with us `
in '
Jewish,
in the ears
of the people who
`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
? ”
And
the chief
of
the
butlers
saith
unto
them
, `For
thy
lord,
and
unto
thee,
hath
my lord
sent me to speak these words ?
is
it
not for
the men ,
those
sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to
drink their own water,
with
you
? '
Then
the Rabshakeh
stood
and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the
word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
And
the chief
of
the
butlers
standeth
and calleth
with
a
great
voice
`
in '
Jewish,
and
speaketh
and
saith,
`
Hear ye
a
word of the great king, the king of Asshur:
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not
let Hezekiah deceive
you ;
he cannot
deliver you from
my
hand .
thus
said
the king ,
Let not
Hezekiah lift
you up,
for
he is
not
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
. ’
and
let not
Hezekiah make
you trust unto
Jehovah
, saying,
Jehovah
doth
certainly
deliver us ,
and
this city is
not given into the hand of the king of Asshur
.
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
,
`
Do not hearken
unto
Hezekiah, for thus
said
the king of Asshur,
Make with me a
blessing,
and come out unto
me ,
and
eat ye
each
of
his vine ,
and each
of
his fig -
tree, and drink ye
each
the
waters
of
his own well
,
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. ’
till
my
coming
in,
and I
have
taken
you unto
a land like your own land,
a land of corn
and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil
olive ,
and honey ,
and
live ,
and die not;
and
do not hearken
unto
Hezekiah, when he persuadeth
you
, saying,
Jehovah
doth
deliver us.
Has
the god
of any
nation
ever
delivered his land from
the hand of the king of Assyria
?
`Have
the gods
of the
nations
delivered at
all
each
his land out
of
the hand of the king of Asshur
?
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 Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah ,
that
they have
delivered Samaria out
of
my 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
lands that
have
delivered their
land out
of
my hand ,
that
Jehovah
doth
deliver Jerusalem out
of
my hand? '
But
the people remained
silent and did
not answer
a word, for Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “
Do not answer him. ”
And
the people have
kept
silent ,
and have
not answered
him
a word, for the
command
of
the
king
is
, saying,
`
Do not answer him. '
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
.
And
Eliakim son
of
Hilkiah,
who
`is'
over
the house
, cometh
in,
and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah son
of
Asaph
the remembrancer,
unto
Hezekiah ,
with rent
garments
, and they declare
to him the words of the chief
of
the
butlers
.
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