Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 18:4-22

4Heremovedהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493thehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116, and brake thepillarsהַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.VotH4676, andcutוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772downH3772theAsherahהָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842: And he brake inpiecesוְשִׁבַּר֙ve.shi.BarH7665the brasenserpentנְחַ֨שׁne.ChashH5175thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872hadmadeH6213; for untothoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834daysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478didH6213burnH6999incenseH6999to it; and hecalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itNehushtanנְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ne.chush.TanH5180.

5Hetrustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982in theLORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478;soH1961thatafterוְאַחֲרָ֞יוve.'a.cha.RavH310him wasnoneH3808like him amongallבְּכֹל֙be.KholH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,norH3808among them that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

6For he clave to theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, hedepartedסָ֖רsarH5493notלֹא־lo'-H3808fromfollowingמֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, butkeptוַיִּשְׁמֹר֙vai.yish.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.TavH4687,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

7And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was with him; whithersoever hewentH3318forthH3318he prospered: and herebelledוַיִּמְרֹ֥דvai.yim.RodH4775againstעִמּ֔וֹi.MoH5973thekingבְּמֶֽלֶךְ־be.Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, andservedעֲבָדֽוֹ׃a.va.DoH5647himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

8Hesmoteהִכָּ֧הhi.KahH5221thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpe.lish.TimH6430untoGazaעַזָּ֖ה'a.ZahH5804and thebordersגְּבוּלֶ֑יהָge.vu.Lei.haH1366thereof, from thetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026of thewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341to the fencedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

9And itcameH1961topassH1961in thefourthהָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,whichהִ֚יאhi'H1931was theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thatShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804cameH1961upעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927againstH5921Samariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, and besieged it.

10And at theendמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָvai.yil.ke.Du.haH3920it: even in the sixthyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֑הle.chiz.ki.YahH2396,whichהִ֣יאhi'H1931was theninthתֵּ֗שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙le.ho.She.a'H1954kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111wastakenנִלְכְּדָ֖הnil.ke.DahH3920.

11And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804carriedH1540Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayH1540untoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804, andputוַיַּנְחֵ֞םvai.yan.ChemH5148them inHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477, and inHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249, on theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, and in thecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892of theMedesמָדָֽי׃ma.DaiH4074:

12becauseעַ֣ל׀'alH5921theyobeyedשָׁמְע֗וּsha.me.'UH8085notH3808thevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, but transgressed hiscovenantבְּרִית֔וֹbe.ri.ToH1285,evenH3808allכָּל־kol-H3605thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680, and wouldnotH3808hearשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085it,norH3808doעָשֽׂוּ׃ פ'a.SuH6213it.

13Now in the fourteenthyearשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֗הchiz.ki.YahH2396didSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֤יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804comeH5927upH5927againstעַ֣ל'alH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605the fencedcitiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063, andtookוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Vai.yit.pe.SemH8610them.

14AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahH3063sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971to thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֩׀'a.ShurH804toLachishלָכִ֨ישָׁה׀la.Khi.shahH3923,sayingלֵאמֹ֤ר׀le.MorH559, I haveoffendedחָטָ֙אתִי֙cha.Ta.tiH2398;returnשׁ֣וּבshuvH7725frommeH413: thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou puttest onmeH413will Ibearאֶשָּׂ֑א'e.Sa'H5375. And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֜וּר'a.ShurH804appointedתִּתֵּ֥ןti.TenH5414untoHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063threeשְׁלֹ֤שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵאוֹת֙me.'OtH3967talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603ofsilverכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefH3701andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970talentsכִּכַּ֥רki.KarH3603ofgoldזָהָֽב׃za.HavH2091.

15AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הchiz.ki.YahH2396gaveוַיִּתֵּן֙vai.yi.TenH5414himallכָּל־kol-H3605thesilverהַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701that wasfoundהַנִּמְצָ֣אha.nim.Tza'H4672in thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and in thetreasuresוּבְאֹצְר֖וֹתu.ve.'o.tze.RotH214of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

16At that timedidH834Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הchiz.ki.YahH2396cutקִצַּ֨ץki.TzatzH7112offH7112the gold from thedoorsדַּלְת֨וֹתdal.TotH1817of thetempleהֵיכַ֤לhei.KhalH1964of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, and from the pillarswhichH834Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הchiz.ki.YahH2396kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063hadoverlaidצִפָּ֔הtzi.PahH6823, andgaveוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖םvai.yi.te.NemH5414it to thekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃ פ'a.ShurH804.

17And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֡וּר'a.ShurH804sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971Tartanתַּרְתָּ֥ןtar.TanH8661andRab-sarisH7249andRabshakehH7262fromLachishלָכִ֜ישׁla.KhishH3923tokingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396with agreatכָּבֵ֖דka.VedH3515armyH2426untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389. And theywentH935upוַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙vai.ya.'a.LuH5927andcameH935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389. And when they werecomeH935upוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927, theycameH935andstoodוַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙vai.ya.'am.DuH5975by the conduit of theupperהָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הha.'el.yo.NahH5945poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295,whichאֲשֶׁ֕ר'a.SherH834is in thehighwayבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546of thefuller’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.

18And when they hadcalledוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'UH7121to thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, therecameH3318outH3318to themEliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834was over thehouseholdהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andShebnahוְשֶׁבְנָה֙ve.shev.NahH7644thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608, andJoahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAsaphאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623therecorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142.

19AndRabshakehH7262saidH559unto them,SayH559yenowנָ֖אna'H4994toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith thegreatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,Whatמָ֧הmahH4100confidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986is thiswhereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou trustest?

20Thou sayest, but they are but vainwordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697, There iscounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andstrengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for thewarלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421.Nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258onwhomמִ֣יmiH4310dost thoutrustבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982, that thou hastrebelledמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775againstH5921meH5921?

21Nowעַתָּ֡ה'a.TahH6258,beholdH2009, thou trustestuponH5921thestaffמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938of thisbruisedהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070,evenH3651uponH5921Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714; whereonifH2009amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376leanיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564, it willgoוּבָ֥אu.Va'H935intoH935hishandבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709, and pierce it:soH3651isPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714untoallלְכָֽל־le.kholH3605thattrustH982on him.

22ButifH3588yesayתֹאמְר֣וּןtom.RunH559untomeH413,WeH3588trustבָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuH982in theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430: isnotהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808that he,whoseH834highבָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.TavH1116placesH1116andwhoseH834altarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hathtakenH5493awayH5493, and hathsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063and toJerusalemוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.LimH3389, Ye shallworshipתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440thisaltarהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַha.miz.Be.achH4196inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389?

Read all of 2 Kings 18

Commentaries on 2 Kings 18

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain