2nd Kings Chapter 18 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Now it came to pass in the third <H7969> year <H8141> of Hoshea <H1954> son <H1121> of Elah <H0425> king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> [that] Hezekiah <H2396> the son <H1121> of Ahaz <H0271> king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> began to reign. <H4427>
2: Twenty <H6242> and five <H2568> years <H8141> old <H1121> was he when he began to reign; <H4427> and he reigned <H4427> twenty <H6242> and nine <H8672> years <H8141> in Jerusalem. <H3389> His mother's <H0517> name <H8034> also [was] Abi, <H0021> the daughter <H1323> of Zachariah. <H2148>
3: And he did <H6213> [that which was] right <H3477> in the sight <H5869> of the LORD, <H3068> according to all that David <H1732> his father <H0001> did. <H6213>
4: He removed <H5493> the high places, <H1116> and brake <H7665> the images, <H4676> and cut down <H3772> the groves, <H0842> and brake in pieces <H3807> the brasen <H5178> serpent <H5175> that Moses <H4872> had made: <H6213> for unto those days <H3117> the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> did burn incense <H6999> to it: and he called <H7121> it Nehushtan. <H5180>
5: He trusted <H0982> in the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel; <H3478> so that after <H0310> 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> to the LORD, <H3068> [and] departed <H5493> not from following <H0310> him, but kept <H8104> his commandments, <H4687> which the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> Moses. <H4872>
7: And the LORD <H3068> was with him; [and] he prospered <H7919> whithersoever he went forth: <H3318> and he rebelled <H4775> against the king <H4428> of Assyria, <H0804> and served <H5647> him not.
8: He smote <H5221> the Philistines, <H6430> [even] unto Gaza, <H5804> and the borders <H1366> thereof, from the tower <H4026> of the watchmen <H5341> 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 <H0425> king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> [that] Shalmaneser <H8022> king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> came up <H5927> against Samaria, <H8111> and besieged <H6696> it.
10: And at the end <H7097> of three <H7969> years <H8141> they took <H3920> 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>
11: And the king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> did carry away <H1540> Israel <H3478> unto Assyria, <H0804> and put <H5148> 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> not the voice <H6963> of the LORD <H3068> their God, <H0430> but transgressed <H5674> his covenant, <H1285> [and] all that Moses <H4872> the servant <H5650> of the LORD <H3068> commanded, <H6680> and would not hear <H8085> [them], nor do <H6213> [them].
13: Now in the fourteenth <H0702> <H6240> year <H8141> of king <H4428> Hezekiah <H2396> did Sennacherib <H5576> king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> come up <H5927> against all the fenced <H1219> cities <H5892> of Judah, <H3063> and took <H8610> them.
14: And Hezekiah <H2396> king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> sent <H7971> to the king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> to Lachish, <H3923> saying, <H0559> I have offended; <H2398> return <H7725> from me: that which thou puttest <H5414> on me will I bear. <H5375> And the king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> appointed <H7760> unto Hezekiah <H2396> king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> three <H7969> hundred <H3967> talents <H3603> of silver <H3701> and thirty <H7970> talents <H3603> of gold. <H2091>
15: And Hezekiah <H2396> gave <H5414> [him] all the silver <H3701> that was found <H4672> in the house <H1004> of the LORD, <H3068> and in the treasures <H0214> of the king's <H4428> house. <H1004>
16: At that time <H6256> did Hezekiah <H2396> cut off <H7112> [the gold from] the doors <H1817> of the temple <H1964> of the LORD, <H3068> and [from] the pillars <H0547> which Hezekiah <H2396> king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> had overlaid, <H6823> and gave <H5414> it to the king <H4428> of Assyria. <H0804>
17: And the king <H4428> of Assyria <H0804> sent <H7971> 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> and came <H0935> to Jerusalem. <H3389> And when they were come up, <H5927> they came <H0935> and stood <H5975> by the conduit <H8585> of the upper <H5945> pool, <H1295> which [is] in the highway <H4546> of the fuller's <H3526> field. <H7704>
18: And when they had called <H7121> to the king, <H4428> there came out <H3318> to them Eliakim <H0471> the son <H1121> of Hilkiah, <H2518> which [was] over the household, <H1004> and Shebna <H7644> the scribe, <H5608> and Joah <H3098> the son <H1121> of Asaph <H0623> the recorder. <H2142>
19: And Rabshakeh <H7262> said <H0559> unto them, Speak <H0559> ye now to Hezekiah, <H2396> Thus saith <H0559> the great <H1419> king, <H4428> the king <H4428> of Assyria, <H0804> What confidence <H0986> [is] this wherein thou trustest? <H0982>
20: Thou sayest, <H0559> (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, <H0982> that thou rebellest <H4775> against me?
21: Now, behold, thou trustest <H0982> upon the staff <H4938> of this bruised <H7533> reed, <H7070> [even] upon Egypt, <H4714> on which if a man <H0376> lean, <H5564> it will go <H0935> into his hand, <H3709> and pierce <H5344> it: so [is] Pharaoh <H6547> king <H4428> of Egypt <H4714> unto all that trust <H0982> on him.
