1 In the third year of Hosheason of Elahking of Israel, Hezekiahson of Ahazking of Judah began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalemtwenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijahdaughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Davidhad done. 4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moseshad made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.)
5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast to the Lordand did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lordhad given Moses. 7 And the Lordwas with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyriaand did not serve him. 8 From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gazaand its territory.
9 In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hosheason of Elahking of Israel, Shalmaneserking of Assyriamarched against Samariaand laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samariawas captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hosheaking of Israel. 11 The king of Assyriadeported Israel to Assyriaand settled them in Halah, in Gozanon the Habor Riverand in towns of the Medes. 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lordtheir God, but had violated his covenant—all that Mosesthe servant of the Lordcommanded. They neither listened to the commands nor carried them out.
13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacheribking of Assyriaattacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 So Hezekiahking of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyriaat Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me." The king of Assyriaexacted from Hezekiahking of Judah three hundred talents18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tonsof silver and thirty talents18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric tonof gold. 15 So Hezekiahgave him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lordand in the treasuries of the royal palace.
16 At this time Hezekiahking of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
17 The king of Assyriasent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachishto King Hezekiahat Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalemand stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field. 18 They called for the king; and Eliakimson of Hilkiahthe palace administrator, Shebnathe secretary, and Joahson of Asaphthe recorder went out to them.
19 The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah:
" ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egyptto all who depend on him. 22 But if you say to me, "We are depending on the Lordour God"—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiahremoved, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?
23 " ‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 24 How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egyptfor chariots and horsemen18:24 Or charioteers? 25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord? The Lordhimself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’ "
26 Then Eliakimson of Hilkiah, and Shebnaand Joahsaid to the field commander, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."
27 But the commander replied, "Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?"
28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiahdeceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiahpersuade you to trust in the Lordwhen he says, ‘The Lordwill surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
31 "Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyriasays: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death!
"Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lordwill deliver us.’ 33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamathand Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Henaand Ivvah? Have they rescued Samariafrom my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lorddeliver Jerusalemfrom my hand?"
36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."
37 Then Eliakimson of Hilkiahthe palace administrator, Shebnathe secretary, and Joahson of Asaphthe recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said.
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Hezekiah
חִזְקִיָּהוּchizəqiyahuἙζεκίαςHezekías
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Acaz, filho de Jotão e rei de Judá, não fez o que era reto, chegou a passar o filho pelo fogo e pediu socorro à Assíria contra a Síria e Israel (2 Reis 16:2).
Davi, filho de Jessé, era pastor em Belém quando Samuel o ungiu; venceu Golias, reinou sobre Israel em Jerusalém e escreveu muitos dos salmos (1 Samuel 16:13).
Moisés, levita criado pela filha do faraó, foi chamado por Deus na sarça ardente, tirou Israel da escravidão do Egito e recebeu a lei no monte Sinai (Êxodo 3:4).
Moisés, levita criado pela filha do faraó, foi chamado por Deus na sarça ardente, tirou Israel da escravidão do Egito e recebeu a lei no monte Sinai (Êxodo 3:4).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Moisés, levita criado pela filha do faraó, foi chamado por Deus na sarça ardente, tirou Israel da escravidão do Egito e recebeu a lei no monte Sinai (Êxodo 3:4).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, tomou as cidades fortificadas de Judá e cercou Jerusalém nos dias de Ezequias, mas o anjo do Senhor feriu o seu exército, e ele voltou para Nínive (2 Reis 18:13).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).
Ezequias, rei de Judá, fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, destruiu os altos e confiou em Deus quando Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, cercou Jerusalém (2 Reis 18:1).