2 Chronicles 32 Cross References - MLV

¹ After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah and encamped against the fortified cities and thought to win them for himself.
² And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib came and that he intended to fight against Jerusalem, ³ he took counsel with his rulers and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city. And they helped him. ⁴ So there was gathered together many people. And they stopped all the fountains and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?
⁵ And he took courage and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised it up to the towers and the other wall outside and strengthened Millo in the city of David and made weapons and shields in abundance.
⁶ And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, ⁷ Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid nor dismayed of the king of Assyria, nor of all the multitude that is with him. For there is a greater with us than with him. ⁸ With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Jehovah our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
⁹ After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (now he was before Lachish and all his power with him) to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰ Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do you* trust that you* remain in the siege in Jerusalem? ¹¹ Does not Hezekiah persuade you*, to give you* over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
¹² Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You* will worship before one altar and upon it you* will burn incense?
¹³ Do you* not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand? ¹⁴ Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand that your* God should be able to deliver you* out of my hand?
¹⁵ Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, nor persuade you* after this manner, neither believe him. For no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your* God deliver you* out of my hand?
¹⁶ And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah God and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ He also wrote letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so will the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.
¹⁸ And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might take the city. ¹⁹ And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
²⁰ And Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried out to heaven. ²¹ And Jehovah sent a messenger who cut off all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, those who came out from his own guts killed him there with the sword.
²² Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others and guided them on every side. ²³ And many brought gifts to Jehovah to Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah. So that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thereafter.
²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death and he prayed to Jehovah. And he spoke to him and gave him a sign. ²⁵ But Hezekiah did not render again according to the benefit done to him. For his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
²⁶ Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
²⁷ And Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. And he provided for him treasuries for silver and for gold and for precious stones and for spices and for shields and for all manner of desirable vessels, ²⁸ also store-houses for the increase of grain and new wine and oil and stalls for all manner of beasts and flocks in folds. ²⁹ Moreover he provided for him cities and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance. For God had given him very much substance.
³⁰ This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
³¹ However in the business of the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
³² Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ³³ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchers of the sons of David. And all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned instead of him.

¹⁹ Pul the king of Assyria came against the land. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talants of silver that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria and placed them in Halak and on the Habor, the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes.

¹¹ And the king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and put them in Halak and on the Habor, the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes,

¹³ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. ¹⁴ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended. Return from me. What you put on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talants of silver and thirty talants of gold. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah and in the treasures of the king's house. ¹⁶ At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they came up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the launder's field. ¹⁸ And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
¹⁹ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust? ²⁰ You say (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? ²¹ Now, behold, you trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh King of Egypt to all who trust on him.
²² But if you* say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God, is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You* will worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
²³ Now therefore, I beseech you, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them. ²⁴ How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? ²⁵ Have I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
²⁶ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, I beseech you, speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. And do not speak with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall. ²⁷ But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?
²⁸ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. ²⁹ Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, for he will not be able to deliver you* out of his hand. ³⁰ Neither let Hezekiah make you* trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
³¹ Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your* peace with me and come out to me. And eat you* every man of his vine and every man of his fig tree and drink you* every man the waters of his own cistern, ³² until I come and take away to a land like your* own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you* may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he persuades you*, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
³³ Have any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ³⁴ Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? ³⁵ Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
³⁶ But the people were silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's commandment was, saying, Do not answer him. ³⁷ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

¹ And it happened after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ² Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria. And behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (what is En-gedi).

¹⁷ Jehovah will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah–even} the king of Assyria.
¹⁸ And it will happen in that day, that Jehovah will whistle for the fly that is in the outermost part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

⁶ Inasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son, ⁷ now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will come up over all its channels and go over all its banks, ⁸ and it will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck. And the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

⁵ Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation! ⁶ I will send him against a profane nation and against the people of my wrath. I will give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey and to tread them down like the mud of the streets.
⁷ However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy and to cut off nations not a few. ⁸ For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings? ⁹ Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images excelled those of Jerusalem and of Samaria, ¹¹ shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

¹ Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. ² And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the launder's field.
³ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah came out to him, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
⁴ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust? ⁵ I say, your counsel and strength for the war are but vain words. Now on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? ⁶ Behold, you trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh King of Egypt to all who trust on him.
⁷ But if you say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God. Is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You* will worship before this altar?
⁸ Now therefore, I beseech you, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them. ⁹ How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
¹⁰ And have I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
¹¹ Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, I beseech you, speak, to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. And do not speak to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
¹² But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit upon the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?
¹³ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. ¹⁴ Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, for he will not be able to deliver you*. ¹⁵ Neither let Hezekiah make you* trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
¹⁶ Listen not to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your* peace with me and come out to me and eat you* everyone of his vine and everyone of his fig tree and drink you* everyone the waters of his own cistern, ¹⁷ until I come and take you* away to a land like your* own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
¹⁸ Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you*, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
²¹ But they held their peace and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
²² Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah came, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

