New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Kings 18:17-21

17Then the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֡וּר'a.ShurH804sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971Tartanתַּרְתָּ֥ןtar.TanH8661,Rab-sarisH7249,and RabshakehH7262from Lachishלָכִ֜ישׁla.KhishH3923to Kingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396with a largeכָּבֵ֖דka.VedH3515armyבְּחֵ֥ילbe.CheilH2428to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.So they wentH5927upH5927and cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.And when they wentH5927upH5927,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 roadבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546of thefuller’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.

18Then they calledוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'UH7121to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andEliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518,whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834was inH5921chargeH5921ofH5921the householdהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,Shebnahוְשֶׁבְנָה֙ve.shev.NahH7644the scribeH5613,and Joahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Asaphאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623the secretaryH4206,wentH3318outH3318to them.

19And RabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Sayאִמְרוּ־'im.ru-H559nowנָ֖אna'H4994to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, ‘ThisH3541isH3541whatH3541the greatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559: “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 havea planעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098and strengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for the warלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421.’Nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258on whomמִ֣יmiH4310have you reliedבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982,that you have revoltedמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775against me?

21Nowעַתָּ֡ה'a.TahH6258beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, you havereliedבָטַ֣חְתָּva.Tach.taH982on thesupportמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938of thisהַזֶּה֙ha.ZehH2088brokenהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070,on Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;on whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834if a manאִישׁ֙'ishH376leansיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564,it will goוּבָ֥אu.Va'H935into hishandבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709and pierceוּנְקָבָ֑הּu.ne.ka.VahH5344it. ThatH3651isH3651howH3651Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714is to allלְכָֽל־le.kholH3605who relyהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםha.bo.te.ChimH982on him.

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