New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Kings 18:17-20

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.

18When they calledוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'UH7121to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518,whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834was overעַל־'al-H5921the householdהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andShebnahוְשֶׁבְנָה֙ve.shev.NahH7644the scribeH5613and Joahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Asaphאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623the recorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142,cameוַיֵּצֵ֧אvai.ye.Tze'H3318out to them.

19Then RabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Sayאִמְרוּ־'im.ru-H559nowנָ֖אna'H4994to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, ‘Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the greatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, “Whatמָ֧הmahH4100is thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088confidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986that youhaveבָּטָֽחְתָּ׃ba.Ta.che.taH982?

20You sayאָמַ֙רְתָּ֙'a.Mar.taH559(but they areonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389emptyשְׂפָתַ֔יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193wordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697), ‘I havecounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098and strengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for the warלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421.’Nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258on whomמִ֣יmiH4310do you relyבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982,that you have rebelledמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775against me?

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