Verse 1

The vision{H2377} of Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, which he saw{H2372}{(H8804)} concerning Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} in the days{H3117} of Uzziah{H5818}, Jotham{H3147}, Ahaz{H271}, and Hezekiah{H3169}, kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 2:1 : 1 The word{H1697} that Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} saw{H2372}{(H8804)} concerning Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}.
• Isa 6:1 : 1 In the year{H8141} that king{H4428} Uzziah{H5818} died{H4194} I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} also{H853} the Lord{H136} sitting{H3427}{(H8802)} upon a throne{H3678}, high{H7311}{(H8802)} and lifted up{H5375}{(H8737)}, and his train{H7757} filled{H4392}{H853} the temple{H1964}.
• Isa 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days{H3117} of Ahaz{H271} the son{H1121} of Jotham{H3147}, the son{H1121} of Uzziah{H5818}, king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, that Rezin{H7526} the king{H4428} of Syria{H758}, and Pekah{H6492} the son{H1121} of Remaliah{H7425}, king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, went up{H5927}{(H8804)} toward Jerusalem{H3389} to war{H4421} against it, but could{H3201}{(H8804)} not prevail{H3898}{(H8736)} against it.
• Num 24:16 : 16 He hath said{H5002}{(H8803)}, which heard{H8085}{(H8802)} the words{H561} of God{H410}, and knew{H3045}{(H8802)} the knowledge{H1847} of the most High{H5945}, which saw{H2372}{(H8799)} the vision{H4236} of the Almighty{H7706}, falling{H5307}{(H8802)} into a trance, but having his eyes{H5869} open{H1540}{(H8803)}:
• 2 Kgs 18:1-20:21 : 1 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}{(H8804)}. 2 Twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} was he when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}; and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} twenty{H6242} and nine{H8672} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. His mother's{H517} name{H8034} also was Abi{H21}, the daughter{H1323} of Zachariah{H2148}. 3 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, according to all that David{H1732} his father{H1} did{H6213}{(H8804)}. 4 He removed{H5493}{(H8689)} the high places{H1116}, and brake{H7665}{(H8765)} the images{H4676}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8804)} the groves{H842}, and brake in pieces{H3807}{(H8765)} the brasen{H5178} serpent{H5175} that Moses{H4872} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}: for unto those days{H3117} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did burn incense{H6999}{(H8764)} to it: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} it Nehushtan{H5180}. 5 He trusted{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; so that after{H310} him was none like him among all the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, nor any that were before{H6440} him. 6 For he clave{H1692}{(H8799)} to the LORD{H3068}, and departed{H5493}{(H8804)} not from following{H310} him, but kept{H8104}{(H8799)} his commandments{H4687}, which the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Moses{H4872}. 7 And the LORD{H3068} was with him; and he prospered{H7919}{(H8686)} whithersoever he went forth{H3318}{(H8799)}: and he rebelled{H4775}{(H8799)} against the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and served{H5647}{(H8804)} him not. 8 He smote{H5221}{(H8689)} the Philistines{H6430}, even unto Gaza{H5804}, and the borders{H1366} thereof, from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341}{(H8802)} to the fenced{H4013} city{H5892}. 9 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}{(H8804)} against Samaria{H8111}, and besieged{H6696}{(H8799)} it. 10 And at the end{H7097} of three{H7969} years{H8141} they took{H3920}{(H8799)} it: even in the sixth{H8337} year{H8141} of Hezekiah{H2396}, that is the ninth{H8672} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, Samaria{H8111} was taken{H3920}{(H8738)}. 11 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} did carry away{H1540}{(H8686)} Israel{H3478} unto Assyria{H804}, and put{H5148}{(H8686)} them in Halah{H2477} and in Habor{H2249} by the river{H5104} of Gozan{H1470}, and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes{H4074}: 12 Because they obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} not the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, but transgressed{H5674}{(H8799)} his covenant{H1285}, and all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}, and would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)} them, nor do{H6213}{(H8804)} them. 13 Now in the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come up{H5927}{(H8804)} against all the fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and took{H8610}{(H8799)} them. 14 And Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to Lachish{H3923}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, I have offended{H2398}{(H8804)}; return{H7725}{(H8798)} from me: that which thou puttest{H5414}{(H8799)} on me will I bear{H5375}{(H8799)}. And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} appointed{H7760}{(H8799)} 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}. 15 And Hezekiah{H2396} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him all the silver{H3701} that was found{H4672}{(H8737)} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and in the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}. 16 At that time{H6256} did Hezekiah{H2396} cut off{H7112}{(H8765)} the gold from the doors{H1817} of the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, and from the pillars{H547} which Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had overlaid{H6823}{(H8765)}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} it to the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. 17 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Tartan{H8661} and Rabsaris{H7249} and Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} host{H2426} against Jerusalem{H3389}. And they went up{H5927}{(H8799)} and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}. And when they were come up{H5927}{(H8799)}, they came{H935}{(H8799)} and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool{H1295}, which is in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526}{(H8801)} field{H7704}. 18 And when they had called{H7121}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428}, there came out{H3318}{(H8799)} to them Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah{H2518}, which was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder{H2142}{(H8688)}. 19 And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Speak{H559}{(H8798)} ye now to Hezekiah{H2396}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the great{H1419} king{H4428}, the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest{H982}{(H8804)}? 20 Thou sayest{H559}{(H8804)},(but they are but vain{H8193} words{H1697},) I have counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war{H4421}. Now on whom dost thou trust{H982}{(H8804)}, that thou rebellest{H4775}{(H8804)} against me? 21 Now, behold, thou trustest{H982}{(H8804)} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533}{(H8803)} reed{H7070}, even upon Egypt{H4714}, on which if a man{H376} lean{H5564}{(H8735)}, it will go{H935}{(H8804)} into his hand{H3709}, and pierce{H5344}{(H8804)} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} unto all that trust{H982}{(H8802)} on him. 22 But if ye say{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and hath said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem{H3389}? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148}{(H8690)} to my lord{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and I will deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} thee two thousand{H505} horses{H5483}, if thou be able{H3201}{(H8799)} on thy part to set{H5414}{(H8800)} riders{H7392}{(H8802)} upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants{H5650}, and put thy trust{H982}{(H8799)} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen{H6571}? 25 Am I now come up{H5927}{(H8804)} without{H1107} the LORD{H3068} against this place{H4725} to destroy{H7843}{(H8687)} it? The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} to me, Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} against this land{H776}, and destroy{H7843}{(H8685)} it. 26 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah{H2518}, and Shebna{H7644}, and Joah{H3098}, unto Rabshakeh{H7262}, Speak{H1696}{(H8761)}, I pray thee, to thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language{H762}; for we understand{H8085}{(H8802)} it: and talk{H1696}{(H8762)} not with us in the Jews' language{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall{H2346}. 27 But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thy master{H113}, and to thee, to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697}? hath he not sent me to the men{H582} which sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on the wall{H2346}, that they may eat{H398}{(H8800)} their own dung{H6675}{(H8675)}{H2755}, and drink{H8354}{(H8800)} their own piss{H4325}{H7272}{(H8675)}{H7890} with you? 28 Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language{H3066}, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)}, saying{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king{H4428}, the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}: 29 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} you: for he shall not be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} you out of his hand{H3027}: 30 Neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982}{(H8686)} in the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} will surely{H5337}{(H8687)} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us, and this city{H5892} shall not be delivered{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. 31 Hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not to Hezekiah{H2396}: for thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, Make{H6213}{(H8798)} an agreement with me by a present{H1293}, and come out{H3318}{(H8798)} to me, and then eat{H398}{(H8798)} ye every man{H376} of his own vine{H1612}, and every one{H376} of his fig tree{H8384}, and drink{H8354}{(H8798)} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his cistern{H953}: 32 Until I come{H935}{(H8800)} and take you away{H3947}{(H8804)} to a land{H776} like your own land{H776}, a land{H776} of corn{H1715} and wine{H8492}, a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards{H3754}, a land{H776} of oil{H3323} olive{H2132} and of honey{H1706}, that ye may live{H2421}{(H8798)}, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)}: and hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not unto Hezekiah{H2396}, when he persuadeth{H5496}{(H8686)} you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} will deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us. 33 Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} at all{H5337}{(H8687)} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}? 34 Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath{H2574}, and of Arpad{H774}? where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim{H5617}, Hena{H2012}, and Ivah{H5755}? have they delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} Samaria{H8111} out of mine hand{H3027}? 35 Who are they among all the gods{H430} of the countries{H776}, that have delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} their country{H776} out of mine hand{H3027}, that the LORD{H3068} should deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} Jerusalem{H3389} out of mine hand{H3027}? 36 But the people{H5971} held their peace{H2790}{(H8689)}, and answered{H6030}{(H8804)} him not a word{H1697}: for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Answer{H6030}{(H8799)} him not. 37 Then came{H935}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah{H2518}, which was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder{H2142}{(H8688)}, to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent{H7167}{(H8803)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh{H7262}. 1 And it came to pass, when king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} it, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and covered{H3680}{(H8691)} himself with sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 2 And he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471}, which was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the elders{H2205} of the priests{H3548}, covered{H3680}{(H8693)} with sackcloth{H8242}, to Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}. 3 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Hezekiah{H2396}, This day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of trouble{H6869}, and of rebuke{H8433}, and blasphemy{H5007}: for the children{H1121} are come{H935}{(H8804)} to the birth{H4866}, and there is not strength{H3581} to bring forth{H3205}{(H8800)}. 4 It may be{H194} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will hear{H8085}{(H8799)} all the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh{H7262}, whom the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} his master{H113} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to reproach{H2778}{(H8763)} the living{H2416} God{H430}; and will reprove{H3198}{(H8689)} the words{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath heard{H8085}{(H8804)}: wherefore lift up{H5375}{(H8804)} thy prayer{H8605} for the remnant{H7611} that are left{H4672}{(H8737)}. 5 So the servants{H5650} of king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Isaiah{H3470}. 6 And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} to your master{H113}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Be not afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of{H6440} the words{H1697} which thou hast heard{H8085}{(H8804)}, with which the servants{H5288} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have blasphemed{H1442}{(H8765)} me. 7 Behold, I will send{H5414}{(H8802)} a blast{H7307} upon him, and he shall hear{H8085}{(H8804)} a rumour{H8052}, and shall return{H7725}{(H8804)} to his own land{H776}; and I will cause him to fall{H5307}{(H8689)} by the sword{H2719} in his own land{H776}. 8 So Rabshakeh{H7262} returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and found{H4672}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} warring{H3898}{(H8737)} against Libnah{H3841}: for he had heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that he was departed{H5265}{(H8804)} from Lachish{H3923}. 9 And when he heard{H8085}{(H8799)} say{H559}{(H8800)} of Tirhakah{H8640} king{H4428} of Ethiopia{H3568}, Behold, he is come out{H3318}{(H8804)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against thee: he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} again{H7725}{(H8799)} unto Hezekiah{H2396}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 10 Thus shall ye speak{H559}{(H8799)} to Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let not thy God{H430} in whom thou trustest{H982}{(H8802)} deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Jerusalem{H3389} shall not be delivered{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. 11 Behold, thou hast heard{H8085}{(H8804)} what the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have done{H6213}{(H8804)} to all lands{H776}, by destroying them utterly{H2763}{(H8687)}: and shalt thou be delivered{H5337}{(H8735)}? 12 Have the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} them which my fathers{H1} have destroyed{H7843}{(H8765)}; as Gozan{H1470}, and Haran{H2771}, and Rezeph{H7530}, and the children{H1121} of Eden{H5729} which were in Thelasar{H8515}? 13 Where is the king{H4428} of Hamath{H2574}, and the king{H4428} of Arpad{H774}, and the king{H4428} of the city{H5892} of Sepharvaim{H5617}, of Hena{H2012}, and Ivah{H5755}? 14 And Hezekiah{H2396} received{H3947}{(H8799)} the letter{H5612} of the hand{H3027} of the messengers{H4397}, and read{H7121}{(H8799)} it: and Hezekiah{H2396} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and spread{H6566}{(H8799)} it before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}. 15 And Hezekiah{H2396} prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, which dwellest{H3427}{(H8802)} between the cherubims{H3742}, thou art the God{H430}, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776}; thou hast made{H6213}{(H8804)} heaven{H8064} and earth{H776}. 16 LORD{H3068}, bow down{H5186}{(H8685)} thine ear{H241}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)}: open{H6491}{(H8798)}, LORD{H3068}, thine eyes{H5869}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)}: and hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the words{H1697} of Sennacherib{H5576}, which hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} him to reproach{H2778}{(H8763)} the living{H2416} God{H430}. 17 Of a truth{H551}, LORD{H3068}, the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have destroyed{H2717}{(H8689)} the nations{H1471} and their lands{H776}, 18 And have cast{H5414}{(H8804)} their gods{H430} into the fire{H784}: for they were no gods{H430}, but the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands{H3027}, wood{H6086} and stone{H68}: therefore they have destroyed{H6}{(H8762)} them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, I beseech thee, save{H3467}{(H8685)} thou us out of his hand{H3027}, that all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} that thou art the LORD{H3068} God{H430}, even thou only. 20 Then Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to Hezekiah{H2396}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, That which thou hast prayed{H6419}{(H8694)} to me against Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)}. 21 This is the word{H1697} that the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} concerning him; The virgin{H1330} the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} hath despised{H959}{(H8804)} thee, and laughed thee to scorn{H3932}{(H8804)}; the daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389} hath shaken{H5128}{(H8689)} her head{H7218} at thee{H310}. 22 Whom hast thou reproached{H2778}{(H8765)} and blasphemed{H1442}{(H8765)}? and against whom hast thou exalted{H7311}{(H8689)} thy voice{H6963}, and lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} on high{H4791}? even against the Holy{H6918} One of Israel{H3478}. 23 By{H3027} thy messengers{H4397} thou hast reproached{H2778}{(H8765)} the Lord{H136}, and hast said{H559}{(H8799)}, With the multitude{H7230} of my chariots{H7393}{(H8675)}{H7393} I am come up{H5927}{(H8804)} to the height{H4791} of the mountains{H2022}, to the sides{H3411} of Lebanon{H3844}, and will cut down{H3772}{(H8799)} the tall{H6967} cedar trees{H730} thereof, and the choice{H4004} fir trees{H1265} thereof: and I will enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the lodgings{H4411} of his borders{H7093}, and into the forest{H3293} of his Carmel{H3760}. 24 I have digged{H6979}{(H8804)} and drunk{H8354}{(H8804)} strange{H2114}{(H8801)} waters{H4325}, and with the sole{H3709} of my feet{H6471} have I dried{H2717}{(H8686)} up all the rivers{H2975} of besieged places{H4693}. 25 Hast thou not heard{H8085}{(H8804)} long ago{H7350} how I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} it, and of ancient{H6924} times{H3117} that I have formed{H3335}{(H8804)} it? now have I brought{H935}{(H8689)} it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste{H7582}{(H8687)} fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} into ruinous{H5327}{(H8737)} heaps{H1530}. 26 Therefore their inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} were of small{H7116} power{H3027}, they were dismayed{H2865}{(H8804)} and confounded{H954}{(H8799)}; they were as the grass{H6212} of the field{H7704}, and as the green{H3419} herb{H1877}, as the grass{H2682} on the housetops{H1406}, and as corn blasted{H7711} before{H6440} it be grown up{H7054}. 27 But I know{H3045}{(H8804)} thy abode{H3427}{(H8800)}, and thy going out{H3318}{(H8800)}, and thy coming in{H935}{(H8800)}, and thy rage{H7264}{(H8692)} against me. 28 Because thy rage{H7264}{(H8692)} against me and thy tumult{H7600} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} into mine ears{H241}, therefore I will put{H7760}{(H8804)} my hook{H2397} in thy nose{H639}, and my bridle{H4964} in thy lips{H8193}, and I will turn thee back{H7725}{(H8689)} by the way{H1870} by which thou camest{H935}{(H8804)}. 29 And this shall be a sign{H226} unto thee, Ye shall eat{H398}{(H8800)} this year{H8141} such things as grow{H5599} of themselves, and in the second{H8145} year{H8141} that which springeth{H7823} of the same; and in the third{H7992} year{H8141} sow{H2232}{(H8798)} ye, and reap{H7114}{(H8798)}, and plant{H5193}{(H8798)} vineyards{H3754}, and eat{H398}{(H8798)} the fruits{H6529} thereof. 30 And the remnant{H7604}{(H8737)} that is escaped{H6413} of the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} shall yet again{H3254}{(H8804)} take root{H8328} downward{H4295}, and bear{H6213}{(H8804)} fruit{H6529} upward{H4605}. 31 For out of Jerusalem{H3389} shall go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} a remnant{H7611}, and they that escape{H6413} out of mount{H2022} Zion{H6726}: the zeal{H7068} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{(H8675)}{H6635} shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} this. 32 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} concerning the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, He shall not come{H935}{(H8799)} into this city{H5892}, nor shoot{H3384}{(H8686)} an arrow{H2671} there, nor come before{H6923}{(H8762)} it with shield{H4043}, nor cast{H8210}{(H8799)} a bank{H5550} against it. 33 By the way{H1870} that he came{H935}{(H8799)}, by the same shall he return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and shall not come{H935}{(H8799)} into this city{H5892}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 34 For I will defend{H1598}{(H8804)} this city{H5892}, to save{H3467}{(H8687)} it, for mine own sake, and for my servant{H5650} David's{H1732} sake. 35 And it came to pass that night{H3915}, that the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} went out{H3318}{(H8799)}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} in the camp{H4264} of the Assyrians{H804} an hundred{H3967} fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} thousand{H505}: and when they arose early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, behold, they were all dead{H4191}{(H8801)} corpses{H6297}. 36 So Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} departed{H5265}{(H8799)}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} and returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} at Nineveh{H5210}. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping{H7812}{(H8693)} in the house{H1004} of Nisroch{H5268} his god{H430}, that Adrammelech{H152} and Sharezer{H8272} his sons{H1121} smote{H5221}{(H8689)} him with the sword{H2719}: and they escaped{H4422}{(H8738)} into the land{H776} of Armenia{H780}. And Esarhaddon{H634} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead. 1 In those days{H3117} was Hezekiah{H2396} sick{H2470}{(H8804)} unto death{H4191}{(H8800)}. And the prophet{H5030} Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} came{H935}{(H8799)} to him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Set thine house{H1004} in order{H6680}{(H8761)}; for thou shalt die{H4191}{(H8801)}, and not live{H2421}{(H8799)}. 2 Then he turned{H5437}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} to the wall{H7023}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 3 I beseech{H577} thee, O LORD{H3068}, remember{H2142}{(H8798)} now how I have walked{H1980}{(H8694)} before{H6440} thee in truth{H571} and with a perfect{H8003} heart{H3824}, and have done{H6213}{(H8804)} that which is good{H2896} in thy sight{H5869}. And Hezekiah{H2396} wept{H1058}{(H8799)}{H1065} sore{H1419}. 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah{H3470} was gone out{H3318}{(H8804)} into the middle{H8484} court{H2691}{(H8675)}{H5892}, that the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came to him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 5 Turn again{H7725}{(H8798)}, and tell{H559}{(H8804)} Hezekiah{H2396} the captain{H5057} of my people{H5971}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father{H1}, I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thy prayer{H8605}, I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} thy tears{H1832}: behold, I will heal{H7495}{(H8802)} thee: on the third{H7992} day{H3117} thou shalt go up{H5927}{(H8799)} unto the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 6 And I will add{H3254}{(H8689)} unto thy days{H3117} fifteen{H2568}{H6240} years{H8141}; and I will deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} thee and this city{H5892} out of the hand{H3709} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}; and I will defend{H1598}{(H8804)} this city{H5892} for mine own sake, and for my servant{H5650} David's{H1732} sake. 7 And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Take{H3947}{(H8798)} a lump{H1690} of figs{H8384}. And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} it on the boil{H7822}, and he recovered{H2421}{(H8799)}. 8 And Hezekiah{H2396} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Isaiah{H3470}, What shall be the sign{H226} that the LORD{H3068} will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} me, and that I shall go up{H5927}{(H8804)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} the third{H7992} day{H3117}? 9 And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559}{(H8799)}, This sign{H226} shalt thou have of the LORD{H3068}, that the LORD{H3068} will do{H6213}{(H8799)} the thing{H1697} that he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}: shall the shadow{H6738} go forward{H1980}{(H8804)} ten{H6235} degrees{H4609}, or go back{H7725}{(H8799)} ten{H6235} degrees{H4609}? 10 And Hezekiah{H3169} answered{H559}{(H8799)}, It is a light thing{H7043}{(H8738)} for the shadow{H6738} to go down{H5186}{(H8800)} ten{H6235} degrees{H4609}: nay, but let the shadow{H6738} return{H7725}{(H8799)} backward{H322} ten{H6235} degrees{H4609}. 11 And Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} cried{H7121}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: and he brought{H7725}{(H8686)} the shadow{H6738} ten{H6235} degrees{H4609} backward{H322}, by{H4609} which it had gone down{H3381}{(H8804)} in the dial{H4609} of Ahaz{H271}. 12 At that time{H6256} Berodachbaladan{H1255}, the son{H1121} of Baladan{H1081}, king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, sent{H7971}{(H8804)} letters{H5612} and a present{H4503} unto Hezekiah{H2396}: for he had heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that Hezekiah{H2396} had been sick{H2470}{(H8804)}. 13 And Hezekiah{H2396} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} unto them, and shewed{H7200}{(H8686)} them all the house{H1004} of his precious things{H5238}, the silver{H3701}, and the gold{H2091}, and the spices{H1314}, and the precious{H2896} ointment{H8081}, and all the house{H1004} of his armour{H3627}, and all that was found{H4672}{(H8738)} in his treasures{H214}: there was nothing{H1697} in his house{H1004}, nor in all his dominion{H4475}, that Hezekiah{H2396} shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} them not. 14 Then came{H935}{(H8799)} Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} unto king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, What said{H559}{(H8804)} these men{H582}? and from whence{H370} came{H935}{(H8799)} they unto thee? And Hezekiah{H2396} said{H559}{(H8799)}, They are come{H935}{(H8804)} from a far{H7350} country{H776}, even from Babylon{H894}. 15 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What have they seen{H7200}{(H8804)} in thine house{H1004}? And Hezekiah{H2396} answered{H559}{(H8799)}, All the things that are in mine house{H1004} have they seen{H7200}{(H8804)}: there is nothing{H1697} among my treasures{H214} that I have not shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} them. 16 And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Hezekiah{H2396}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}. 17 Behold, the days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8802)}, that all that is in thine house{H1004}, and that which thy fathers{H1} have laid up in store{H686}{(H8804)} unto this day{H3117}, shall be carried{H5375}{(H8738)} into Babylon{H894}: nothing{H1697} shall be left{H3498}{(H8735)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}. 18 And of thy sons{H1121} that shall issue{H3318}{(H8799)} from thee, which thou shalt beget{H3205}{(H8686)}, shall they take away{H3947}{(H8799)}; and they shall be eunuchs{H5631} in the palace{H1964} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}. 19 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Hezekiah{H2396} unto Isaiah{H3470}, Good{H2896} is the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} which thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Is it not good, if peace{H7965} and truth{H571} be in my days{H3117}? 20 And the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Hezekiah{H2396}, and all his might{H1369}, and how he made{H6213}{(H8804)} a pool{H1295}, and a conduit{H8585}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} water{H4325} into the city{H5892}, are they not written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697}{H3117} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}? 21 And Hezekiah{H2396} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}: and Manasseh{H4519} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.
• 2 Chr 26:1-32:33 : 1 Then all the people{H5971} of Judah{H3063} took{H3947}{(H8799)} Uzziah{H5818}, who was sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} old{H1121}, and made him king{H4427}{(H8686)} in the room of his father{H1} Amaziah{H558}. 2 He built{H1129}{(H8804)} Eloth{H359}, and restored{H7725}{(H8686)} it to Judah{H3063}, after{H310} that the king{H4428} slept{H7901}{(H8800)} with his fathers{H1}. 3 Sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} old{H1121} was Uzziah{H5818} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} fifty{H2572} and two{H8147} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. His mother's{H517} name{H8034} also was Jecoliah{H3203} of Jerusalem{H3389}. 4 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, according to all that his father{H1} Amaziah{H558} did{H6213}{(H8804)}. 5 And he sought{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430} in the days{H3117} of Zechariah{H2148}, who had understanding{H995}{(H8688)} in the visions{H7200}{(H8800)} of God{H430}: and as long as{H3117} he sought{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, God{H430} made him to prosper{H6743}{(H8689)}. 6 And he went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} and warred{H3898}{(H8735)} against the Philistines{H6430}, and brake down{H6555}{(H8799)} the wall{H2346} of Gath{H1661}, and the wall{H2346} of Jabneh{H2996}, and the wall{H2346} of Ashdod{H795}, and built{H1129}{(H8799)} cities{H5892} about Ashdod{H795}, and among the Philistines{H6430}. 7 And God{H430} helped{H5826}{(H8799)} him against the Philistines{H6430}, and against the Arabians{H6163} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in Gurbaal{H1485}, and the Mehunims{H4586}. 8 And the Ammonites{H5984} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} gifts{H4503} to Uzziah{H5818}: and his name{H8034} spread abroad{H3212}{(H8799)} even to the entering{H935}{(H8800)} in of Egypt{H4714}; for he strengthened{H2388}{(H8689)} himself exceedingly{H4605}. 9 Moreover Uzziah{H5818} built{H1129}{(H8799)} towers{H4026} in Jerusalem{H3389} at the corner{H6438} gate{H8179}, and at the valley{H1516} gate{H8179}, and at the turning{H4740} of the wall, and fortified{H2388}{(H8762)} them. 10 Also he built{H1129}{(H8799)} towers{H4026} in the desert{H4057}, and digged{H2672}{(H8799)} many{H7227} wells{H953}: for he had much{H7227} cattle{H4735}, both in the low country{H8219}, and in the plains{H4334}: husbandmen{H406} also, and vine dressers{H3755} in the mountains{H2022}, and in Carmel{H3760}: for he loved{H157}{(H8802)} husbandry{H127}. 