Dual Panel1Now it came to pass in the third <07969> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Elah <0425> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, [that] Hezekiah <02396> the son <01121> of Ahaz <0271> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began to reign <04427> (8804)_. {Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias}
2Twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> was he when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_; and he reigned <04427> (8804) twenty <06242> and nine <08672> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_. His mother's <0517> name <08034> also [was] Abi <021>_, the daughter <01323> of Zachariah <02148>_. {Abi: also called, Abijah}
3And he did <06213> (8799) [that which was] right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, according to all that David <01732> his father <01> did <06213> (8804)_.
4He removed <05493> (8689) the high places <01116>_, and brake <07665> (8765) the images <04676>_, and cut down <03772> (8804) the groves <0842>_, and brake in pieces <03807> (8765) the brasen <05178> serpent <05175> that Moses <04872> had made <06213> (8804)_: for unto those days <03117> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did burn incense <06999> (8764) to it: and he called <07121> (8799) it Nehushtan <05180>_. {images: Heb. statues} {Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass}
5He trusted <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_; so that after <0310> him was none like him among all the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>_, nor [any] that were before <06440> him.
6For he clave <01692> (8799) to the LORD <03068>_, [and] departed <05493> (8804) not from following <0310> him, but kept <08104> (8799) his commandments <04687>_, which the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) Moses <04872>_. {from...: Heb. from after him}
7And the LORD <03068> was with him; [and] he prospered <07919> (8686) whithersoever he went forth <03318> (8799)_: and he rebelled <04775> (8799) against the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, and served <05647> (8804) him not.
8He smote <05221> (8689) the Philistines <06430>_, [even] unto Gaza <05804>_, and the borders <01366> thereof, from the tower <04026> of the watchmen <05341> (8802) to the fenced <04013> city <05892>_. {Gaza: Heb. Azzah}
9And it came to pass in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>_, which [was] the seventh <07637> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Elah <0425> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, [that] Shalmaneser <08022> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came up <05927> (8804) against Samaria <08111>_, and besieged <06696> (8799) it.
10And at the end <07097> of three <07969> years <08141> they took <03920> (8799) it: [even] in the sixth <08337> year <08141> of Hezekiah <02396>_, that [is] the ninth <08672> year <08141> of Hoshea <01954> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, Samaria <08111> was taken <03920> (8738)_.
11And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> did carry away <01540> (8686) Israel <03478> unto Assyria <0804>_, and put <05148> (8686) them in Halah <02477> and in Habor <02249> [by] the river <05104> of Gozan <01470>_, and in the cities <05892> of the Medes <04074>_:
12Because they obeyed <08085> (8804) not the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_, but transgressed <05674> (8799) his covenant <01285>_, [and] all that Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765)_, and would not hear <08085> (8804) [them], nor do <06213> (8804) [them].
13Now in the fourteenth <0702> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> did Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> come up <05927> (8804) against all the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_, and took <08610> (8799) them. {Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib}
14And Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> sent <07971> (8799) to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> to Lachish <03923>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, I have offended <02398> (8804)_; return <07725> (8798) from me: that which thou puttest <05414> (8799) on me will I bear <05375> (8799)_. And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> appointed <07760> (8799) unto Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> three <07969> hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701> and thirty <07970> talents <03603> of gold <02091>_.
15And Hezekiah <02396> gave <05414> (8799) [him] all the silver <03701> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and in the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004>_.
16At that time <06256> did Hezekiah <02396> cut off <07112> (8765) [the gold from] the doors <01817> of the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>_, and [from] the pillars <0547> which Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> had overlaid <06823> (8765)_, and gave <05414> (8799) it to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_. {it: Heb. them}
17And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> sent <07971> (8799) Tartan <08661> and Rabsaris <07249> and Rabshakeh <07262> from Lachish <03923> to king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> with a great <03515> host <02426> against Jerusalem <03389>_. And they went up <05927> (8799) and came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_. And when they were come up <05927> (8799)_, they came <0935> (8799) and stood <05975> (8799) by the conduit <08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295>_, which [is] in the highway <04546> of the fuller's <03526> (8801) field <07704>_. {great: Heb. heavy}
18And when they had called <07121> (8799) to the king <04428>_, there came out <03318> (8799) to them Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>_, which [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)_. {scribe: or, secretary}
19And Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Speak <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)_?
