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1. In the third year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz's son Hezekiah became king over Judah.
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 in the third H7969 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , that Hezekiah H2396 the son H1121 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427 .
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2. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2. Twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 was H1961 he when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 twenty H6242 and nine H8672 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . His mother H517 's name H8034 also was Abi H21 , the daughter H1323 of Zachariah H2148 .
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3. He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.
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3. And he did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 David H1732 his father H1 did H6213 .
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4. He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.
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4. He H1931 removed H5493 H853 the high places H1116 , and broke H7665 H853 the images H4676 , and cut down H3772 H853 the groves H842 , and broke in pieces H3807 the brazen H5178 serpent H5175 that H834 Moses H4872 had made H6213 : for H3588 unto H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H1961 burn incense H6999 to it : and he called H7121 it Nehushtan H5180 .
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5. He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
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5. He trusted H982 in the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 ; so that after H310 him was H1961 none H3808 like him H3644 among all H3605 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , nor any that H834 were H1961 before H6440 him.
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6. He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.
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6. For he cleaved H1692 to the LORD H3068 , and departed H5493 not H3808 from following H4480 H310 him , but kept H8104 his commandments H4687 , which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 .
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7. The LORD was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.
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7. And the LORD H3068 was H1961 with H5973 him; and he prospered H7919 whithersoever H3605 H834 he went forth H3318 : and he rebelled H4775 against the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , and served H5647 him not H3808 .
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8. He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.
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8. He H1931 smote H5221 H853 the Philistines H6430 , even unto H5704 Gaza H5804 , and the borders H1366 thereof , from the tower H4480 H4026 of the watchmen H5341 to H5704 the fenced H4013 city H5892 .
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9. In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.
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9. And it came to pass H1961 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 , which H1931 was the seventh H7637 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , that Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came up H5927 against H5921 Samaria H8111 , and besieged H6696 H5921 it.
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10. After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign over Israel Samaria was captured.
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10. And at the end H4480 H7097 of three H7969 years H8141 they took H3920 it: even in the sixth H8337 year H8141 of Hezekiah H2396 , that H1931 is the ninth H8672 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , Samaria H8111 was taken H3920 .
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11. The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
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11. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 did carry away H1540 H853 Israel H3478 unto Assyria H804 , 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 :
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12. This happened because they did not obey the LORD their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the LORD's servant, had commanded.
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12. Because H5921 H834 they obeyed H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , but transgressed H5674 H853 his covenant H1285 , and H853 all H3605 that H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 , and would not H3808 hear H8085 them , nor H3808 do H6213 them .
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13. In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
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13. Now in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 did Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 come up H5927 against H5921 all H3605 the fenced H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and took H8610 them.
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14. King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, "I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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14. And Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 sent H7971 to H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to Lachish H3923 , saying H559 , I have offended H2398 ; return H7725 from H4480 H5921 me: H853 that which H834 thou puttest H5414 on H5921 me will I bear H5375 . And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 appointed H7760 unto H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 three H7969 hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 and thirty H7970 talents H3603 of gold H2091 .
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15. Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the LORD's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
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15. And Hezekiah H2396 gave H5414 him H853 all H3605 the silver H3701 that was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and in the treasures H214 of the king H4428 's house H1004 .
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16. At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the LORD's temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria.
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16. At that H1931 time H6256 did Hezekiah H2396 cut off H7112 the gold from H853 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , and from the pillars H547 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had overlaid H6823 , and gave H5414 it to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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17. The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
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17. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 H853 Tartan H8661 and Rabsaris H7249 and Rab H7262 -shakeh from H4480 Lachish H3923 to H413 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 host H2426 against Jerusalem H3389 . And they went up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 . And when they were come up H5927 , they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 , which H834 is in the highway H4546 of the fuller H3526 's field H7704 .
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18. They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.
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18. And when they had called H7121 to H413 the king H4428 , there came out H3318 to H413 them Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , which H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph H623 the recorder H2142 .
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19. The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence?
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19. And Rab H7262 -shakeh said H559 unto H413 them, Speak H559 ye now H4994 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the great H1419 king H4428 , the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , What H4100 confidence H986 is this H2088 wherein H834 thou trustest H982 ?
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20. Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?
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20. Thou sayest H559 , ( but H389 they are but vain H8193 words H1697 ,) I have counsel H6098 and strength H1369 for the war H4421 . Now H6258 on H5921 whom H4310 dost thou trust H982 , that H3588 thou rebellest H4775 against me?
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21. Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.
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21. Now H6258 , behold H2009 , thou trustest H982 upon H5921 the staff H4938 of this H2088 bruised H7533 reed H7070 , even upon H5921 Egypt H4714 , on H5921 which H834 if a man H376 lean H5564 , it will go H935 into his hand H3709 , and pierce H5344 it: so H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 unto all H3605 that trust H982 on H5921 him.