11 Moreover Uzziah{H5818} had an host{H2428} of fighting{H4421} men{H6213}{(H8802)}, that went out{H3318}{(H8802)} to war{H6635} by bands{H1416}, according to the number{H4557} of their account{H6486} by the hand{H3027} of Jeiel{H3273} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} and Maaseiah{H4641} the ruler{H7860}{(H8802)}, under the hand{H3027} of Hananiah{H2608}, one of the king's{H4428} captains{H8269}. 12 The whole number{H4557} of the chief{H7218} of the fathers{H1} of the mighty men{H1368} of valour{H2428} were two thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred{H3967}. 13 And under their hand{H3027} was an army{H2428}{H6635}, three{H7969} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} and seven{H7651} thousand{H505} and five{H2568} hundred{H3967}, that made{H6213}{(H8802)} war{H4421} with mighty{H2428} power{H3581}, to help{H5826}{(H8800)} the king{H4428} against the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}. 14 And Uzziah{H5818} prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} for them throughout all the host{H6635} shields{H4043}, and spears{H7420}, and helmets{H3553}, and habergeons{H8302}, and bows{H7198}, and slings{H7050} to cast stones{H68}. 15 And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} in Jerusalem{H3389} engines{H2810}, invented{H4284} by cunning men{H2803}{(H8802)}, to be on the towers{H4026} and upon the bulwarks{H6438}, to shoot{H3384}{(H8800)} arrows{H2671} and great{H1419} stones{H68} withal. And his name{H8034} spread{H3318}{(H8799)} far abroad{H7350}; for he was marvellously{H6381}{(H8689)} helped{H5826}{(H8736)}, till{H3588} he was strong{H2388}{(H8804)}. 16 But when he was strong{H2393}, his heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)} to his destruction{H7843}{(H8687)}: for he transgressed{H4603}{(H8799)} against the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)} upon the altar{H4196} of incense{H7004}. 17 And Azariah{H5838} the priest{H3548} went in{H935}{(H8799)} after{H310} him, and with him fourscore{H8084} priests{H3548} of the LORD{H3068}, that were valiant{H2428} men{H1121}: 18 And they withstood{H5975}{(H8799)} Uzziah{H5818} the king{H4428}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah{H5818}, to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)} unto the LORD{H3068}, but to the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}, that are consecrated{H6942}{(H8794)} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)}: go out{H3318}{(H8798)} of the sanctuary{H4720}; for thou hast trespassed{H4603}{(H8804)}; neither shall it be for thine honour{H3519} from the LORD{H3068} God{H430}. 19 Then Uzziah{H5818} was wroth{H2196}{(H8799)}, and had a censer{H4730} in his hand{H3027} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)}: and while he was wroth{H2196}{(H8800)} with the priests{H3548}, the leprosy{H6883} even rose up{H2224}{(H8804)} in his forehead{H4696} before{H6440} the priests{H3548} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, from beside the incense{H7004} altar{H4196}. 20 And Azariah{H5838} the chief{H7218} priest{H3548}, and all the priests{H3548}, looked{H6437}{(H8799)} upon him, and, behold, he was leprous{H6879}{(H8794)} in his forehead{H4696}, and they thrust him out{H926}{(H8686)} from thence; yea, himself hasted{H1765}{(H8738)} also to go out{H3318}{(H8800)}, because the LORD{H3068} had smitten{H5060}{(H8765)} him. 21 And Uzziah{H5818} the king{H4428} was a leper{H6879}{(H8794)} unto the day{H3117} of his death{H4194}, and dwelt in{H3427}{(H8799)} a several{H2669}{(H8675)}{H2669} house{H1004}, being a leper{H6879}{(H8794)}; for he was cut off{H1504}{(H8738)} from the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}: and Jotham{H3147} his son{H1121} was over the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, judging{H8199}{(H8802)} the people{H5971} of the land{H776}. 22 Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Uzziah{H5818}, first{H7223} and last{H314}, did Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030}, the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, write{H3789}{(H8804)}. 23 So Uzziah{H5818} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him with his fathers{H1} in the field{H7704} of the burial{H6900} which belonged to the kings{H4428}; for they said{H559}{(H8804)}, He is a leper{H6879}{(H8794)}: and Jotham{H3147} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead. 1 Jotham{H3147} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. His mother's{H517} name{H8034} also was Jerushah{H3388}, the daughter{H1323} of Zadok{H6659}. 2 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, according to all that his father{H1} Uzziah{H5818} did{H6213}{(H8804)}: howbeit he entered{H935}{(H8804)} not into the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}. And the people{H5971} did yet corruptly{H7843}{(H8688)}. 3 He built{H1129}{(H8804)} the high{H5945} gate{H8179} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and on the wall{H2346} of Ophel{H6077} he built{H1129}{(H8804)} much{H7230}. 4 Moreover he built{H1129}{(H8804)} cities{H5892} in the mountains{H2022} of Judah{H3063}, and in the forests{H2793} he built{H1129}{(H8804)} castles{H1003} and towers{H4026}. 5 He fought{H3898}{(H8738)} also with the king{H4428} of the Ammonites{H5984}, and prevailed{H2388}{(H8799)} against them. And the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him the same year{H8141} an hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701}, and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} measures{H3734} of wheat{H2406}, and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} of barley{H8184}. So much did the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} pay{H7725}{(H8689)} unto{H2063} him, both the second{H8145} year{H8141}, and the third{H7992}. 6 So Jotham{H3147} became mighty{H2388}{(H8691)}, because he prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} his ways{H1870} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}. 7 Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jotham{H3147}, and all his wars{H4421}, and his ways{H1870}, lo, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}. 8 He was five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. 9 And Jotham{H3147} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}: and Ahaz{H271} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead. 1 Ahaz{H271} was twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}: but he did{H6213}{(H8804)} not that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, like David{H1732} his father{H1}: 2 For he walked in{H3212}{(H8799)} the ways{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, and made{H6213}{(H8804)} also molten images{H4541} for Baalim{H1168}. 3 Moreover he burnt incense{H6999}{(H8689)} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}, and burnt{H1197}{(H8686)} his children{H1121} in the fire{H784}, after the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471} whom the LORD{H3068} had cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}. 4 He sacrificed{H2076}{(H8762)} also and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8762)} in the high places{H1116}, and on the hills{H1389}, and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}. 5 Wherefore the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} him into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Syria{H758}; and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and carried away{H7617}{(H8799)} a great multitude{H1419} of them captives{H7633}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Damascus{H1834}. And he was also delivered{H5414}{(H8737)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, who smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him with a great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}. 6 For Pekah{H6492} the son{H1121} of Remaliah{H7425} slew{H2026}{(H8799)} in Judah{H3063} an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} in one{H259} day{H3117}, which were all valiant{H2428} men{H1121}; because they had forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}. 7 And Zichri{H2147}, a mighty man{H1368} of Ephraim{H669}, slew{H2026}{(H8799)} Maaseiah{H4641} the king's{H4428} son{H1121}, and Azrikam{H5840} the governor{H5057} of the house{H1004}, and Elkanah{H511} that was next{H4932} to the king{H4428}. 8 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} carried away captive{H7617}{(H8799)} of their brethren{H251} two hundred{H3967} thousand{H505}, women{H802}, sons{H1121}, and daughters{H1323}, and took also away{H962}{(H8804)} much{H7227} spoil{H7998} from them, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} the spoil{H7998} to Samaria{H8111}. 9 But a prophet{H5030} of the LORD{H3068} was there, whose name{H8034} was Oded{H5752}: and he went out{H3318}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the host{H6635} that came{H935}{(H8802)} to Samaria{H8111}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Behold, because the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of your fathers{H1} was wroth{H2534} with Judah{H3063}, he hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} them into your hand{H3027}, and ye have slain{H2026}{(H8799)} them in a rage{H2197} that reacheth up{H5060}{(H8689)} unto heaven{H8064}. 10 And now ye purpose{H559}{(H8802)} to keep under{H3533}{(H8800)} the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen{H8198} unto you: but are there not with you, even{H7535} with you, sins{H819} against the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}? 11 Now hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me therefore, and deliver{H7725}{(H8685)} the captives{H7633} again, which ye have taken captive{H7617}{(H8804)} of your brethren{H251}: for the fierce{H2740} wrath{H639} of the LORD{H3068} is upon you. 12 Then certain{H582} of the heads{H7218} of the children{H1121} of Ephraim{H669}, Azariah{H5838} the son{H1121} of Johanan{H3076}, Berechiah{H1296} the son{H1121} of Meshillemoth{H4919}, and Jehizkiah{H3169} the son{H1121} of Shallum{H7967}, and Amasa{H6021} the son{H1121} of Hadlai{H2311}, stood up{H6965}{(H8799)} against them that came{H935}{(H8802)} from the war{H6635}, 13 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye shall not bring in{H935}{(H8686)} the captives{H7633} hither: for whereas we have offended{H819} against the LORD{H3068} already, ye intend{H559}{(H8802)} to add{H3254}{(H8687)} more to our sins{H2403} and to our trespass{H819}: for our trespass{H819} is great{H7227}, and there is fierce{H2740} wrath{H639} against Israel{H3478}. 14 So the armed men{H2502}{(H8803)} left{H5800}{(H8799)} the captives{H7633} and the spoil{H961} before{H6440} the princes{H8269} and all the congregation{H6951}. 15 And the men{H582} which were expressed{H5344}{(H8738)} by name{H8034} rose up{H6965}{(H8799)}, and took{H2388}{(H8686)} the captives{H7633}, and with the spoil{H7998} clothed{H3847}{(H8689)} all that were naked{H4636} among them, and arrayed{H3847}{(H8686)} them, and shod{H5274}{(H8686)} them, and gave them to eat{H398}{(H8686)} and to drink{H8248}{(H8686)}, and anointed{H5480}{(H8799)} them, and carried{H5095}{(H8762)} all the feeble{H3782}{(H8802)} of them upon asses{H2543}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Jericho{H3405}, the city{H5892} of palm trees{H8558}{(H8677)}{H5899}, to{H681} their brethren{H251}: then they returned{H7725}{(H8799)} to Samaria{H8111}. 16 At that time{H6256} did king{H4428} Ahaz{H271} send{H7971}{(H8804)} unto the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to help{H5826}{(H8800)} him. 17 For again the Edomites{H130} had come{H935}{(H8804)} and smitten{H5221}{(H8686)} Judah{H3063}, and carried away{H7617}{(H8799)} captives{H7628}. 18 The Philistines{H6430} also had invaded{H6584}{(H8804)} the cities{H5892} of the low country{H8219}, and of the south{H5045} of Judah{H3063}, and had taken{H3920}{(H8799)} Bethshemesh{H1053}, and Ajalon{H357}, and Gederoth{H1450}, and Shocho{H7755} with the villages{H1323} thereof, and Timnah{H8553} with the villages{H1323} thereof, Gimzo{H1579} also and the villages{H1323} thereof: and they dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} there. 19 For the LORD{H3068} brought{H3665} Judah{H3063} low{H3665}{(H8689)} because of Ahaz{H271} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}; for he made{H6544} Judah{H3063} naked{H6544}{(H8689)}, and transgressed{H4603}{(H8800)} sore{H4604} against the LORD{H3068}. 20 And Tilgathpilneser{H8407} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came{H935}{(H8799)} unto him, and distressed{H6696}{(H8799)} him, but strengthened{H2388}{(H8804)} him not. 21 For Ahaz{H271} took away a portion{H2505}{(H8804)} out of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and out of the house{H1004} of the king{H4428}, and of the princes{H8269}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} it unto the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}: but he helped{H5833} him not. 22 And in the time{H6256} of his distress{H6887}{(H8687)} did he trespass{H4603}{(H8800)} yet more{H3254}{(H8686)} against the LORD{H3068}: this is that king{H4428} Ahaz{H271}. 23 For he sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} unto the gods{H430} of Damascus{H1834}, which smote{H5221}{(H8688)} him: and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Because the gods{H430} of the kings{H4428} of Syria{H758} help{H5826}{(H8688)} them, therefore will I sacrifice{H2076}{(H8762)} to them, that they may help{H5826}{(H8799)} me. But they were the ruin{H3782}{(H8687)} of him, and of all Israel{H3478}. 24 And Ahaz{H271} gathered together{H622}{(H8799)} the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and cut in pieces{H7112}{(H8762)} the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and shut up{H5462}{(H8799)} the doors{H1817} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and he made{H6213}{(H8799)} him altars{H4196} in every corner{H6438} of Jerusalem{H3389}. 25 And in every several city{H5892} of Judah{H3063} he made{H6213}{(H8804)} high places{H1116} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto other{H312} gods{H430}, and provoked to anger{H3707}{(H8686)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of his fathers{H1}. 26 Now the rest{H3499} of his acts{H1697} and of all his ways{H1870}, first{H7223} and last{H314}, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478}. 27 And Ahaz{H271} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the city{H5892}, even in Jerusalem{H3389}: but they brought{H935}{(H8689)} him not into the sepulchres{H6913} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}: and Hezekiah{H3169} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead. 1 Hezekiah{H3169} began to reign{H4427}{(H8804)} when he was five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} nine{H8672} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. And his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Abijah{H29}, the daughter{H1323} of Zechariah{H2148}. 2 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, according to all that David{H1732} his father{H1} had done{H6213}{(H8804)}. 3 He in the first{H7223} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, in the first{H7223} month{H2320}, opened{H6605}{(H8804)} the doors{H1817} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and repaired{H2388}{(H8762)} them. 4 And he brought in{H935}{(H8686)} the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881}, and gathered them together{H622}{(H8799)} into the east{H4217} street{H7339}, 5 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me, ye Levites{H3881}, sanctify{H6942}{(H8690)} now yourselves, and sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of your fathers{H1}, and carry forth{H3318}{(H8685)} the filthiness{H5079} out of the holy{H6944} place. 6 For our fathers{H1} have trespassed{H4603}{(H8804)}, and done{H6213}{(H8804)} that which was evil{H7451} in the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, and have forsaken{H5800}{(H8799)} him, and have turned away{H5437}{(H8686)} their faces{H6440} from the habitation{H4908} of the LORD{H3068}, and turned{H5414}{(H8799)} their backs{H6203}. 7 Also they have shut up{H5462}{(H8804)} the doors{H1817} of the porch{H197}, and put out{H3518}{(H8762)} the lamps{H5216}, and have not burned{H6999}{(H8689)} incense{H7004} nor offered{H5927}{(H8689)} burnt offerings{H5930} in the holy{H6944} place unto the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. 8 Wherefore the wrath{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} was upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, and he hath delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them to trouble{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113}, to astonishment{H8047}, and to hissing{H8322}, as ye see{H7200}{(H8802)} with your eyes{H5869}. 9 For, lo, our fathers{H1} have fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} by the sword{H2719}, and our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} and our wives{H802} are in captivity{H7628} for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart{H3824} to make{H3772}{(H8800)} a covenant{H1285} with the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, that his fierce{H2740} wrath{H639} may turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} from us. 11 My sons{H1121}, be not now negligent{H7952}{(H8735)}: for the LORD{H3068} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} you to stand{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} him, to serve{H8334}{(H8763)} him, and that ye should minister{H8334}{(H8764)} unto him, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8688)}. 12 Then the Levites{H3881} arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, Mahath{H4287} the son{H1121} of Amasai{H6022}, and Joel{H3100} the son{H1121} of Azariah{H5838}, of the sons{H1121} of the Kohathites{H6956}: and of the sons{H1121} of Merari{H4847}, Kish{H7027} the son{H1121} of Abdi{H5660}, and Azariah{H5838} the son{H1121} of Jehalelel{H3094}: and of the Gershonites{H1649}; Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Zimmah{H2155}, and Eden{H5731} the son{H1121} of Joah{H3098}: 13 And of the sons{H1121} of Elizaphan{H469}; Shimri{H8113}, and Jeiel{H3273}: and of the sons{H1121} of Asaph{H623}; Zechariah{H2148}, and Mattaniah{H4983}: 14 And of the sons{H1121} of Heman{H1968}; Jehiel{H3171}, and Shimei{H8096}: and of the sons{H1121} of Jeduthun{H3038}; Shemaiah{H8098}, and Uzziel{H5816}. 15 And they gathered{H622}{(H8799)} their brethren{H251}, and sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves, and came{H935}{(H8799)}, according to the commandment{H4687} of the king{H4428}, by the words{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, to cleanse{H2891}{(H8763)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 16 And the priests{H3548} went{H935}{(H8799)} into the inner part{H6441} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, to cleanse{H2891}{(H8763)} it, and brought out{H3318}{(H8686)} all the uncleanness{H2932} that they found{H4672}{(H8804)} in the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} into the court{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. And the Levites{H3881} took{H6901}{(H8762)} it, to carry it out{H3318}{(H8687)} abroad{H2351} into the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}. 17 Now they began{H2490}{(H8686)} on the first{H259} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} to sanctify{H6942}{(H8763)}, and on the eighth{H8083} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} came{H935}{(H8804)} they to the porch{H197} of the LORD{H3068}: so they sanctified{H6942}{(H8762)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} in eight{H8083} days{H3117}; and in the sixteenth{H8337}{H6240} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} they made an end{H3615}{(H8765)}. 18 Then they went{H935}{(H8799)} in{H6441} to Hezekiah{H2396} the king{H4428}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, We have cleansed{H2891}{(H8765)} all the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the altar{H4196} of burnt offering{H5930}, with all the vessels{H3627} thereof, and the shewbread{H4635} table{H7979}, with all the vessels{H3627} thereof. 19 Moreover all the vessels{H3627}, which king{H4428} Ahaz{H271} in his reign{H4438} did cast away{H2186}{(H8689)} in his transgression{H4604}, have we prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} and sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)}, and, behold, they are before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}. 20 Then Hezekiah{H3169} the king{H4428} rose early{H7925}{(H8686)}, and gathered{H622}{(H8799)} the rulers{H8269} of the city{H5892}, and went up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 21 And they brought{H935}{(H8686)} seven{H7651} bullocks{H6499}, and seven{H7651} rams{H352}, and seven{H7651} lambs{H3532}, and seven{H7651} he{H6842} goats{H5795}, for a sin offering{H2403} for the kingdom{H4467}, and for the sanctuary{H4720}, and for Judah{H3063}. And he commanded{H559}{(H8799)} the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} to offer{H5927}{(H8687)} them on the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}. 