20Thou sayest <0559> (8804)_, (but [they are but] vain <08193> words <01697>,) [I have] counsel <06098> and strength <01369> for the war <04421>_. Now on whom dost thou trust <0982> (8804)_, that thou rebellest <04775> (8804) against me? {sayest: or, talkest} {vain...: Heb. word of the lips} {I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}
21Now, behold, thou trustest <0982> (8804) upon the staff <04938> of this bruised <07533> (8803) reed <07070>_, [even] upon Egypt <04714>_, on which 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> unto all that trust <0982> (8802) on him. {trustest: Heb. trustest thee}
22But if ye say <0559> (8799) unto me, We trust <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_: [is] not that he, whose high places <01116> and whose altars <04196> Hezekiah <02396> hath taken away <05493> (8689)_, and hath said <0559> (8799) to Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>_, Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> this altar <04196> in Jerusalem <03389>_?
23Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges <06148> (8690) to my lord <0113> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, and I will deliver <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. {pledges: or, hostages}
24How 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>_?
25Am I now come up <05927> (8804) without <01107> the LORD <03068> against this place <04725> to destroy <07843> (8687) it? The LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) to me, Go up <05927> (8798) against this land <0776>_, and destroy <07843> (8685) it.
26Then said <0559> (8799) Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>_, and Shebna <07644>_, and Joah <03098>_, unto Rabshakeh <07262>_, Speak <01696> (8761)_, I pray thee, to thy servants <05650> in the Syrian language <0762>_; for we understand <08085> (8802) [it]: and talk <01696> (8762) not with us in the Jews' language <03066> in the ears <0241> of the people <05971> that [are] on the wall <02346>_.
27But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, 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> which sit <03427> (8802) on the wall <02346>_, that they may eat <0398> (8800) their own dung <06675> (8675) <02755>_, and drink <08354> (8800) their own piss <04325> <07272> (8675) <07890> with you? {their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet}
28Then Rabshakeh <07262> stood <05975> (8799) and cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' language <03066>_, and spake <01696> (8762)_, saying <0559> (8799)_, Hear <08085> (8798) the word <01697> of the great <01419> king <04428>_, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_:
29Thus 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 out of his hand <03027>_:
30Neither 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, and this city <05892> shall not be delivered <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_.
31Hearken <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 [then] eat <0398> (8798) ye every man <0376> of his own vine <01612>_, and every one <0376> of his fig tree <08384>_, and drink <08354> (8798) ye every one <0376> the waters <04325> of his cistern <0953>_: {Make...: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing} {cistern: or, pit}
32Until 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>_, a land <0776> of oil <03323> olive <02132> and of honey <01706>_, that ye may live <02421> (8798)_, and not die <04191> (8799)_: and hearken <08085> (8799) not unto Hezekiah <02396>_, when he persuadeth <05496> (8686) you, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> will deliver <05337> (8686) us. {persuadeth: or, deceiveth}
33Hath any <0376> of the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> delivered <05337> (8689) at all <05337> (8687) his land <0776> out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_?
34Where [are] the gods <0430> of Hamath <02574>_, and of Arpad <0774>_? where [are] the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim <05617>_, Hena <02012>_, and Ivah <05755>_? have they delivered <05337> (8689) Samaria <08111> out of mine hand <03027>_?
35Who [are] they among all the gods <0430> of the countries <0776>_, that have delivered <05337> (8689) their country <0776> out of mine hand <03027>_, that the LORD <03068> should deliver <05337> (8686) Jerusalem <03389> out of mine hand <03027>_?
36But the people <05971> held their peace <02790> (8689)_, 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.
37Then came <0935> (8799) Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>_, which [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>_.