New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Kings 18:13-17

13Now in the fourteenthוּבְאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨הu.ve.'ar.Ba' 'es.RehH702 H6240yearשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141of Kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֗הchiz.ki.YahH2396,Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֤יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804cameעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927up againstעַ֣ל'alH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605the fortifiedהַבְּצֻר֖וֹתha.be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063and seizedוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Vai.yit.pe.SemH8610them.

14Then Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahH3063sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971to the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֩׀'a.ShurH804at Lachishלָכִ֨ישָׁה׀la.Khi.shahH3923,sayingלֵאמֹ֤ר׀le.MorH559, “I have doneH2398wrongH2398.Withdrawשׁ֣וּבshuvH7725from me; whateverאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834youimposeתִּתֵּ֥ןti.TenH5414on me I will bearאֶשָּׂ֑א'e.Sa'H5375.”So the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֜וּר'a.ShurH804requiredוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760of Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063threeשְׁלֹ֤שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵאוֹת֙me.'OtH3967talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603of silverכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefH3701and thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970talentsכִּכַּ֥רki.KarH3603of goldזָהָֽב׃za.HavH2091.

15Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הchiz.ki.YahH2396gaveוַיִּתֵּן֙vai.yi.TenH5414himallכָּל־kol-H3605the silverהַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701which was foundהַנִּמְצָ֣אha.nim.Tza'H4672in the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and in the treasuriesוּבְאֹצְר֖וֹתu.ve.'o.tze.RotH214of the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

16At that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הchiz.ki.YahH2396cutקִצַּ֨ץki.TzatzH7112offH7112the gold fromthe doorsדַּלְת֨וֹתdal.TotH1817of the templeהֵיכַ֤לhei.KhalH1964of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, and fromthe doorpostsH539whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063had overlaidצִפָּ֔הtzi.PahH6823,and gaveוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖םvai.yi.te.NemH5414it to the kingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃ פ'a.ShurH804.

17Then the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֡וּר'a.ShurH804sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971Tartanתַּרְתָּ֥ןtar.TanH8661and Rab-sarisH7249and RabshakehH7262from Lachishלָכִ֜ישׁla.KhishH3923to Kingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396with a largeכָּבֵ֖דka.VedH3515armyבְּחֵ֥ילbe.CheilH2428to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.So they wentוַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙vai.ya.'a.LuH5927up and cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.And when they wentוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927up, they cameוַיָּבֹ֗אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and stoodוַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙vai.ya.'am.DuH5975by theconduitבִּתְעָלַת֙bit.'a.LatH8585of the upperהָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הha.'el.yo.NahH5945poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295,whichאֲשֶׁ֕ר'a.SherH834is on the highwayבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546of thefuller’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.

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