Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 19

1And itcameH935topassH935, whenkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396heardכִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙kish.Mo.a'H8085it, that he rent hisclothesבְּגָדָ֑יוbe.ga.DavH899, andcoveredוַיִּתְכַּ֣סvai.yit.KasH3680himself withsackclothבַּשָּׂ֔קba.SakH8242, andwentH935intoH935thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

2And hesentוַ֠יִּשְׁלַחVai.yish.lachH7971Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֨ים'el.ya.KimH471,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834was over thehouseholdהַבַּ֜יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andShebnaוְשֶׁבְנָ֣אve.shev.Na'H7644thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֗רha.so.FerH5608, and theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of thepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,coveredמִתְכַּסִּ֖יםmit.ka.SimH3680withsackclothבַּשַּׂקִּ֑יםba.sa.KimH8242, untoIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAmozאָמֽוֹץ׃'a.MotzH531.

3And theysaidH559unto him,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, Thisdayיוֹם־yom-H3117is adayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117oftroubleצָרָ֧הtza.RahH6869, and ofrebukeוְתוֹכֵחָ֛הve.to.khe.ChahH8433, and of contumely: for thechildrenבָנִים֙va.NimH1121arecomeבָ֤אוּVa.'uH935to thebirthלְלֵדָֽה׃le.le.DahH3205, and there isnotאַ֖יִן'A.yinH369strengthוְכֹ֥חַve.Kho.achH3581tobringH935forthH3205.

4It may be theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willhearיִשְׁמַע֩yish.Ma'H8085allכָּל־kol-H3605thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofRabshakehH7262,whomאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֤וּר׀'a.ShurH804hismasterאֲדֹנָיו֙'a.do.NavH113hathsentשְׁלָח֨וֹshe.la.ChoH7971toreproachלְחָרֵף֙le.cha.RefH2778thelivingחַ֔יChaiH2416Godאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, and willrebukeוְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ve.ho.Khi.achH3198thewordsבַּדְּבָרִ֔יםba.de.va.RimH1697whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathheardשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085: whereforeliftוְנָשָׂ֣אתָve.na.Sa.taH5375upH5375thyprayerתְפִלָּ֔הte.fi.LahH8605for theremnantהַשְּׁאֵרִ֖יתha.she.'e.RitH7611that isleftהַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃ha.nim.tza.'AhH4672.

5SoH935theservantsעַבְדֵ֛י'av.DeiH5650ofkingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396cameH935toIsaiahיְשַֽׁעַיָֽהוּ׃ye.Sha.'a.Ya.huH3470.

6AndIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470saidH559unto them,Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541shall yesayH559to yourmasterאֲדֹֽנֵיכֶ֑ם'a.do.nei.KhemH113,Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, Benotאַל־'al-H408afraidתִּירָא֙ti.Ra'H3372of thewordsהַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.RimH1697that thou hastheardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085, wherewith theservantsנַעֲרֵ֥יna.'a.ReiH5288of thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804haveblasphemedגִּדְּפ֛וּgi.de.FuH1442meאֶל־'el-H413.

7Beholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005, I willputנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414aspiritר֔וּחַRu.achH7307in him, and he shallhearוְשָׁמַ֥עve.sha.Ma'H8085a rumour, and shallreturnוְשָׁ֣בve.ShavH7725to his ownlandלְאַרְצ֑וֹle.'ar.TzoH776; and I willcauseH5414him tofallוְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יוve.hi.pal.TivH5307by theswordבַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revH2719in his ownlandבְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃be.'ar.TzoH776.

8SoH7725RabshakehH7262returnedוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725, andfoundוַיִּמְצָא֙vai.yim.Tza'H4672thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804warringagainstעַל־'al-H5921Libnahלִבְנָ֑הliv.NahH3841: for he hadheardשָׁמַ֔עsha.Ma'H8085that he wasdepartedנָסַ֖עna.Sa'H5265fromLachishמִלָּכִֽישׁ׃mi.la.KhishH3923.

9And when heheardוַיִּשְׁמַ֗עvai.yish.Ma'H8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559ofTirhakahתִּרְהָ֤קָהtir.Ha.kahH8640kingמֶֽלֶך־Me.lekh-H4428ofEthiopiaכּוּשׁ֙kushH3568,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, he iscomeיָצָ֖אya.Tza'H3318outH3318tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstH413thee: hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֔יםmal.'a.KhimH4397againוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725untoHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10Thusכֹּ֣הkohH3541shall yespeakתֹאמְר֗וּןtom.RunH559toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֤הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,LetH5414notH3808thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430inwhomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou trustestdeceiveיַשִּׁאֲךָ֣ya.shi.'a.KhaH5377thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389shallnotH3808begivenH5414intoאֶל־'el-H413thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804.

11Beholdהִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.NehH2009, thou hastheardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085whatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804havedoneעָשׂ֜וּ'a.SuH6213toallלְכָל־le.kholH3605landsהָאֲרָצ֖וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou bedeliveredתִּנָּצֵֽל׃ti.na.TzelH5337?