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22. Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the LORD our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.'
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22. But if H3588 ye say H559 unto H413 me , We trust H982 in H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 : is not H3808 that he H1931 , whose H834 H853 high places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away H5493 , and hath said H559 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 this H2088 altar H4196 in Jerusalem H3389 ?
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23. Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
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23. Now H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , give pledges H6149 to H854 my lord H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , and I will deliver H5414 thee two thousand H505 horses H5483 , if H518 thou be able H3201 on thy part to set H5414 riders H7392 upon H5921 them.
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24. Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
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24. How H349 then wilt thou turn away H7725 H853 the face H6440 of one H259 captain H6346 of the least H6996 of my master H113 's servants H5650 , and put thy trust H982 on H5921 Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and for horsemen H6571 ?
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25. Furthermore it was by the command of the LORD that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The LORD told me, 'March up against this land and destroy it.'"'"
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25. Am I now H6258 come up H5927 without H4480 H1107 the LORD H3068 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 to destroy H7843 it? The LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 me , Go up H5927 against H5921 this H2063 land H776 , and destroy H7843 it.
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26. Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
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26. Then said H559 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , and Shebna H7644 , and Joah H3098 , unto H413 Rab H7262 -shakeh, Speak H1696 , I pray thee H4994 , to H413 thy servants H5650 in the Syrian language H762 ; for H3588 we H587 understand H8085 it : and talk H1696 not H408 with H5973 us in the Jews' language H3066 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 that H834 are on H5921 the wall H2346 .
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27. But the chief adviser said to them, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you."
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27. But Rab H7262 -shakeh said H559 unto H413 them , Hath my master H113 sent H7971 me to H5921 thy master H113 , and to H413 thee , to speak H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 ? hath he not H3808 sent me to H5921 the men H376 which sit H3427 on H5921 the wall H2346 , that they may eat H398 H853 their own dung H6675 , and drink H8354 H853 their own piss H4325 H7272 with H5973 you?
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28. The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, "Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.
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28. Then Rab H7262 -shakeh stood H5975 and cried H7121 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 in the Jews' language H3066 , and spoke H1696 , saying H559 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the great H1419 king H4428 , the king H4428 of Assyria H804 :
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29. This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!
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29. Thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 , Let not H408 Hezekiah H2396 deceive H5377 you: for H3588 he shall not H3808 be able H3201 to deliver H5337 you out of his hand H4480 H3027 :
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30. Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD when he says, "The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
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30. Neither H408 let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 H853 in H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 will surely deliver H5337 H5337 us , and H853 this H2063 city H5892 shall not H3808 be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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31. Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
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31. Hearken H8085 not H408 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 : for H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , Make H6213 an agreement with H854 me by a present H1293 , and come out H3318 to H413 me , and then eat H398 ye every man H376 of his own vine H1612 , and every one H376 of his fig tree H8384 , and drink H8354 ye every one H376 the waters H4325 of his cistern H953 :
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32. until I come and take you to a land just like your own� a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, "The LORD will rescue us."
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32. Until H5704 I come H935 and take you away H3947 H853 to H413 a land H776 like your own land H776 , a land H776 of corn H1715 and wine H8492 , a land H776 of bread H3899 and vineyards H3754 , a land H776 of oil H3323 olive H2132 and of honey H1706 , that ye may live H2421 , and not H3808 die H4191 : and hearken H8085 not H408 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , when H3588 he persuadeth H5496 you, saying H559 , The LORD H3068 will deliver H5337 us.
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33. Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?
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33. Hath any H376 of the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered at all H5337 H5337 H853 his land H776 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 ?
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34. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?
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34. Where H346 are the gods H430 of Hamath H2574 , and of Arpad H774 ? where H346 are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617 , Hena H2012 , and Ivah H5755 ? have they delivered H5337 H853 Samaria H8111 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 ?
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35. Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?'"
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35. Who H4310 are they among all H3605 the gods H430 of the countries H776 , that H834 have delivered H5337 H853 their country H776 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 , that H3588 the LORD H3068 should deliver H5337 H853 Jerusalem H3389 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 ?
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36. The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."
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36. But the people H5971 held their peace H2790 , and answered H6030 him not H3808 a word H1697 : for H3588 the king H4428 's commandment H4687 was, saying H559 , Answer H6030 him not H3808 .
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37. Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
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37. Then came H935 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , which H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph H623 the recorder H2142 , to H413 Hezekiah H2396 with their clothes H899 rent H7167 , and told H5046 him the words H1697 of Rab H7262 -shakeh.
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