2Ki 18 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass in [ 2 year 1 the third] of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [ 6 reigned 1 Hezekiah 2 son 3 of Ahaz 4 king 5 of Judah].

2 Kings 18

CHAPTER 18 Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

1 And it came to pass in [²year ¹the third] of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [⁶reigned ¹Hezekiah ²son ³of Ahaz ⁴king ⁵of Judah]. 2 [²a son ³\Eit being ⁴and ⁵five ⁶years old ¹He was] in his taking reign, and twenty and nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Abi, daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did upright in the eyes of the lord, according to all as much as [³did ¹David ²his father]. 4 He removed the high places, and he broke the monuments, and [²the ³sacred groves ¹he cut down], and he cut up the serpent of brass which Moses made; for unto those days [⁴were ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] burning incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan. 5 In the lord God of Israel he hoped, there was not [³after ⁴him ¹one likened ²to him] among the kings of Judah, and among the ones taking place before him. 6 And he cleaved to the lord. He did not leave from behind him, and he guarded his commandments, as many as the lord gave charge to Moses. 7 And the lord was with him; in all the things which he did he perceived. And he annulled allegiance to the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve to him. 8 He struck the Philistines unto Gaza, and unto its border, from the tower of the ones guarding, and unto [²city ¹the fortified]. 9 And it came to pass in the [²year ¹fourth] to king Hezekiah, this is [³year ¹the ²seventh] of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, ascended Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians against Samaria, and assaulted it. 10 And he overtook it at the end of three years. In [²year ¹the sixth] of Hezekiah -- this is [²year ¹the ninth] of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was seized. 11 And [³resettled ¹the king ²of the Assyrians] the Samarian into Assyria, and he put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes; 12 because they did not hearken to the voice of the lord their God, and they violated his covenant, all as much as he gave charge to Moses the manservant of the lord; and they did not hearken, and they did not do.

Sennacherib Wars with Judah

13 And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah [⁴ascended ¹Sennacherib ²king ³of the Assyrians] against the [²cities ³of Judah ¹fortified], and he seized them. 14 And [⁴sent ¹Hezekiah ²king ³of Judah] messengers to the king of the Assyrians, to Lachish, saying, I have sinned, turn from me! What ever you should place upon me I will bear. And [⁴placed a tribute ¹the ²king ³of the Assyrians] upon Hezekiah king of Judah of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave all the silver he found in the house of the lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king. 16 In that time [⁴cut off ¹Hezekiah ²king ³of Judah] the doors of the temple of the lord, and the supports which [⁵gilded ¹Hezekiah ²the ³king ⁴of Judah], and gave them to the king of the Assyrians. 17 And [³sent ¹the king ²of the Assyrians] Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with [²force ¹a heavy] to Jerusalem. And they ascended, and came to Jerusalem. And they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is in the way of the field of the fuller. 18 And they yelled to Hezekiah. And [⁶came ⁷to ⁸them ¹Eliakim ²son ³of Hilkiah ⁴the ⁵manager], and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the one taking record. 19 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹Rabshakeh], Say indeed to Hezekiah, Thus says the [²king ¹great], the king of the Assyrians, What is this reliance which you yield on? 20 How then do words of the lips and counsel [²the battle array ¹become] for war? Now then, upon whom are you relying upon, that you annulled allegiance to me? 21 Behold, are you [²relying ¹yourself] upon [³rod ⁴of reed ²fractured ¹this] -- upon Egypt? Thus if [²should stay ¹man] upon it, it will enter into his hand and puncture it. Thus is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all the ones relying upon him. 22 And if you should say to me, Upon the lord our God we rely on. Is it not he that Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar you shall do obeisance in Jerusalem? 23 And now mix in with my master the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses -- if you shall be able to put for yourself a rider upon them. 24 And how will you turn back the face [²toparch ¹of one] of the [²servants ³of my master ¹least of the], and hope for yourself upon Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 25 And now, is it without the lord that we ascended against this place to utterly destroy it? The lord said to me, Ascend against this land and utterly destroy it! 26 And [⁸said ¹Eliakim ²son ³of Hilkiah ⁴and ⁵Shebna ⁶and ⁷Joah] to Rabshakeh, Speak indeed to your servants in Syrian! for we hear. And do not speak with us in Jewish to the ears of the people upon the wall! 27 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹Rabshakeh], Is it to your master, and to you [²sent ³me ¹my master] to speak these words? Is it not to the men, the ones sitting upon the wall, to eat their dung, and to drink their urine with you together? 28 And Rabshakeh stood and yelled [²voice ¹with a great] in Jewish, and spoke, and he said, Hear the words of the king, of the great king of the Assyrians! 29 Thus says the king, Let not [²lift ³you ¹Hezekiah]! for in no way should he be able to rescue you from out of my hand. 30 And let not [²raise your hope ¹Hezekiah] unto the lord! saying, In rescuing, [³will rescue ⁴us ¹the ² lord], and and in no way shall [²be delivered ¹this city] into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah! for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Do for me a blessing, and come forth to me! and [²shall eat ¹each] of his grapevine, and each of his fig tree, and [²shall drink ¹each] water of his well; 32 until whenever I should come, and I should take you into a land as your land, a land of grain and wine and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, and you shall live and you shall not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah! for he deceives you, saying, The lord shall deliver you. 33 Have by rescuing [⁵rescued ¹the ²gods ³of the ⁴nations] each his land from out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians? 34 Where is the god of Hamath, and Arphad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim -- Hena and Ivah? Did they deliver Samaria from out of my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands is the one who rescued his land from out of my hand, that the lord shall rescue Jerusalem from out of my hand? 36 And they kept silent, and did not answer him a word, because of the commandment of the king, saying, You shall not answer him. 37 And [⁶entered ¹Eliakim ²son ³of Hilkiah ⁴the ⁵manager], and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the one recording to Hezekiah tearing their garments. And announced to him the words of Rabshakeh.