12Have thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of thenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471deliveredהַהִצִּ֨ילוּha.hi.Tzi.luH5337them,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834myfathersאֲבוֹתַ֔י'a.vo.TaiH1havedestroyedשִׁחֲת֣וּshi.cha.TuH7843,Gozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, andHaranחָרָ֑ןcha.RanH2771, andRezephוְרֶ֥צֶףve.Re.tzefH7530, and thechildrenוּבְנֵי־u.ve.nei-H1121of Edomwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834were inTelassarבִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃bit.la.SarH8515?

13Whereאַיּ֤וֹ'ai.YoH335is thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofHamathחֲמָת֙cha.MatH2574, and thekingוּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428ofArpadאַרְפָּ֔ד'ar.PadH774, and thekingוּמֶ֖לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428of thecityלָעִ֣ירla.'IrH5892ofSepharvaimסְפַרְוָ֑יִםse.far.Va.yimH5617, ofHenaהֵנַ֖עhe.Na'H2012, andIvvahוְעִוָּֽה׃ve.'i.VahH5755?

14AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֧הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396receivedוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947theletterהַסְּפָרִ֛יםha.se.fa.RimH5612from thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of themessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397, andreadוַיִּקְרָאֵ֑םvai.yik.ra.'EmH7121it: andHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396wentH5927upH5927unto thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andspreadוַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּvai.yif.re.Se.huH6566itbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

15AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068, andsaidוַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.MarH559, OLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that sittestuponיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427thecherubimהַכְּרֻבִ֔יםha.ke.ru.VimH3742, thou art theGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,evenH853thoualoneלְבַדְּךָ֔le.va.de.KhaH905, ofallלְכֹ֖לle.KholH3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776; thou hastmadeעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

16Inclineהַטֵּ֨הha.TehH5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֙'a.ze.ne.KhaH241, OLORDיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068, andhearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;openפְּקַ֧חpe.KachH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869, OLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, andseeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200: andhearוּשְׁמַ֗עu.she.Ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֔יבsan.che.RivH5576, wherewith he hathsentשְׁלָח֔וֹshe.la.ChoH7971him toreproachלְחָרֵ֖ףle.cha.RefH2778thelivingחָֽי׃ChaiH2416Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

17Of atruthאָמְנָ֖ם'a.me.NamH551,LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804have laid waste thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471and theirlandsאַרְצָֽם׃'ar.TzamH776,

18and havecastוְנָתְנ֥וּve.na.te.NuH5414theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430intoH3027thefireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784: for they werenoלֹ֨אlo'H3808godsאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430, but theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֧הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵֽי־ye.dei-H3027,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֖בֶןva.'E.venH68; therefore they havedestroyedוַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃Vay.'a.be.DumH6them.

19Nowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258therefore, OLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,saveהוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נוּho.shi.'E.nuH3467thouusH4994, IbeseechH4994thee,outH3045of hishandמִיָּד֑וֹmi.ya.DoH3027, thatallכָּל־kol-H3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mayknowוְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045that thou art theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,evenכִּ֥יkiH3588thouonlyלְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ סle.va.De.khaH905.

20ThenIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֔וֹץ'a.MotzH531sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Whereas thou hastprayedהִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּhit.pa.Lal.taH6419tomeH413againstH413Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֥בsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, I haveheardשָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃sha.Ma.'e.tiH8085thee.

21This is thewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning him: Thevirginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726hathdespisedבָּזָ֨הba.ZahH959thee and laughed thee to scorn; thedaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389hathshakenהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128herעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218at thee.

22Whomמִ֤יmiH4310hast thou reproached andblasphemedוְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taH1442? andagainstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921whomמִ֖יmiH4310hast thouexaltedהֲרִימ֣וֹתָha.ri.Mo.taH7311thyvoiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963andliftedוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375upH5375thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869onhighמָר֛וֹםma.RomH4791?evenאֶת־'et-H853againstעַל־'al-H5921theHolyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918One ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

23By thymessengersמַלְאָכֶיךָ֮mal.'a.khei.KhaH4397thou hast reproached theLordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136, and hastsaidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, With the multitude of mychariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393am IcomeH935upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to theheightקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967of themountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022, to theinnermostH3411partsיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844; and I willcutוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772downH3772thetallH6967cedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof, and thechoiceH4005firH1265treesH1265thereof: and I willenterH935intoH935hisfarthestקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093lodgingH4411placeמְל֣וֹןme.LonH4411, theforestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293of hisfruitfulH3759fieldH3759.

24I have digged anddrunkוְשָׁתִ֖יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354strangeזָרִ֑יםza.RimH2114watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325, and with thesoleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of myfeetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471will Idryוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717upH8354allכֹּ֖לkolH3605theriversיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975ofEgyptמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

25Hast thounotהֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-H3808heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085howH6213I havedoneH6213itlongH3117agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, andformedוִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it of ancienttimesH3117?nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258have IbroughtH935it topassH935, that thou shouldest be tolayוּתְהִ֗יu.te.HiH1961waste fencedcitiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoH935ruinousheapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

26Therefore theirinhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427were of smallpowerיָ֔דYadH3027, they weredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andconfoundedוַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּvai.ye.Vo.shuH954; they were as thegrassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682of thefieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and as thegreenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212, as thegrassH2682on thehousetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.goytH1406, and as corn blastedbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it begrownקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054upהָי֞וּha.YuH1961.

