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kiah, that
king_of Israél, Samaria was_taken.
11 And the_king_of Assyria did_carry_ away Israél unto Assyria, and put them in xHalah and in Habor by the_ river_of Gozan, and in the_cities_of the Medes : !
12 Because they obeyed not the_voice_
of Jthe Lorp their =God, but trans-} 26. 27
gressed His -covenant, and all that|” Moses the_servant_of 'the Lorp com- manded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
13 Now in the _ fourteenth year _of xking Hezekiah did s Sennacherib king_ of Assyria come_up against all the fenced cities_of Judah, and took them.
14 And Hezekiah king_of Judah sent to the_king_of Assyria to Lachish, say-|* ing, “I have offended; -return from
me: -that_which thou tputtest on me} armies.
will_I_bear.” And the_king_of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king_of Ju- dah three hundred talents_of silver and thirty talents_of gold.
15 And Hezekiah gave him silver that was_found in the_house_of Jthe Lorp, and in the_treasures_of the king’s house.
16 At xthat xtime did Hezekiah eut_ off the gold from +the_doors_of the_ temple_of !the Lorp, and from «the su pillars_which Hezekiah king_of Ju- dah had_overlaid, and gave tit to the_|t. king_of Assyria.
17 And the_king_of Assyria sent ta-Tartan and r-Rabsaris and r¢ -Rab- shakeh from Lachish to xking Heze- kiah with a ) great host against Jeru-
salem. And they went-up and came 7.18
to Jerusalem. And when they were_ come_up, they came and stood by the_|,
conduit_of the upper ~pool, which 7s in} G
the_highway_of the fuller’s field.
18 And when they had_called to the king, there came_out to them Eliakim the_son_of Hilkiah, which was over the hohousehold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the_son.of Asaph the re- corder.
19 And r«Rab-shakeh said unto them, “-Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great xking, the_king_of As- syria, What «confidence is xthis wherein thou trustest ? 7
20 Thou ssayest, (but they are but wvain words,) ‘2 have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom|, -dost_thou_trust, that thou -rebellest against me? 1
21 Now, behold, thou -trustest upon], bearer.
the_staff_of xthis xbruised xreed, even upon Egypt, on which if a ¢man +lean,|21. it -will_go into his hand, and spierce it:| | so is Pharaoh king_of Egypt unto all|" xathat trust on him.
2 But if ye tsay unto me, ‘ We trust in Jthe Lorp our =God:’ 7s not that He, whose ie laces and whose raltars Hezeki: ‘hath_taken away, and hath_said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Ye shall_worship before xthis xaltar in Jerusalem ?’
23 Now therefore, I_pray_thee, -give_ pledges_to my -lord -the_king_of As- syria, and I will_deliver thee two_thou-
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710. part to set riders upon them. 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 ? ; >-Am I now come_up without / the . Lorp against xthis xplace to destroy J. Jehovah. |it? ‘J7Zhe Lorp said to me, ‘*Go_ 2 up against xthis | it” }euracms | ~™ Then said Eliakim the_son_of Hil- | Request. |kiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab- 2. Iss. 36. |shakeh, “*Speak, I_pray_thee, to thy iL seryants in_the_Syrian_language; for toe understand i¢: and ‘talk not with us in_the_Jews’_language in the_ears_ of the people that are on the wall” RAB- 2 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, SHAKEH'S |“-Hath my master sent me to thy i =e master,.and to thee, to speak xthese ex i xwords? hath he not sent me to the @.anah- men =swhich sit on the wall, that they shim. may_eat their_own -dung, and drink w. or water. |their_own w RaB- 23 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried
SHAKEH'S |/with a loud voice in_the_Jews’_lan- guage, and spake, saying, “*Hear the_ word_of the great xking, the_king_of
2» Thus «saith the king, ‘Let not Heze- kiah deceive you: for he shall not be_ able to deliver pou out_of his hand :
%® Neither ‘let Hezekiah make pou im trust in / the Lor», saying, ‘J The Lorp will_surely deliver us, and this Xcity ‘shall not be_delivered into the_hand_ of the_king_of Assyria.’
31 tHearken 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 ieyery_man of his_own vine,and‘every_ one of his fig tree, and «drink ye ‘every_ one the_waters_of his cistern :
*2 Until I come and «take pou away
| to a land like your_own land, a land_of |
aine,|corn and wine, a land_of bread and Heb. titosh. | vineyards, a land_of oil olive and of t honey, that ye -may_live, and not ‘die:
he 'persuadeth pon, saying, ‘! The Lorp will_deliver us.’
