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Chapter 18
Now
it
came
to
pass
in
the
third
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
that
Hezekiah
the
son
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
2
Twenty
and
five
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty
and
nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
also
was
Abi,
the
daughter
of
Zachariah.
3
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
according
to
all
that
David
his
father
did.
4
He
removed
the
high
places,
and
brake
the
images,
and
cut
down
the
groves,
and
brake
in
pieces
the
brasen
serpent
that
Moses
had
made:
for
unto
those
days
the
children
of
Israel
did
burn
incense
to
it:
and
he
called
it
Nehushtan.
5
He
trusted
in
the
Lord
God
of
Israel;
so
that
after
him
was
none
like
him
among
all
the
kings
of
Judah,
nor
any
that
were
before
him.
6
For
he
clave
to
the
Lord,
and
departed
not
from
following
him,
but
kept
his
commandments,
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
7
And
the
Lord
was
with
him;
and
he
prospered
whithersoever
he
went
forth:
and
he
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
served
him
not.
8
He
smote
the
Philistines,
even
unto
Gaza,
and
the
borders
thereof,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the
fenced
city.
9
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fourth
year
of
king
Hezekiah,
which
was
the
seventh
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
that
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
Samaria,
and
besieged
it.
10
And
at
the
end
of
three
years
they
took
it:
even
in
the
sixth
year
of
Hezekiah,
that
is
the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
king
of
Israel,
Samaria
was
taken.
11
And
the
king
of
Assyria
did
carry
away
Israel
unto
Assyria,
and
put
them
in
Halah
and
in
Habor
by
the
river
of
Gozan,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes:
12
Because
they
obeyed
not
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God,
but
transgressed
his
covenant,
and
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded,
and
would
not
hear
them,
nor
do
them.
13
Now
in
the
fourteenth
year
of
king
Hezekiah
did
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,
saying,
I
have
offended;
return
from
me:
that
which
thou
puttest
on
me
will
I
bear.
And
the
king
of
Assyria
appointed
unto
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
three
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
thirty
talents
of
gold.
15
And
Hezekiah
gave
him
all
the
silver
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house.
16
At
that
time
did
Hezekiah
cut
off
the
gold
from
the
doors
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
from
the
pillars
which
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
had
overlaid,
and
gave
it
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
17
And
the
king
of
Assyria
sent
Tartan
and
Rabsaris
and
Rab-shakeh
from
Lachish
to
king
Hezekiah
with
a
great
host
against
Jerusalem.
And
they
went
up
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
they
were
come
up,
they
came
and
stood
by
the
conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
which
is
in
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
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder.
19
And
Rab-shakeh
said
unto
them,
Speak
ye
now
to
Hezekiah,
Thus
saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
What
confidence
is
this
wherein
thou
trustest?
20
Thou
sayest,
(but
they
are
but
vain
words,)
I
have
counsel
and
strength
for
the
war.
Now
on
whom
dost
thou
trust,
that
thou
rebellest
against
me?
21
Now,
behold,
thou
trustest
upon
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
upon
Egypt,
on
which
if
a
man
lean,
it
will
go
into
his
hand,
and
pierce
it:
so
is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
unto
all
that
trust
on
him.
22
But
if
ye
say
unto
me,
We
trust
in
the
Lord
our
God:
is
not
that
he,
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
hath
taken
away,
and
hath
said
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
Ye
shall
worship
before
this
altar
in
Jerusalem?
23
Now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
give
pledges
to
my
lord
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
deliver
thee
two
thousand
horses,
if
thou
be
able
on
thy
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?
25
Am
I
now
come
up
without
the
Lord
against
this
place
to
destroy
it?
The
Lord
said
to
me,
Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.
26
Then
said
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
and
Shebna,
and
Joah,
unto
Rab-shakeh,
Speak,
I
pray
thee,
to
thy
servants
in
the
Syrian
language;
for
we
understand
it:
and
talk
not
with
us
in
the
Jews’
language
in
the
ears
of
the
people
that
are
on
the
wall.
27
But
Rab-shakeh
said
unto
them,
Hath
my
master
sent
me
to
thy
master,
and
to
thee,
to
speak
these
words?
hath
he
not
sent
me
to
the
men
which
sit
on
the
wall,
that
they
may
eat
their
own
dung,
and
drink
their
own
piss
with
you?
28
Then
Rab-shakeh
stood
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the
Jews’
language,
and
spake,
saying,
Hear
the
word
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria:
29
Thus
saith
the
king,
Let
not
Hezekiah
deceive
you:
for
he
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
his
hand:
30
Neither
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
the
Lord,
saying,
The
Lord
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
31
Hearken
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
every
man
of
his
own
vine,
and
every
one
of
his
fig
tree,
and
drink
ye
every
one
the
waters
of
his
cistern:
32
Until
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land
like
your
own
land,
a
land
of
corn
and
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards,
a
land
of
oil
olive
and
of
honey,
that
ye
may
live,
and
not
die:
and
hearken
not
unto
Hezekiah,
when
he
persuadeth
you,
saying,
The
Lord
will
deliver
us.
33
Hath
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
at
all
his
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
34
Where
are
the
gods
of
Hamath,
and
of
Arpad?
where
are
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim,
Hena,
and
Ivah?
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
mine
hand?
35
Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
the
countries,
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
mine
hand,
that
the
Lord
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
mine
hand?
36
But
the
people
held
their
peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word:
for
the
king’s
commandment
was,
saying,
Answer
him
not.
37
Then
came
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
which
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
to
Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of
Rab-shakeh.
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