2 Kings 18:1-20

1And it came to pass in the third yearH8141 of HosheaH1954 the sonH1121 of ElahH425, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, that HezekiahH2396 the sonH1121 of AhazH271, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, began to reignH4427.

2He was twenty-five yearsH8141 old when he began to reignH4427; and he reignedH4427 twenty-nine yearsH8141 in JerusalemH3389; and his mother's nameH8034 was Abi, daughterH1323 of ZechariahH2148.

3And he did what was rightH3477 in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that DavidH1732 his fatherH1 had done.

4He removedH5493 the highH1116 placesH1116, and brokeH7665 the columns, and cutH3772 down the Asherahs, and brokeH7665 in pieces the serpent of brass that MosesH4872 had madeH6213; for to those daysH3117 the children of IsraelH3478 burned incenseH6999 to it: and he calledH7121 it Nehushtan.

5He trustedH982 in Jehovah the 1GodH430 of IsraelH3478; so that after him wasH1961 none like him among all the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063, nor [among any] that were before him.

6And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turnH5493 asideH5493 from following him, but keptH8104 his commandmentsH4687, which Jehovah commandedH6680 MosesH4872.

7And Jehovah wasH1961 with him; he prospered whithersoever he wentH3318 forthH3318. And he rebelledH4775 against the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, and servedH5647 him not.

8He smote the PhilistinesH6430 unto Gazah and its bordersH1366, from the watchmen's towerH4026 to the fortified cityH5892.

9And it came to pass in the fourthH7243 yearH8141 of kingH4428 HezekiahH2396, which wasH1961 the seventhH7637 yearH8141 of HosheaH1954 the sonH1121 of ElahH425, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, [that] ShalmaneserH8022 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 came up against SamariaH8111 and besieged it.

10And at the endH7097 of threeH7969 yearsH8141 they tookH3920 it; in the sixth yearH8141 of HezekiahH2396, that is, the ninth yearH8141 of HosheaH1954 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, SamariaH8111 was takenH3920.

11And the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 carried away IsraelH3478 to AssyriaH804, and settled them in HalahH2477 and by the HaborH2249, the riverH5104 of GozanH1470, and in the citiesH5892 of the Medes;

12because they hearkened not to the voiceH6963 of Jehovah their 2GodH430, but transgressed his covenantH1285, all that MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of Jehovah commandedH6680; and they would not hearH8085 nor do it.

13And in the fourteenth yearH8141 of kingH4428 HezekiahH2396, SennacheribH5576 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 cameH5927 up against all the fortifiedH1219 citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and took them.

14And HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 sentH7971 to the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 to LachishH3923, sayingH559, I have sinnedH2398; retire from me: I will bearH5375 what thou layest upon me. And the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 laid upon HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 threeH7969 hundredH3967 talentsH3603 of silverH3701 and thirtyH7970 talentsH3603 of goldH2091.

15And HezekiahH2396 gaveH5414 all the silverH3701 that was foundH4672 in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and in the treasuresH214 of the king's houseH1004.

16At that timeH6256 HezekiahH2396 stripped the doorsH1817 of the templeH1964 of Jehovah, and the posts that HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 had overlaidH6823, and gaveH5414 them to the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804.

17And the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 sentH7971 Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from LachishH3923, with a strong force, against kingH4428 HezekiahH2396, to JerusalemH3389. And they wentH935 up and cameH935 to JerusalemH3389. And whenH834 they were comeH935 up, they cameH935 and stoodH5975 by the aqueduct of the upperH5945 poolH1295, which is on the highwayH4546 of the fuller's fieldH7704.

18And they calledH7121 to the kingH4428. Then cameH3318 forthH3318 to them EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of Hilkijah, who was over the householdH1004, and Shebnah the scribeH5608, and JoahH3098 the sonH1121 of AsaphH623, the chronicler.

19And Rab-shakeh saidH559 to them, SayH559 now to HezekiahH2396, ThusH3541 saysH559 the greatH1419 kingH4428, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

20Thou sayest — but it is a wordH1697 of the lipsH8193 — There is counselH6098 and strengthH1369 for warH4421. NowH6258 on whom dost thou relyH982, that thou hast revolted against me?