22 So they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the bullocks{H1241}, and the priests{H3548} received{H6901}{(H8762)} the blood{H1818}, and sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} it on the altar{H4196}: likewise, when they had killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the rams{H352}, they sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} upon the altar{H4196}: they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} also the lambs{H3532}, and they sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} upon the altar{H4196}. 23 And they brought forth{H5066}{(H8686)} the he goats{H8163} for the sin offering{H2403} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the congregation{H6951}; and they laid{H5564}{(H8799)} their hands{H3027} upon them: 24 And the priests{H3548} killed{H7819}{(H8799)} them, and they made reconciliation{H2398}{(H8762)} with their blood{H1818} upon the altar{H4196}, to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for all Israel{H3478}: for the king{H4428} commanded{H559}{(H8804)} that the burnt offering{H5930} and the sin offering{H2403} should be made for all Israel{H3478}. 25 And he set{H5975}{(H8686)} the Levites{H3881} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} with cymbals{H4700}, with psalteries{H5035}, and with harps{H3658}, according to the commandment{H4687} of David{H1732}, and of Gad{H1410} the king's{H4428} seer{H2374}, and Nathan{H5416} the prophet{H5030}: for so was the commandment{H4687} of{H3027} the LORD{H3068} by{H3027} his prophets{H5030}. 26 And the Levites{H3881} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} with the instruments{H3627} of David{H1732}, and the priests{H3548} with the trumpets{H2689}. 27 And Hezekiah{H2396} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} to offer{H5927}{(H8687)} the burnt offering{H5930} upon the altar{H4196}. And when{H6256} the burnt offering{H5930} began{H2490}{(H8689)}, the song{H7892} of the LORD{H3068} began{H2490}{(H8689)} also with the trumpets{H2689}, and with the instruments{H3627} ordained by{H3027} David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}. 28 And all the congregation{H6951} worshipped{H7812}{(H8693)}, and the singers{H7892} sang{H7891}{(H8789)}, and the trumpeters{H2689} sounded{H2690}{(H8688)}{(H8675)}{H2690}{(H8764)}: and all this continued until the burnt offering{H5930} was finished{H3615}{(H8800)}. 29 And when they had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of offering{H5927}{(H8687)}, the king{H4428} and all that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} with him bowed{H3766}{(H8804)} themselves, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)}. 30 Moreover Hezekiah{H3169} the king{H4428} and the princes{H8269} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} the Levites{H3881} to sing praise{H1984}{(H8763)} unto the LORD{H3068} with the words{H1697} of David{H1732}, and of Asaph{H623} the seer{H2374}. And they sang praises{H1984}{(H8762)} with gladness{H8057}, and they bowed their heads{H6915}{(H8799)} and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)}. 31 Then Hezekiah{H3169} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Now ye have consecrated{H4390}{(H8765)}{H3027} yourselves unto the LORD{H3068}, come near{H5066}{(H8798)} and bring{H935}{(H8685)} sacrifices{H2077} and thank offerings{H8426} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. And the congregation{H6951} brought in{H935}{(H8686)} sacrifices{H2077} and thank offerings{H8426}; and as many as were of a free{H5081} heart{H3820} burnt offerings{H5930}. 32 And the number{H4557} of the burnt offerings{H5930}, which the congregation{H6951} brought{H935}{(H8689)}, was threescore and ten{H7657} bullocks{H1241}, an hundred{H3967} rams{H352}, and two hundred{H3967} lambs{H3532}: all these were for a burnt offering{H5930} to the LORD{H3068}. 33 And the consecrated things{H6944} were six{H8337} hundred{H3967} oxen{H1241} and three{H7969} thousand{H505} sheep{H6629}. 34 But the priests{H3548} were too few{H4592}, so that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not flay{H6584}{(H8687)} all the burnt offerings{H5930}: wherefore their brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} did help{H2388}{(H8762)} them, till the work{H4399} was ended{H3615}{(H8800)}, and until the other priests{H3548} had sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves: for the Levites{H3881} were more upright{H3477} in heart{H3824} to sanctify{H6942}{(H8692)} themselves than the priests{H3548}. 35 And also the burnt offerings{H5930} were in abundance{H7230}, with the fat{H2459} of the peace offerings{H8002}, and the drink offerings{H5262} for every burnt offering{H5930}. So the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} was set in order{H3559}{(H8735)}. 36 And Hezekiah{H3169} rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)}, and all the people{H5971}, that God{H430} had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} the people{H5971}: for the thing{H1697} was done suddenly{H6597}. 1 And Hezekiah{H3169} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}, and wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} letters{H107} also to Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh{H4519}, that they should come{H935}{(H8800)} to the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} at Jerusalem{H3389}, to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. 2 For the king{H4428} had taken counsel{H3289}{(H8735)}, and his princes{H8269}, and all the congregation{H6951} in Jerusalem{H3389}, to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} in the second{H8145} month{H2320}. 3 For they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not keep{H6213}{(H8800)} it at that time{H6256}, because the priests{H3548} had not sanctified{H6942}{(H8694)} themselves sufficiently{H4078}{(H8676)}{H1767}, neither had the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622}{(H8738)} to Jerusalem{H3389}. 4 And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3474}{(H8799)}{H5869} the king{H4428} and all the congregation{H6951}. 5 So they established{H5975}{(H8686)} a decree{H1697} to make proclamation{H5674}{(H8687)}{H6963} throughout all Israel{H3478}, from Beersheba{H884} even to Dan{H1835}, that they should come{H935}{(H8800)} to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} at Jerusalem{H3389}: for they had not done{H6213}{(H8804)} it of a long{H7230} time in such sort as it was written{H3789}{(H8803)}. 6 So the posts{H7323}{(H8801)} went{H3212}{(H8799)} with the letters{H107} from{H3027} the king{H4428} and his princes{H8269} throughout all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}, and according to the commandment{H4687} of the king{H4428}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, turn again{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and Israel{H3478}, and he will return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the remnant{H7604}{(H8737)} of you, that are escaped{H6413} out of the hand{H3709} of the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. 7 And be not ye like your fathers{H1}, and like your brethren{H251}, which trespassed{H4603}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, who therefore gave them up{H5414}{(H8799)} to desolation{H8047}, as ye see{H7200}{(H8802)}. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked{H7185}{(H8686)}{H6203}, as your fathers{H1} were, but yield{H5414}{(H8798)} yourselves{H3027} unto the LORD{H3068}, and enter{H935}{(H8798)} into his sanctuary{H4720}, which he hath sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)} for ever{H5769}: and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, that the fierceness{H2740} of his wrath{H639} may turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} from you. 9 For if ye turn again{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068}, your brethren{H251} and your children{H1121} shall find compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them that lead them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, so that they shall come again{H7725}{(H8800)} into this land{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} is gracious{H2587} and merciful{H7349}, and will not turn away{H5493}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} from you, if ye return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto him. 10 So the posts{H7323}{(H8801)} passed{H5674}{(H8802)} from city{H5892} to city{H5892} through the country{H776} of Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh{H4519} even unto Zebulun{H2074}: but they laughed them to scorn{H7832}{(H8688)}, and mocked{H3932}{(H8688)} them. 11 Nevertheless divers{H582} of Asher{H836} and Manasseh{H4519} and of Zebulun{H2074} humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} themselves, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}. 12 Also in Judah{H3063} the hand{H3027} of God{H430} was to give{H5414}{(H8800)} them one{H259} heart{H3820} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} the commandment{H4687} of the king{H4428} and of the princes{H8269}, by the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}. 13 And there assembled{H622}{(H8735)} at Jerusalem{H3389} much{H7227} people{H5971} to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} in the second{H8145} month{H2320}, a very{H3966} great{H7230} congregation{H6951}. 14 And they arose{H6965}{(H8799)} and took away{H5493}{(H8686)} the altars{H4196} that were in Jerusalem{H3389}, and all the altars for incense{H6999} took they away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} them into the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}. 15 Then they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453} on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day of the second{H8145} month{H2320}: and the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} were ashamed{H3637}{(H8738)}, and sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves, and brought in{H935}{(H8686)} the burnt offerings{H5930} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 16 And they stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in their place{H5977} after their manner{H4941}, according to the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God{H430}: the priests{H3548} sprinkled{H2236}{(H8802)} the blood{H1818}, which they received of the hand{H3027} of the Levites{H3881}. 17 For there were many{H7227} in the congregation{H6951} that were not sanctified{H6942}{(H8694)}: therefore the Levites{H3881} had the charge of the killing{H7821} of the passovers{H6453} for every one that was not clean{H2889}, to sanctify{H6942}{(H8687)} them unto the LORD{H3068}. 