strkjv@2Kings:18:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:2
@
Twenty
and
five
years
old
was he when he began to
reign
; and he
reigned
twenty
and
nine
years
in
Jerusalem
. His
mothers
name
also was
Abi
, the
daughter
of
Zachariah
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:3
@ And he
did
that which was
right
in the
sight
of the
LORD
, according to all that
David
his
father
did
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:4
@ He
removed
the high
places
, and
brake
the
images
, and cut
down
the
groves
, and brake in
pieces
the
brasen
serpent
that
Moses
had
made
: for unto those
days
the
children
of
Israel
did burn
incense
to it: and he
called
it
Nehushtan
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:5
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:6
@ For he
clave
to the
LORD
, and
departed
not from
following
him, but
kept
his
commandments
, which the
LORD
commanded
Moses
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:7
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:8
@ He
smote
the
Philistines
, even unto
Gaza
, and the
borders
thereof, from the
tower
of the
watchmen
to the
fenced
city
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:9
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:10
@ And at the
end
of
three
years
they
took
it: even in the
sixth
year
of
Hezekiah
, that is the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
king
of
Israel
,
Samaria
was
taken
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:11
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Kings:18:12
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:13
@ Now in the
fourteenth
H6240
year
of
king
Hezekiah
did
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
come
up
against all the
fenced
cities
of
Judah
, and
took
them.
strkjv@2Kings:18:14
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:15
@ And
Hezekiah
gave
him all the
silver
that was
found
in the
house
of the
LORD
, and in the
treasures
of the
kings
house
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:16
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:17
@ And the
king
of
Assyria
sent
Tartan
and
Rabsaris
Rab- 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
fullers
field
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:18
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:19
@ 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
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:20
@ 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?
strkjv@2Kings:18:21
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:22
@ 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
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:23
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:24
@ How then wilt thou turn
away
the
face
of
one
captain
of the
least
of my
masters
servants
, and put thy
trust
on
Egypt
for
chariots
and for
horsemen
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:25
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:26
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:27
@ 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
charey-, and
drink
their own
piss
with you?
strkjv@2Kings:18:28
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Kings:18:29
@ Thus
saith
the
king
, Let not
Hezekiah
deceive
you: for he shall not be
able
to
deliver
you out of his
hand
:
strkjv@2Kings:18:30
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:18:31
@
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
t@, and
drink
ye every
one
the
waters
of his
cistern
:
strkjv@2Kings:18:32
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:18:33
@ Hath
any
of the
gods
of the
nations
delivered
at
all
his
land
out of the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:34
@ 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
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:35
@ 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
?
strkjv@2Kings:18:36
@ But the
people
held their
peace
, and
answered
him not a
word
: for the
kings
commandment
was,
saying
,
Answer
him not.
strkjv@2Kings:18:37
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:1
@ And it came to pass, when
king
Hezekiah
heard
it, that he
rent
his
clothes
, and
covered
himself with
sackcloth
, and
went
into the
house
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:2
@ And he
sent
Eliakim
, which was over the
household
, and
Shebna
the
scribe
, and the
elders
of the
priests
,
covered
with
sackcloth
, to
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:3
@ And they
said
unto him, Thus
saith
Hezekiah
, This
day
is a
day
of
trouble
, and of
rebuke
, and
blasphemy
n@: for the
children
are
come
to the
birth
, and there is not
strength
to bring
forth
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:4
@ It may
be
the
LORD
thy
God
will
hear
all the
words
of
Rabshakeh
, whom the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God
; and will
reprove
the
words
which the
LORD
thy
God
hath
heard
: wherefore lift
up
thy
prayer
for the
remnant
that are
left
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:5
@ So the
servants
of
king
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah
Y@.
strkjv@2Kings:19:6
@ And
Isaiah
said
unto them, Thus shall ye
say
to your
master
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Be not
afraid
of
the
words
which thou hast
heard
, with which the
servants
of the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
strkjv@2Kings:19:7
@ Behold, I will
send
a
blast
upon him, and he shall
hear
a
rumour
sh@, and shall
return
to his own
land
; and I will cause him to
fall
by the
sword
in his own
land
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:8
@ So
Rabshakeh
returned
, and
found
the
king
of
Assyria
warring
against
Libnah
: for he had
heard
that he was
departed
from
Lachish
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:9
@ And when he
heard
say
of
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia
, Behold, he is come
out
to
fight
against thee: he
sent
messengers
again
unto
Hezekiah
,
saying
,
strkjv@2Kings:19:10
@ Thus shall ye
speak
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
,
saying
, Let not thy
God
in whom thou
trustest
deceive
thee,
saying
,
Jerusalem
shall not be
delivered
into the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:11
@ Behold, thou hast
heard
what the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to all
lands
, by destroying them
utterly
: and shalt thou be
delivered
?
strkjv@2Kings:19:12
@ Have the
gods
of the
nations
delivered
them which my
fathers
have
destroyed
; as
Gozan
, and
Haran
, and
Rezeph
, and the
children
of
Eden
which were in
Thelasar
T@?
strkjv@2Kings:19:13
@ Where is the
king
of
Hamath
, and the
king
of
Arpad
, and the
king
of the
city
of
Sepharvaim
, of
Hena
, and
Ivah
?
