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2 Kings 18
Hezekiah Reigns over Judah
2 Kings 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third
year
of Hoshea
son
of Elah
king
of Israel
,
that
Hezekiah
the son
of Ahaz
king
of Judah
began to reign
.
2 Kings 18:2
Twenty
and five
years
old
was he when he began to reign
;
and he reigned
twenty
and nine
years
in Jerusalem
.
His mother’s
name
also
was
Abi
,
the daughter
of Zachariah
.
2 Kings 18:3
And he did
that which was
right
in the sight
of the LORD
,
according to all that David
his father
did
.
2 Kings 18:4
¶
He removed
the high places
,
and brake
the images
,
and cut down
the groves
,
and brake in pieces
the brasen
serpent
that Moses
had made
:
for unto those days
the children
of Israel
did burn incense
to it: and he called
it Nehushtan
.
2 Kings 18:5
He trusted
in the LORD
God
of Israel
;
so that after
him was none like him among all the kings
of Judah
, nor
any
that were before
him.
2 Kings 18:6
For he clave
to the LORD
,
and
departed
not from following
him, but kept
his commandments
,
which the LORD
commanded
Moses
.
Hezekiah Victorious
2 Kings 18:7
And the LORD
was with him;
and
he prospered
whithersoever he went forth
:
and he rebelled
against the king
of Assyria
,
and served
him not.
2 Kings 18:8
He smote
the Philistines
,
even
unto Gaza
,
and the borders
thereof, from the tower
of the watchmen
to the fenced
city
.
2 Kings 18:9
¶
And it came to pass in the fourth
year
of king
Hezekiah
, which
was
the seventh
year
of Hoshea
son
of Elah
king
of Israel
,
that
Shalmaneser
king
of Assyria
came up
against Samaria
,
and besieged
it.
2 Kings 18:10
And at the end
of three
years
they took
it:
even
in the sixth
year
of Hezekiah
, that
is
the ninth
year
of Hoshea
king
of Israel
,
Samaria
was taken
.
2 Kings 18:11
And the king
of Assyria
did carry away
Israel
unto Assyria
,
and put
them in Halah
and in Habor
by
the river
of Gozan
,
and in the cities
of the Medes
:
2 Kings 18:12
Because they obeyed
not the voice
of the LORD
their God
,
but transgressed
his covenant
,
and
all that Moses
the servant
of the LORD
commanded
,
and would not hear
them
,
nor do
them
.
Invasion of Judah
2 Kings 18:13
¶
Now in the fourteenth
year
of king
Hezekiah
did Sennacherib
king
of Assyria
come up
against all the fenced
cities
of Judah
,
and took
them.
2 Kings 18:14
And Hezekiah
king
of Judah
sent
to the king
of Assyria
to Lachish
,
saying
,
I have offended
;
return
from me: that which thou puttest
on me will I bear
.
And the king
of Assyria
appointed
unto Hezekiah
king
of Judah
three
hundred
talents
of silver
and thirty
talents
of gold
.
2 Kings 18:15
And Hezekiah
gave
him
all the silver
that was found
in the house
of the LORD
,
and in the treasures
of the king’s
house
.
2 Kings 18:16
At that time
did Hezekiah
cut off
the gold from
the doors
of the temple
of the LORD
, and
from
the pillars
which Hezekiah
king
of Judah
had overlaid
,
and gave
it to the king
of Assyria
.
2 Kings 18:17
¶
And the king
of Assyria
sent
Tartan
and Rabsaris
and Rab-shakeh
from Lachish
to king
Hezekiah
with a great
host
against Jerusalem
.
And they went up
and came
to Jerusalem
.
And when they were come up
,
they came
and stood
by the conduit
of the upper
pool
, which
is
in the highway
of the fuller’s
field
.
2 Kings 18:18
And when they had called
to the king
,
there came out
to them Eliakim
the son
of Hilkiah
, which
was
over the household
,
and Shebna
the scribe
,
and Joah
the son
of Asaph
the recorder
.
