Now it came to pass in the third{H7969} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} son{H1121} of Elah{H425} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} that Hezekiah{H2396} the son{H1121} of Ahaz{H271} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} began to reign.{H4427}

Twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} was he when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} twenty{H6242} and nine{H8672} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Abi{H21} the daughter{H1323} of Zechariah.{H2148}

And he did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to all that David{H1732} his father{H1} had done.{H6213}

He removed{H5493} the high places,{H1116} and brake{H7665} the pillars,{H4676} and cut down{H3772} the Asherah:{H842} and he brake in pieces{H3807} the brazen{H5178} serpent{H5175} that Moses{H4872} had made;{H6213} for unto those days{H3117} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did burn incense{H6999} to it; and he called{H7121} it Nehushtan.{H5180}

He trusted{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel;{H3478} so that after{H310} him was none like him among all the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} nor [among them] that were before{H6440} him.

For he clave{H1692} to Jehovah;{H3068} he departed{H5493} not from following{H310} him, but kept{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses.{H4872}

And Jehovah{H3068} was with him; whithersoever he went forth{H3318} he prospered:{H7919} and he rebelled{H4775} against the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and served{H5647} him not.

He smote{H5221} the Philistines{H6430} unto Gaza{H5804} and the borders{H1366} thereof, from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city.{H5892}

And it came to pass in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah,{H2396} which was the seventh{H7637} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} son{H1121} of Elah{H425} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} that Shalmaneser{H8022} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927} against Samaria,{H8111} and besieged{H6696} it.

And at the end{H7097} of three{H7969} years{H8141} they took{H3920} it: in the sixth{H8337} year{H8141} of Hezekiah,{H2396} which was the ninth{H8672} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} Samaria{H8111} was taken.{H3920}

And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} carried Israel{H3478} away{H1540} unto Assyria,{H804} and put{H5148} them in Halah,{H2477} and on the Habor,{H2249} the river{H5104} of Gozan,{H1470} and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes,{H4074}

because they obeyed{H8085} not the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} but transgressed{H5674} his covenant,{H1285} even all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded,{H6680} and would not hear{H8085} it, nor do{H6213} it.

Now in the fourteenth{H702} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come up{H5927} against all the fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and took{H8610} them.

And Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} sent{H7971} to the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to Lachish,{H3923} saying,{H559} I have offended;{H2398} return{H7725} from me: that which thou puttest{H5414} on me will I bear.{H5375} And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} appointed{H7760} unto Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} and thirty{H7970} talents{H3603} of gold.{H2091}

And Hezekiah{H2396} gave{H5414} [him] all the silver{H3701} that was found{H4672} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and in the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house.{H1004}

At that time{H6256} did Hezekiah{H2396} cut off{H7112} [the gold from] the doors{H1817} of the temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} and [from] the pillars{H547} which Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had overlaid,{H6823} and gave{H5414} it to the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971} Tartan{H8661} and Rab-saris{H7249} and Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} army{H2426} unto Jerusalem.{H3389} And they went up{H5927} and came{H935} to Jerusalem.{H3389} And when they were come up,{H5927} they came{H935} and stood{H5975} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool,{H1295} which is in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526} field.{H7704}

And when they had called{H7121} to the king,{H4428} there came out{H3318} to them Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebnah{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder.{H2142}

And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Say{H559} ye now to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest?{H982}

Thou sayest{H559} (but they are but vain{H8193} words),{H1697} [There is] counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war.{H4421} Now on whom dost thou trust,{H982} that thou hast rebelled{H4775} against me?

Now, behold, thou trustest{H982} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533} reed,{H7070} even upon Egypt;{H4714} whereon if a man{H376} lean,{H5564} it will go{H935} into his hand,{H3709} and pierce{H5344} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} unto all that trust{H982} on him.

But if ye say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God;{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem?{H3389}

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148} to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and I will give{H5414} thee two thousand{H505} horses,{H5483} if thou be able{H3201} on thy part to set{H5414} riders{H7392} upon them.

How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571}

Am I now come up{H5927} without{H1107} Jehovah{H3068} against this place{H4725} to destroy{H7843} it? Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go up{H5927} against this land,{H776} and destroy{H7843} it.

Then said{H559} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} and Shebnah,{H7644} and Joah,{H3098} unto Rabshakeh,{H7262} Speak,{H1696} I pray thee, to thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language;{H762} for we understand{H8085} it: and speak{H1696} not with us in the Jews' language,{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall.{H2346}

But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} on the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H6675} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you?

Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and spake,{H1696} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you; for he will not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you out of his hand:{H3027}

neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H5337} deliver{H5337} us, and this city{H5892} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

Hearken{H8085} not to Hezekiah:{H2396} for thus saith{H559} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Make{H6213} your peace{H1293} with me, and come out{H3318} to me; and eat{H398} ye every one{H376} of his vine,{H1612} and every one{H376} of his fig-tree,{H8384} and drink{H8354} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern;{H953}

Until I come{H935} and take you away{H3947} to a land{H776} like your own land,{H776} a land{H776} of grain{H1715} and new wine,{H8492} a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards,{H3754} a land{H776} of olive -{H2132} trees{H3323} and of honey,{H1706} that ye may live,{H2421} and not die:{H4191} and hearken{H8085} not unto Hezekiah,{H2396} when he persuadeth{H5496} you, saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5337} us.

Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} ever{H5337} delivered{H5337} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804}

Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath,{H2574} and of Arpad?{H774} where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim,{H5617} of Hena,{H2012} and Ivvah?{H5755} have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand?{H3027}

Who are they among all the gods{H430} of the countries,{H776} that have delivered{H5337} their country{H776} out of my hand,{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} should deliver{H5337} Jerusalem{H3389} out of my hand?{H3027}

But the people{H5971} held their peace,{H2790} and answered{H6030} him not a word;{H1697} for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying,{H559} Answer{H6030} him not.

Then came{H935} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder,{H2142} to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and told{H5046} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh.{H7262}