22: But if ye say <H0559> unto me, We trust <H0982> in the LORD <H3068> our God: <H0430> [is] not that he, whose high places <H1116> and whose altars <H4196> Hezekiah <H2396> hath taken away, <H5493> and hath said <H0559> to Judah <H3063> and Jerusalem, <H3389> Ye shall worship <H7812> before <H6440> this altar <H4196> in Jerusalem? <H3389>
23: Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges <H6148> to my lord <H0113> the king <H4428> of Assyria, <H0804> and I will deliver <H5414> thee two thousand <H0505> horses, <H5483> if thou be able <H3201> on thy part to set <H5414> riders <H7392> upon them.
24: How then wilt thou turn away <H7725> the face <H6440> of one <H0259> captain <H6346> of the least <H6996> of my master's <H0113> servants, <H5650> and put thy trust <H0982> on Egypt <H4714> for chariots <H7393> and for horsemen? <H6571>
25: Am I now come up <H5927> without <H1107> the LORD <H3068> against this place <H4725> to destroy <H7843> it? The LORD <H3068> said <H0559> to me, Go up <H5927> against this land, <H0776> and destroy <H7843> it.
26: Then said <H0559> Eliakim <H0471> the son <H1121> of Hilkiah, <H2518> and Shebna, <H7644> and Joah, <H3098> unto Rabshakeh, <H7262> Speak, <H1696> I pray thee, to thy servants <H5650> in the Syrian <H0762> language; for we understand <H8085> [it]: and talk <H1696> not with us in the Jews' language <H3066> in the ears <H0241> of the people <H5971> that [are] on the wall. <H2346>
27: But Rabshakeh <H7262> said <H0559> unto them, Hath my master <H0113> sent <H7971> me to thy master, <H0113> and to thee, to speak <H1696> these words? <H1697> [hath he] not [sent me] to the men <H0582> which sit <H3427> on the wall, <H2346> that they may eat <H0398> their own dung, <H6675> <H2755> and drink <H8354> their own piss <H4325> <H7272><H7890> with you?
28: Then Rabshakeh <H7262> stood <H5975> and cried <H7121> with a loud <H1419> voice <H6963> in the Jews' language, <H3066> and spake, <H1696> saying, <H0559> Hear <H8085> the word <H1697> of the great <H1419> king, <H4428> the king <H4428> of Assyria: <H0804>
29: Thus saith <H0559> the king, <H4428> Let not Hezekiah <H2396> deceive <H5377> you: for he shall not be able <H3201> to deliver <H5337> you out of his hand: <H3027>
30: Neither let Hezekiah <H2396> make you trust <H0982> in the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> will surely <H5337> deliver <H5337> us, and this city <H5892> shall not be delivered <H5414> into the hand <H3027> of the king <H4428> of Assyria. <H0804>
31: Hearken <H8085> not to Hezekiah: <H2396> for thus saith <H0559> the king <H4428> of Assyria, <H0804> Make <H6213> [an agreement] with me by a present, <H1293> and come out <H3318> to me, and [then] eat <H0398> ye every man <H0376> of his own vine, <H1612> and every one <H0376> of his fig tree, <H8384> and drink <H8354> ye every one <H0376> the waters <H4325> of his cistern: <H0953>
32: Until I come <H0935> and take you away <H3947> to a land <H0776> like your own land, <H0776> a land <H0776> of corn <H1715> and wine, <H8492> a land <H0776> of bread <H3899> and vineyards, <H3754> a land <H0776> of oil <H3323> olive <H2132> and of honey, <H1706> that ye may live, <H2421> and not die: <H4191> and hearken <H8085> not unto Hezekiah, <H2396> when he persuadeth <H5496> you, saying, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> will deliver <H5337> us.
33: Hath any <H0376> of the gods <H0430> of the nations <H1471> delivered <H5337> at all <H5337> his land <H0776> out of the hand <H3027> of the king <H4428> of Assyria? <H0804>
34: Where [are] the gods <H0430> of Hamath, <H2574> and of Arpad? <H0774> where [are] the gods <H0430> of Sepharvaim, <H5617> Hena, <H2012> and Ivah? <H5755> have they delivered <H5337> Samaria <H8111> out of mine hand? <H3027>
35: Who [are] they among all the gods <H0430> of the countries, <H0776> that have delivered <H5337> their country <H0776> out of mine hand, <H3027> that the LORD <H3068> should deliver <H5337> Jerusalem <H3389> out of mine hand? <H3027>
36: But the people <H5971> held their peace, <H2790> and answered <H6030> him not a word: <H1697> for the king's <H4428> commandment <H4687> was, saying, <H0559> Answer <H6030> him not.
37: Then came <H0935> Eliakim <H0471> the son <H1121> of Hilkiah, <H2518> which [was] over the household, <H1004> and Shebna <H7644> the scribe, <H5608> and Joah <H3098> the son <H1121> of Asaph <H0623> the recorder, <H2142> to Hezekiah <H2396> with [their] clothes <H0899> rent, <H7167> and told <H5046> him the words <H1697> of Rabshakeh. <H7262>