18 For a multitude{H4768} of the people{H5971}, even many{H7227} of Ephraim{H669}, and Manasseh{H4519}, Issachar{H3485}, and Zebulun{H2074}, had not{H3808} cleansed{H2891}{(H8694)} themselves, yet did they eat{H398}{(H8804)} the passover{H6453} otherwise than it was written{H3789}{(H8803)}. But Hezekiah{H3169} prayed{H6419}{(H8694)} for them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The good{H2896} LORD{H3068} pardon{H3722}{(H8762)} every one 19 That prepareth{H3559}{(H8689)} his heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430}, the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of his fathers{H1}, though he be not cleansed according to the purification{H2893} of the sanctuary{H6944}. 20 And the LORD{H3068} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} to Hezekiah{H3169}, and healed{H7495}{(H8799)} the people{H5971}. 21 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} at Jerusalem{H3389} kept{H6213}{(H8799)} the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} seven{H7651} days{H3117} with great{H1419} gladness{H8057}: and the Levites{H3881} and the priests{H3548} praised{H1984}{(H8764)} the LORD{H3068} day{H3117} by day{H3117}, singing with loud{H5797} instruments{H3627} unto the LORD{H3068}. 22 And Hezekiah{H3169} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} comfortably{H3820} unto all the Levites{H3881} that taught{H7919}{(H8688)} the good{H2896} knowledge{H7922} of the LORD{H3068}: and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)} throughout the feast{H4150} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, offering{H2076}{(H8764)} peace{H8002} offerings{H2077}, and making confession{H3034}{(H8693)} to the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}. 23 And the whole assembly{H6951} took counsel{H3289}{(H8735)} to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} other{H312} seven{H7651} days{H3117}: and they kept{H6213}{(H8799)} other seven{H7651} days{H3117} with gladness{H8057}. 24 For Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} did give{H7311}{(H8689)} to the congregation{H6951} a thousand{H505} bullocks{H6499} and seven{H7651} thousand{H505} sheep{H6629}; and the princes{H8269} gave{H7311}{(H8689)} to the congregation{H6951} a thousand{H505} bullocks{H6499} and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} sheep{H6629}: and a great number{H7230} of priests{H3548} sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves. 25 And all the congregation{H6951} of Judah{H3063}, with the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881}, and all the congregation{H6951} that came out{H935}{(H8802)} of Israel{H3478}, and the strangers{H1616} that came out{H935}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} of Israel{H3478}, and that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in Judah{H3063}, rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)}. 26 So there was great{H1419} joy{H8057} in Jerusalem{H3389}: for since the time{H3117} of Solomon{H8010} the son{H1121} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} there was not the like in Jerusalem{H3389}. 27 Then the priests{H3548} the Levites{H3881} arose{H6965}{(H8799)} and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} the people{H5971}: and their voice{H6963} was heard{H8085}{(H8735)}, and their prayer{H8605} came{H935}{(H8799)} up to his holy{H6944} dwelling place{H4583}, even unto heaven{H8064}. 1 Now when all this was finished{H3615}{(H8763)}, all Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} went out{H3318}{(H8804)} to the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and brake{H7665} the images{H4676} in pieces{H7665}{(H8762)}, and cut down{H1438}{(H8762)} the groves{H842}, and threw down{H5422}{(H8762)} the high places{H1116} and the altars{H4196} out of all Judah{H3063} and Benjamin{H1144}, in Ephraim{H669} also and Manasseh{H4519}, until they had utterly destroyed{H3615}{(H8763)} them all. Then all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, every man{H376} to his possession{H272}, into their own cities{H5892}. 2 And Hezekiah{H3169} appointed{H5975}{(H8686)} the courses{H4256} of the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} after their courses{H4256}, every man{H376} according{H6310} to his service{H5656}, the priests{H3548} and Levites{H3881} for burnt offerings{H5930} and for peace offerings{H8002}, to minister{H8334}{(H8763)}, and to give thanks{H3034}{(H8687)}, and to praise{H1984}{(H8763)} in the gates{H8179} of the tents{H4264} of the LORD{H3068}. 3 He appointed also the king's{H4428} portion{H4521} of his substance{H7399} for the burnt offerings{H5930}, to wit, for the morning{H1242} and evening{H6153} burnt offerings{H5930}, and the burnt offerings{H5930} for the sabbaths{H7676}, and for the new moons{H2320}, and for the set feasts{H4150}, as it is written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}. 4 Moreover he commanded{H559}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in Jerusalem{H3389} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} the portion{H4521} of the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881}, that they might be encouraged{H2388}{(H8799)} in the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}. 5 And as soon as the commandment{H1697} came abroad{H6555}{(H8800)}, the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} brought{H935}{(H8689)} in abundance{H7235}{(H8689)} the firstfruits{H7225} of corn{H1715}, wine{H8492}, and oil{H3323}, and honey{H1706}, and of all the increase{H8393} of the field{H7704}; and the tithe{H4643} of all things brought{H935}{(H8689)} they in abundantly{H7230}. 6 And concerning the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}, that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, they also brought in{H935}{(H8689)} the tithe{H4643} of oxen{H1241} and sheep{H6629}, and the tithe{H4643} of holy things{H6944} which were consecrated{H6942}{(H8794)} unto the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and laid{H5414}{(H8799)} them by heaps{H6194}{H6194}. 7 In the third{H7992} month{H2320} they began{H2490}{(H8689)} to lay the foundation{H3245}{(H8800)} of the heaps{H6194}, and finished{H3615}{(H8765)} them in the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}. 8 And when Hezekiah{H3169} and the princes{H8269} came{H935}{(H8799)} and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the heaps{H6194}, they blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}, and his people{H5971} Israel{H3478}. 9 Then Hezekiah{H3169} questioned{H1875}{(H8799)} with the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} concerning the heaps{H6194}. 10 And Azariah{H5838} the chief{H7218} priest{H3548} of the house{H1004} of Zadok{H6659} answered{H559}{(H8799)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Since the people began{H2490}{(H8687)} to bring{H935}{(H8687)} the offerings{H8641} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, we have had enough{H7646}{(H8800)} to eat{H398}{(H8800)}, and have left{H3498}{(H8687)} plenty{H7230}: for the LORD{H3068} hath blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} his people{H5971}; and that which is left{H3498}{(H8737)} is this great store{H1995}. 11 Then Hezekiah{H3169} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} to prepare{H3559}{(H8687)} chambers{H3957} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}; and they prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} them, 12 And brought in{H935}{(H8686)} the offerings{H8641} and the tithes{H4643} and the dedicated{H6944} things faithfully{H530}: over which Cononiah{H3562} the Levite{H3881} was ruler{H5057}, and Shimei{H8096} his brother{H251} was the next{H4932}. 13 And Jehiel{H3171}, and Azaziah{H5812}, and Nahath{H5184}, and Asahel{H6214}, and Jerimoth{H3406}, and Jozabad{H3107}, and Eliel{H447}, and Ismachiah{H3253}, and Mahath{H4287}, and Benaiah{H1141}, were overseers{H6496} under the hand{H3027} of Cononiah{H3562} and Shimei{H8096} his brother{H251}, at the commandment{H4662} of Hezekiah{H3169} the king{H4428}, and Azariah{H5838} the ruler{H5057} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}. 14 And Kore{H6981} the son{H1121} of Imnah{H3232} the Levite{H3881}, the porter{H7778} toward the east{H4217}, was over the freewill offerings{H5071} of God{H430}, to distribute{H5414}{(H8800)} the oblations{H8641} of the LORD{H3068}, and the most{H6944} holy things{H6944}. 15 And next him were Eden{H5731}, and Miniamin{H4509}, and Jeshua{H3442}, and Shemaiah{H8098}, Amariah{H568}, and Shecaniah{H7935}, in the cities{H5892} of the priests{H3548}, in their set office{H530}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} to their brethren{H251} by{H3027} courses{H4256}, as well to the great{H1419} as to the small{H6996}: 16 Beside their genealogy{H3187}{(H8692)} of males{H2145}, from three{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, even unto every one that entereth{H935}{(H8802)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, his daily{H3117}{H3117} portion{H1697} for their service{H5656} in their charges{H4931} according to their courses{H4256}; 17 Both to the genealogy{H3187}{(H8692)} of the priests{H3548} by the house{H1004} of their fathers{H1}, and the Levites{H3881} from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, in their charges{H4931} by their courses{H4256}; 18 And to the genealogy{H3187}{(H8692)} of all their little ones{H2945}, their wives{H802}, and their sons{H1121}, and their daughters{H1323}, through all the congregation{H6951}: for in their set office{H530} they sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves in holiness{H6944}: 19 Also of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priests{H3548}, which were in the fields{H7704} of the suburbs{H4054} of their cities{H5892}, in every several city{H5892}, the men{H582} that were expressed{H5344}{(H8738)} by name{H8034}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} portions{H4490} to all the males{H2145} among the priests{H3548}, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies{H3187}{(H8692)} among the Levites{H3881}. 20 And thus did{H6213}{(H8799)} Hezekiah{H3169} throughout all Judah{H3063}, and wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was good{H2896} and right{H3477} and truth{H571} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}. 21 And in every work{H4639} that he began{H2490}{(H8689)} in the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and in the law{H8451}, and in the commandments{H4687}, to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} his God{H430}, he did{H6213}{(H8804)} it with all his heart{H3824}, and prospered{H6743}{(H8689)}. 