1 Hezekiahhad been king of Judah for 14 years when King Sennacheribof Assyriainvaded the country and captured every walled city 2 except Jerusalem. The Assyrianking ordered his army commander to leave the city of Lachishand to take a large army to Jerusalem.
The commander went there and stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool. 3 Three of the king’s highest officials came out of Jerusalem to meet him. One of them was Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who was the prime minister. The other two were Shebna, assistant to the prime minister, and Joahson of Asaph, keeper of the government records.
4 The Assyriancommander told them:
I have a message for Hezekiahfrom the great king of Assyria. Ask Hezekiahwhy he feels so sure of himself. 5 Does he think he can plan and win a war with nothing but words? Who is going to help him, now that he has turned against the king of Assyria? 6 Ez 29.6,7.Is he depending on Egyptand its king? That’s the same as leaning on a broken stick, and it will go right through his hand.
7 Is Hezekiahnow depending on the Lord, your God? Didn’t Hezekiahtear down all except one of the Lord's altars and places of worship?36.7 worship: Hezekiah actually had torn down the places where idols were worshiped, and he had told the people to worship the Lord at the one place of worship in Jerusalem. But the Assyrian leader was confused and thought these were also places where the Lord was supposed to be worshiped.Didn’t he tell the people of Jerusalemand Judah to worship at that one place?
8 The king of Assyriawants to make a bet with you people! He will give you 2,000 horses, if you have enough troops to ride them. 9 How could you even defeat our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egyptfor chariots and cavalry? 10 Don’t forget that it was the Lordwho sent me here with orders to destroy your nation!
11 Eliakim, Shebna, and Joahsaid, "Sir, we don’t want the people listening from the city wall to understand what you are saying. So please speak to us in Aramaic instead of Hebrew."
12 The Assyrian army commander answered, "My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you!"
13 Then, in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he shouted out in Hebrew:
Listen to what the great king of Assyriasays! 14 Don’t be fooled by Hezekiah. He can’t save you. 15 Don’t trust him when he tells you that the Lordwill protect you from the king of Assyria. 16 Stop listening to Hezekiah. Pay attention to my king. Surrender to him. He will let you keep your own vineyards, fig trees, and cisterns 17 for a while. Then he will come and take you away to a country just like yours, where you can plant vineyards and raise your own grain.
18 Hezekiahclaims the Lordwill save you. But don’t be fooled by him. Were any other gods able to defend their land against the king of Assyria? 19 What happened to the gods of Hamath, Arpad, and Sepharvaim? Were the gods of Samariaable to protect their land against the Assyrian forces? 20 None of those gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord, your God, can do any better?
21,22 Eliakim, Shebna, and Joahhad been warned by King Hezekiahnot to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiaheverything the commander had said.
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חִזְקִיָּהוּchizəqiyahuἙζεκίαςHezekías
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, took the fortified cities of Judah and besieged Jerusalem in the days of Hezekiah, but the angel of the Lord struck his army, and he returned to Nineveh (2 Kings 18:13).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Lachish was a city whose king joined four other Amorite kings against Gibeon and which Joshua and all Israel besieged and attacked. Amaziah fled there, but he was pursued and killed there (2 Chronicles 25:27).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Hamath is a land where Riblah was located, the place where Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who pronounced sentence on him (Jeremiah 39:5).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).