2 Kings 18:19
And Rab-shakeh
said
unto them, Speak
ye now to Hezekiah
,
Thus saith
the great
king
,
the king
of Assyria
,
What confidence
is
this wherein thou trustest
?
2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest
,(but
they are but
vain
words
,)
I have
counsel
and strength
for the war
.
Now on whom dost thou trust
,
that thou rebellest
against me?
2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest
upon the staff
of this bruised
reed
,
even
upon Egypt
,
on which if a man
lean
,
it will go
into his hand
,
and pierce
it: so
is
Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
unto all that trust
on him.
2 Kings 18:22
But if ye say
unto me, We trust
in the LORD
our God
:
is
not that he, whose high places
and whose altars
Hezekiah
hath taken away
,
and hath said
to Judah
and Jerusalem
,
Ye shall worship
before
this altar
in Jerusalem
?
2 Kings 18:23
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges
to my lord
the king
of Assyria
,
and I will deliver
thee two thousand
horses
,
if thou be able
on thy part to set
riders
upon them.
2 Kings 18:24
How then wilt thou turn away
the face
of one
captain
of the least
of my master’s
servants
,
and put thy trust
on Egypt
for chariots
and for horsemen
?
2 Kings 18:25
Am I now come up
without
the LORD
against this place
to destroy
it? The LORD
said
to me, Go up
against this land
,
and destroy
it.
2 Kings 18:26
Then said
Eliakim
the son
of Hilkiah
,
and Shebna
,
and Joah
,
unto Rab-shakeh
,
Speak
,
I pray thee, to thy servants
in the Syrian language
;
for we understand
it:
and talk
not with us in the Jews’ language
in the ears
of the people
that
are
on the wall
.
2 Kings 18:27
But Rab-shakeh
said
unto them, Hath my master
sent
me to thy master
,
and to thee, to speak
these words
?
hath he
not
sent me
to the men
which sit
on the wall
,
that they may eat
their own dung
,
and drink
their own piss
with you?
2 Kings 18:28
Then Rab-shakeh
stood
and cried
with a loud
voice
in the Jews’ language
,
and spake
,
saying
,
Hear
the word
of the great
king
,
the king
of Assyria
:
2 Kings 18:29
Thus saith
the king
,
Let not Hezekiah
deceive
you: for he shall not be able
to deliver
you out of his hand
:
2 Kings 18:30
Neither let Hezekiah
make you trust
in the LORD
,
saying
,
The LORD
will surely
deliver
us, and this city
shall not be delivered
into the hand
of the king
of Assyria
.
2 Kings 18:31
Hearken
not to Hezekiah
:
for thus saith
the king
of Assyria
,
Make
an agreement
with me by a present
,
and come out
to me, and
then
eat
ye every man
of his own vine
,
and every one
of his fig tree
,
and drink
ye every one
the waters
of his cistern
:
2 Kings 18:32
Until I come
and take you away
to a land
like your own land
,
a land
of corn
and wine
,
a land
of bread
and vineyards
,
a land
of oil
olive
and of honey
,
that ye may live
,
and not die
:
and hearken
not unto Hezekiah
,
when he persuadeth
you, saying
,
The LORD
will deliver
us.
2 Kings 18:33
Hath any
of the gods
of the nations
delivered
at all
his land
out of the hand
of the king
of Assyria
?
2 Kings 18:34
Where
are
the gods
of Hamath
,
and of Arpad
? where
are
the gods
of Sepharvaim
,
Hena
,
and Ivah
?
have they delivered
Samaria
out of mine hand
?
2 Kings 18:35
Who
are
they among all the gods
of the countries
,
that have delivered
their country
out of mine hand
,
that the LORD
should deliver
Jerusalem
out of mine hand
?
2 Kings 18:36
But the people
held their peace
,
and answered
him not a word
:
for the king’s
commandment
was, saying
,
Answer
him not.
2 Kings 18:37
Then came
Eliakim
the son
of Hilkiah
, which
was
over the household
,
and Shebna
the scribe
,
and Joah
the son
of Asaph
the recorder
,
to Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
rent
,
and told
him the words
of Rab-shakeh
.