1 After{H310} these things{H1697}, and the establishment{H571} thereof, Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came{H935}{(H8804)}, and entered{H935}{(H8799)} into Judah{H3063}, and encamped{H2583}{(H8799)} against the fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892}, and thought{H559}{(H8799)} to win{H1234}{(H8800)} them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah{H3169} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that Sennacherib{H5576} was come{H935}{(H8804)}, and that he was purposed{H6440} to fight{H4421} against Jerusalem{H3389}, 3 He took counsel{H3289}{(H8735)} with his princes{H8269} and his mighty men{H1368} to stop{H5640}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of the fountains{H5869} which were without{H2351} the city{H5892}: and they did help{H5826}{(H8799)} him. 4 So there was gathered{H6908} much{H7227} people{H5971} together{H6908}{(H8735)}, who stopped{H5640}{(H8799)} all the fountains{H4599}, and the brook{H5158} that ran{H7857}{(H8802)} through the midst{H8432} of the land{H776}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Why should the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come{H935}{(H8799)}, and find{H4672}{(H8804)} much{H7227} water{H4325}? 5 Also he strengthened{H2388}{(H8691)} himself, and built up{H1129}{(H8799)} all the wall{H2346} that was broken{H6555}{(H8803)}, and raised it up{H5927}{(H8686)} to the towers{H4026}, and another{H312} wall{H2346} without{H2351}, and repaired{H2388}{(H8762)} Millo{H4407} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} darts{H7973} and shields{H4043} in abundance{H7230}. 6 And he set{H5414}{(H8799)} captains{H8269} of war{H4421} over the people{H5971}, and gathered them together{H6908}{(H8799)} to him in the street{H7339} of the gate{H8179} of the city{H5892}, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)} comfortably{H3824} to them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 7 Be strong{H2388}{(H8798)} and courageous{H553}{(H8798)}, be not afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} nor dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)} for{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, nor for all the multitude{H1995} that is with him: for there be more{H7227} with us than with him: 8 With him is an arm{H2220} of flesh{H1320}; but with us is the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} to help{H5826}{(H8800)} us, and to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} our battles{H4421}. And the people{H5971} rested{H5564}{(H8735)} themselves upon the words{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}. 9 After{H310} this did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} send{H7971}{(H8804)} his servants{H5650} to Jerusalem{H3389},(but he himself laid siege against Lachish{H3923}, and all his power{H4475} with him,) unto Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and unto all Judah{H3063} that were at Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 10 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, Whereon do ye trust{H982}{(H8802)}, that ye abide{H3427}{(H8802)} in the siege{H4692} in Jerusalem{H3389}? 11 Doth not Hezekiah{H3169} persuade{H5496}{(H8688)} you to give{H5414}{(H8800)} over yourselves to die{H4191}{(H8800)} by famine{H7458} and by thirst{H6772}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us out of the hand{H3709} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}? 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah{H3169} taken away{H5493}{(H8689)} his high places{H1116} and his altars{H4196}, and commanded{H559}{(H8799)} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} one{H259} altar{H4196}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8686)} upon it? 13 Know{H3045}{(H8799)} ye not what I and my fathers{H1} have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto all the people{H5971} of other lands{H776}? were the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of those lands{H776} any ways{H3201}{(H8800)} able{H3201}{(H8804)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} their lands{H776} out of mine hand{H3027}? 14 Who was there among all the gods{H430} of those nations{H1471} that my fathers{H1} utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)}, that could{H3201}{(H8804)} deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, that your God{H430} should be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} you out of mine hand{H3027}? 15 Now therefore let not{H3808} Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} you, nor persuade{H5496}{(H8686)} you on this manner, neither yet believe{H539}{(H8686)} him: for no god{H433} of any nation{H1471} or kingdom{H4467} was able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, and out of the hand{H3027} of my fathers{H1}: how much less shall your God{H430} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of mine hand{H3027}? 16 And his servants{H5650} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} yet more against the LORD{H3068} God{H430}, and against his servant{H5650} Hezekiah{H3169}. 17 He wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} also letters{H5612} to rail{H2778}{(H8763)} on the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, and to speak{H559}{(H8800)} against him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, As the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of other lands{H776} have not delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} their people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, so shall not the God{H430} of Hezekiah{H3169} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}. 18 Then they cried{H7121}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' speech{H3066} unto the people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} that were on the wall{H2346}, to affright{H3372}{(H8763)} them, and to trouble{H926}{(H8763)} them; that they might take{H3920}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}. 19 And they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} against{H5921} the God{H430} of Jerusalem{H3389}, as against the gods{H430} of the people{H5971} of the earth{H776}, which were the work{H4639} of the hands{H3027} of man{H120}. 20 And for this cause Hezekiah{H3169} the king{H4428}, and the prophet{H5030} Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}. 21 And the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} an angel{H4397}, which cut off{H3582}{(H8686)} all the mighty men{H1368} of valour{H2428}, and the leaders{H5057} and captains{H8269} in the camp{H4264} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. So he returned{H7725}{(H8799)} with shame{H1322} of face{H6440} to his own land{H776}. And when he was come{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of his god{H430}, they that came forth{H3329} of his own bowels{H4578} slew{H5307}{(H8689)} him there with the sword{H2719}. 22 Thus the LORD{H3068} saved{H3467}{(H8686)} Hezekiah{H3169} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} from the hand{H3027} of Sennacherib{H5576} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and from the hand{H3027} of all other, and guided{H5095}{(H8762)} them on every side{H5439}. 23 And many{H7227} brought{H935}{(H8688)} gifts{H4503} unto the LORD{H3068} to Jerusalem{H3389}, and presents{H4030} to Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}: so that he was magnified{H5375}{(H8735)} in the sight{H5869} of all nations{H1471} from thenceforth{H310}. 24 In those days{H3117} Hezekiah{H3169} was sick{H2470}{(H8804)} to the death{H4191}{(H8800)}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}: and he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, and he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} him a sign{H4159}. 25 But Hezekiah{H3169} rendered not again{H7725}{(H8689)} according to the benefit{H1576} done unto him; for his heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)}: therefore there was wrath{H7110} upon him, and upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}. 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah{H3169} humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} himself for the pride{H1363} of his heart{H3820}, both he and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, so that the wrath{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} came{H935}{(H8804)} not upon them in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah{H3169}. 27 And Hezekiah{H3169} had exceeding{H3966} much{H7235}{(H8687)} riches{H6239} and honour{H3519}: and he made{H6213}{(H8804)} himself treasuries{H214} for silver{H3701}, and for gold{H2091}, and for precious{H3368} stones{H68}, and for spices{H1314}, and for shields{H4043}, and for all manner of pleasant{H2532} jewels{H3627}; 28 Storehouses{H4543} also for the increase{H8393} of corn{H1715}, and wine{H8492}, and oil{H3323}; and stalls{H723} for all manner of beasts{H929}, and cotes{H220} for flocks{H5739}. 29 Moreover he provided{H6213}{(H8804)} him cities{H5892}, and possessions{H4735} of flocks{H6629} and herds{H1241} in abundance{H7230}: for God{H430} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} him substance{H7399} very{H3966} much{H7227}. 30 This same Hezekiah{H3169} also stopped{H5640}{(H8804)} the upper{H5945} watercourse{H4161}{H4325} of Gihon{H1521}, and brought it straight{H3474}{(H8762)} down{H4295} to the west side{H4628} of the city{H5892} of David{H1732}. And Hezekiah{H3169} prospered{H6743}{(H8686)} in all his works{H4639}. 31 Howbeit{H3651} in the business of the ambassadors{H3887}{(H8688)} of the princes{H8269} of Babylon{H894}, who sent{H7971}{(H8764)} unto him to enquire{H1875}{(H8800)} of the wonder{H4159} that was done in the land{H776}, God{H430} left{H5800}{(H8804)} him, to try{H5254}{(H8763)} him, that he might know{H3045}{(H8800)} all that was in his heart{H3824}. 32 Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169}, and his goodness{H2617}, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the vision{H2377} of Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030}, the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, and in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478}. 33 And Hezekiah{H3169} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the chiefest{H4608} of the sepulchres{H6913} of the sons{H1121} of David{H1732}: and all Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} did him{H6213}{(H8804)} honour{H3519} at his death{H4194}. And Manasseh{H4519} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.
• Ps 89:19 : 19 Then thou spakest{H1696}{H8765)} in vision{H2377} to thy holy one{H2623}, and saidst{H559}{H8799)}, I have laid{H7737}{H8765)} help{H5828} upon one that is mighty{H1368}; I have exalted{H7311}{H8689)} one chosen{H977}{H8803)} out of the people{H5971}.