27But Iknowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thysittingH3427downוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427, and thygoingH3318outH3318, and thycomingוּבֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935in, and thyragingהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413.

28Becauseיַ֚עַןYa.'anH3282of thyragingהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413, and for that thine arrogancy iscomeבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927intoH413mineearsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241, therefore will Iputוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760myhookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397in thynoseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639, and mybridleוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964in thylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193, and I willturnH7725theebackוַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725by thewayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870bywhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou camest.

29And this shall be thesignהָא֔וֹתha.'otH226unto thee: ye shalleatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398thisyearהַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.NahH8141thatwhichH2088groweth ofitselfH2088, and in thesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֥הu.va.sha.NahH8141thatwhichH2088springeth of thesameH2088; and in thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יתha.she.li.ShitH7992yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֣הu.va.sha.NahH8141sowזִרְע֧וּzir.'UH2232ye, andreapוְקִצְר֛וּve.kitz.RuH7114, andplantוְנִטְע֥וּve.nit.'UH5193vineyardsכְרָמִ֖יםkhe.ra.MimH3754, andeatוְאִכְל֥וּve.'ikh.LuH398thefruitפִרְיָֽם׃fir.YamH6529thereof.

30And theremnantהַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הha.nish.'a.RahH7604that isescapedפְּלֵיטַ֧תpe.lei.TatH6413of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063shallagainH3254takeH3254rootשֹׁ֣רֶשׁSho.reshH8328downwardלְמָ֑טָּהle.Ma.tahH4295, and bearfruitפְרִ֖יfe.RiH6529upwardלְמָֽעְלָה׃le.Ma.'e.lahH4605.

31ForoutH3318ofJerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙mi.ru.sha.LimH3389shallgoתֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'H3318forthH3318aremnantשְׁאֵרִ֔יתshe.'e.RitH7611, andoutH3318ofmountמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022Zionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726they that shallescapeוּפְלֵיטָ֖הu.fe.lei.TahH6413: thezealקִנְאַ֛תkin.'AtH7068of theLORDיְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹתYah.wehYah.weh/ /tze.Va.'ottze.Va.'otH3068shallperformתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213this.

32Thereforethusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068concerning thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, He shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808comeיָבֹא֙ya.Vo'H935unto thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892,norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shootיוֹרֶ֥הyo.RehH3384anarrowחֵ֑ץChetzH2671there,neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall hecomeH935beforeH413it withshieldמָגֵ֔ןma.GenH4043,norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808castיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210a mountagainstעָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it.

33By thewayבַּדֶּ֥רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870that hecameיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935, by the same shall hereturnיָשׁ֑וּבya.ShuvH7725, and he shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935unto thiscityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

34For I willdefendוְגַנּוֹתִ֛יve.ga.no.TiH1598thiscityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892tosaveלְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּle.ho.shi.'AhH3467it, for mine ownsakeלְמַֽעֲנִ֔יle.ma.'a.NiH4616, and for myservantעַבְדִּֽי׃'av.DiH5650David’sדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732sakeוּלְמַ֖עַןu.le.Ma.'anH4616.

35And itcameH1961topassH1961thatnightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915, that theangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068wentH3318forthH3318, andsmoteוַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhH5221in thecampבְּמַחֲנֵ֣הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264of the Assyrians anhundredמֵאָ֛הme.'AhH3967fourscore andfiveוַחֲמִשָּׁ֖הva.cha.mi.ShahH2568thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505: and whenmenH3605aroseH7925earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925in themorningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009, they wereallH3605deadמֵתִֽים׃me.TimH4191corpsesפְּגָרִ֥יםpe.ga.RimH6297.

36SoH7725Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֣יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804departedוַיִּסַּ֣עvai.yi.Sa'H5265, andwentH7725andreturnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725, anddweltוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427atNinevehבְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃be.Ni.ne.VehH5210.

37And itcameH1961topassH1961, as he was worshipping in thehouseבֵּ֣ית׀beitH1004ofNisrochנִסְרֹ֣ךְnis.RokhH5268hisgodאֱלֹהָ֗יו'e.lo.HavH430, thatAdrammelechוְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְve.'ad.ra.Me.lekhH152andSharezerוְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙ve.sar.'E.tzerve./sar.'E.tzer/ /ba.Na/vba.NavH8272smoteהִכֻּ֣הוּhi.Ku.huH5221him with theswordבַחֶ֔רֶבva.Che.revH2719: and theyescapedנִמְלְט֖וּnim.le.TuH4422intoH776thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofAraratאֲרָרָ֑ט'a.ra.RatH780. And Esar-haddon hissonH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19

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