strkjv@2Kings:19:14
@ And
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
of the
hand
of the
messengers
, and
read
it: and
Hezekiah
went
up
into the
house
of the
LORD
, and
spread
it
before
the
LORD
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:15
@ And
Hezekiah
prayed
before
the
LORD
, and
said
, O
LORD
God
of
Israel
, which
dwellest
between the
cherubims
, thou art the
God
, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
; thou hast
made
heaven
and
earth
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:16
@
LORD
, bow
down
thine
ear
, and
hear
:
open
,
LORD
, thine
eyes
, and
see
: and
hear
the
words
of
Sennacherib
, which hath
sent
him to
reproach
the
living
God
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:17
@ Of a
truth
,
LORD
, the
kings
of
Assyria
have
destroyed
the
nations
and their
lands
,
strkjv@2Kings:19:18
@ And have
cast
their
gods
into the
fire
: for they were no
gods
, but the
work
of
mens
hands
,
wood
and
stone
: therefore they have
destroyed
them.
strkjv@2Kings:19:19
@ Now therefore, O
LORD
our
God
, I beseech thee,
save
thou us out of his
hand
, that all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
may
know
that thou art the
LORD
God
, even thou only.
strkjv@2Kings:19:20
@ Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
to
Hezekiah
,
saying
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
, That which thou hast
prayed
to me against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
I have
heard
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:21
@ This is the
word
that the
LORD
hath
spoken
concerning him; The
virgin
the
daughter
of
Zion
hath
despised
thee, and laughed thee to
scorn
; the
daughter
of
Jerusalem
hath
shaken
her
head
at
thee
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:22
@ Whom hast thou
reproached
and
blasphemed
? and against whom hast thou
exalted
thy
voice
, and lifted
up
thine
eyes
on
high
? even against the
Holy
One of
Israel
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:23
@
By
thy
messengers
thou hast
reproached
the
Lord
, and hast
said
, With the
multitude
of my
chariots
I am come
up
to the
height
of the
mountains
, to the
sides
of
Lebanon
, and will cut
down
the
tall
cedar
trees
thereof, and the
choice
fir
trees
thereof: and I will
enter
into the
lodgings
of his
borders
, and into the
forest
of his
Carmel
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:24
@ I have
digged
and
drunk
strange
waters
, and with the
sole
of my
feet
have I
dried
up all the
rivers
of besieged
places
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:25
@ Hast thou not
heard
long
ago
how I have
done
it, and of
ancient
times
that I have
formed
it? now have I
brought
it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste
fenced
cities
into
ruinous
heaps
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:26
@ Therefore their
inhabitants
were of
small
power
, they were
dismayed
and
confounded
; they were as the
grass
of the
field
, and as the
green
herb
, as the
grass
on the
housetops
, and as corn
blasted
before
it be grown
up
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:27
@ But I
know
thy
abode
, and thy going
out
, and thy coming
in
, and thy
rage
against me.
strkjv@2Kings:19:28
@ Because thy
rage
against me and thy
tumult
is come
up
into mine
ears
, therefore I will
put
my
hook
in thy
nose
, and my
bridle
in thy
lips
, and I will turn thee
back
by the
way
by which thou
camest
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:29
@ And this shall be a
sign
unto thee, Ye shall
eat
this
year
such things as
grow
of themselves, and in the
second
year
that which
springeth
of the same; and in the
third
year
sow
ye, and
reap
, and
plant
vineyards
, and
eat
the
fruits
thereof.
strkjv@2Kings:19:30
@ And the
remnant
that is
escaped
of the
house
of
Judah
shall yet
again
take
root
downward
, and
bear
fruit
upward
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:31
@ For out of
Jerusalem
shall go
forth
a
remnant
sh@, and they that
escape
out of
mount
Zion
: the
zeal
of the
LORD
of hosts
shall
do
this.
strkjv@2Kings:19:32
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
concerning the
king
of
Assyria
, He shall not
come
into this
city
, nor
shoot
an
arrow
there, nor come
before
it with
shield
, nor
cast
a
bank
against it.
strkjv@2Kings:19:33
@ By the
way
that he
came
, by the same shall he
return
, and shall not
come
into this
city
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:34
@ For I will
defend
this
city
, to
save
it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant
Davids
sake.
strkjv@2Kings:19:35
@ And it came to pass that
night
, that the
angel
of the
LORD
went
out
, and
smote
in the
camp
of the
Assyrians
an
hundred
fourscore
and
five
thousand
: and when they arose
early
in the
morning
, behold, they were all
dead
corpses
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:36
@ So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed
, and
went
and
returned
, and
dwelt
at
Nineveh
.
strkjv@2Kings:19:37
@ And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping
in the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god
, that
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
his
sons
smote
him with the
sword
: and they
escaped
into the
land
of
Armenia
. And
Esarhaddon
Ecar- his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@2Kings:20:1
@ In those
days
was
Hezekiah
sick
unto
death
. And the
prophet
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
came
to him, and
said
unto him, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Set thine
house
in
order
; for thou shalt
die
, and not
live
.
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