3% -Hath any of the_gods_of the na- tions delivered at all his -land out_of the_hand_of the_king_of Assyria?
* Where are the_gods_of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the_gods_of Sepharyaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered “Samaria out_of mine hand?
% Who are they among all the_gods_ of the countries, that have_delivered their -country out_of mine hand, that tthe Lorp should_deliver -Jerusalem
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out_of mine hand ?” . ISA. 36. *% But the people -held_their_peace, he: and answered him not a word: for "3 the king’s commandment was, saying,
= “rAnswer him not.” WorpSext| % Then came Eliakim the_son_of a Hilkiah, which was over the 1 house- @7.Isa. 9, |Hold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah 2 the_son_of Asaph the recorder, to Heze-
‘ho. house, |kiah with their clothes rent, and told him -the_words_of Rab-shakeh.
and fhearken not unto Hezekiah, when | Ass,
It. Kines XIX. 15.
1 AND it came_to_pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his «clothes, and covered_himself with! Heze- xsackcloth, and went into the_house_of| KIAH’s RE- J the Lorp. ane
2 And he sent -Eliakim, which was ae over the / household, and Shebna the} 32.99. Isa. scribe, and -the_elders_of the priests,| 37. 1-5. covered with xsackeloth, to Isaiah the ?- ee prophet the_son_of Amoz. z re
3% And they said unto him, “Thus ‘saith Hezekiah, «This xday is a day_of trouble, and of rebuke, and * blasphemy: for thes children -are_come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring_ forth.
+ It_may_be / the Lorp thy =God will_ hear -all the_words_of Rab-shakeh, whom the_king_of Assyria his / =master J. lord. shath_sent to dreproach the living! a. defy. =God; and -will_reprove the words which ‘the Lorp thy =God -hath_heard : wherefore -lift_up thy prayer for the remnant that are_left.”
* So the_servants_of xking Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
® And Isaiah said unto them, “Thus shall_ye_say to your /=master, Thus *saith 4 the Lorp, ‘'Be not afraid of the words which thou hast_heard, - with which the_servants_of the_king_of As- | syria have re blasphemed me. re. reviled.
7 Behold, I +will_send a w blast upon | w. of wind. him, and he -shall_hear a rumour, and sshall_return to his_own land; and I -will_cause_him_to_fall by the sword in his_own land.’”
§ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found -the_king_of Assyria warring against i Libnah : for he had_heard that he was_| GBS BACK. departed from Lachish. eee Sty
* And when he heard say of Tir-|— hakah king_of Ethiopia, “Behold, he 5 ‘is_come_out to fight against thee :” he sent messengers again unto Heze- kiah, saying, 9-13. 2 CHR.
10 “Thus shall_ye_speak to Hezekiah} 32. 16-19. King_of Judah, saying, ‘Let not thy| 3$“°*-* =God in whom thou +trustest deceive] ~ thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be_ delivered into the_hand_of the_king_of
B.C. about 710.
r. reproach, or provoca- tion.
§. SONS.
JEHOVAH'S REPLY. 6, 7. ISA. 37. 6, 7.
RAB- SHAKEH
RaB- HAKEH'S MESSAGE. 710. 4
yria. ll Behold, thon -hast_heard -what the_kings_of Assyria have_done to all xlands, bydestroying_them_utterly : and
shalt thon be_delivered ?
12 -Have the_gods_of the nations de- livered them which my fathers have destroyed; as *Gozan, and -Haran, and Rezeph, and the-s children_ofEden | s. sons. which were in Thelasar ?
18 Where 7s the_king_of Hamath, and the_king_of Arpad, and the_king_of the hy: of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and
yah ?”
14 And Hezekiah received -the =letter of the_hand_of the messengers, and read tit: and Hezekiah went_up into the_house_of J¢he Lorb, and spread it} "35 5)" Isa before J the Lorp. 37. 14-20. —
1% And Hezekiah prayed before J the|t. them. Lorp, and said, “O_! Lorp =God _ of}? Ps- 80.1. Israél, +which _dwellest between the cherubims, Thou art .fthe =God, even| ,t. Thyself. Thou alone, of all the_kingdoms_of the |. the
HEZE- KIAH'S PRAYER. 14-19, 2CHR.
earth ; Thou -hast_made ‘%heaven Rear and xearth, and t
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