¹ And it happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of Jehovah.
² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
³ And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth. ⁴ It may be Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
⁵ So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. ⁶ And Isaiah said to them, Thus you* will say to your* master, Jehovah says thus: Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. ⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news and will return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
⁸ So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. ⁹ And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come out to fight against you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, ¹⁰ Thus will you* speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ¹¹ Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. And will you be delivered?
¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah?
¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah.
¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,
¹⁶ O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁷ Incline your ear, O Jehovah and hear. Open your eyes, O Jehovah and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
¹⁸ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land, ¹⁹ and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them. ²⁰ Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Jehovah, even you only.
²¹ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, ²² this is the word which Jehovah has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
²³ Whom have you defied and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.
²⁴ You have defied the Lord by your servants and have said, I have come up to the height of the mountains with the multitude of my chariots, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it and the choice fir trees of it and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field. ²⁵ I have dug and drunk water and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
²⁶ Have you not heard how I have done it from afar and formed it of long-ago? Now I have made it occur, that it should be your to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. ²⁷ Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field and as the green herb. As the grass on the housetops and as a field of grain before it is grown up.
²⁸ But I know your sitting down and your going out and your coming in and your raging against me. ²⁹ Because of your raging against me and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
³⁰ And this will be the sign to you. You* will eat this year what grows of itself and in the second year what springs of the same and in the third year sow you* and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruit of it. ³¹ And the remnant that has escaped from the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. ³² For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant and out of Mount Zion those who will escape. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
³³ Therefore Jehovah says thus concerning the king of Assyria, He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. Neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. ³⁴ By the way that he came, he will return by the same and he will not come to this city, says Jehovah. ³⁵ For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.
³⁶ And the messenger of Jehovah went forth and killed* in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. ³⁷ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh.
³⁸ And it happened, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed* him with the sword and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned instead of him.

⁵ They will not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to return to me.

¹³ The breaker has gone up before them. They have broken forth and passed on to the gate and have gone out there. And their king has passed on before them and Jehovah at the head of them.

¹⁷ Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

⁵¹ Now it happened, when the days were being fulfilled of his taking up, he established his face to travel to Jerusalem,

⁵³ But they did not accept him, because his face was established to be traveling to Jerusalem.

²⁰ You say (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

²⁰ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

² For the king had taken counsel and his rulers and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

²² Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but they are established in the multitude of counselors.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel and make war with wise guidance.

⁶ Because by wise guidance you will make your war and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

⁸ And he took away the covering of Judah and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. ⁹ And you* saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many. And to fortify the wall, you* gathered together the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰ and you* numbered the houses of Jerusalem and you* broke down the houses. ¹¹ You* also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you* did not look to him who had done this, nor had you* respect to him who purposed it long ago.

¹³ Who has known the mind of Jehovah, or being his counselor has taught him?

³⁴ For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his counselor?

⁹ Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to judge this your great people?

¹⁶ Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. ¹⁷ And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. And I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

²¹ And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and killed them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave to the people and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

⁹ And it happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah King of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

¹³ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

¹⁷ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

¹⁴ And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem and all the altars for incense they took away and cast them into the brook Kidron.

¹ After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah and encamped against the fortified cities and thought to win them for himself.

³⁰ This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

⁸ For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings?

⁶ And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together and all the Beth-millo and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

⁹ And David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from Millo and inward.

²⁴ But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.

²⁷ And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

²⁰ And his servants arose and made a conspiracy and killed* Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

⁴ Then a breach was made in the city and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around) and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

¹ And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah and all Israel with him.

⁵ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images. And the kingdom was quiet before him.
⁶ And he built fortified cities in Judah. For the land was quiet and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest. ⁷ For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God. We have sought him and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned instead of him and strengthened himself against Israel. ² And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

¹ And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan and Azariah the son of Obed and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

²³ And Joash King of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

⁸ And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. And his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong.

¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields and spears and helmets and coats of mail and bows and stones for slinging. ¹⁵ And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

⁹ And you* saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many. And to fortify the wall, you* gathered together the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰ and you* numbered the houses of Jerusalem and you* broke down the houses.

⁴ And it happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls and he went out toward the Arabah.

³ And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob and he loved the maiden and spoke kindly to the maiden.

³ He was of the sons of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
⁴ And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite and his division. And Mikloth was the ruler. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
⁵ The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, being chief. And in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁶ This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. And of his division was Ammizabad his son.
⁷ The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab and Zebadiah his son after him. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
⁸ The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite. And in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁹ The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹⁰ The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹¹ The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹² The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹³ The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹⁴ The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim. And in his division were twenty-four thousand.
¹⁵ The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. And in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁶ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; ¹⁷ of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok; ¹⁸ of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹ of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel; ²⁰ of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half -tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; ²¹ of the half -tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; ²² of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
²³ But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like the stars of heaven. ²⁴ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish. And wrath came for this upon Israel. Neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
²⁵ And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king's treasures. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah was over the treasures in the fields, in the cities and in the villages and in the castles. ²⁶ And Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground. ²⁷ And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. And Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars. ²⁸ And Baal-hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland. And Joash was over the cellars of oil. ²⁹ And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon. And Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys. ³⁰ And Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels. And Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys. ³¹ And Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
³² Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding and a scribe. And Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons. ³³ And Ahithophel was the king's counselor. And Hushai the Archite was the king's friend. ³⁴ And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah and Abiathar. And the captain of the king's army was Joab.

¹⁴ And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses.
Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; ¹⁵ and next to him Jehohanan the captain and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
¹⁹ These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

²² And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

⁹ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and for the great rain.

¹ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.
² And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. ³ And he read in it before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and of those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

¹⁶ So the people went forth and brought them and made themselves booths, each one upon the roof of his house and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God and in the broad place of the water gate and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

² Speak comfortably to Jerusalem and cry to her, that her warfare has been completed, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

⁶ Be strong and of good courage, do not fear, nor be frightened at them, for Jehovah your God, he it is who goes with you. He will not leave you, nor forsake you.
⁷ And Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage. For you will go with this people into the land which Jehovah has sworn to their fathers to give them and you will cause them to inherit it.

²³ And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a command and said, Be strong and of good courage, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them and I will be with you.

⁶ Be strong and of good courage, for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
⁷ Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Turn not from it, neither to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
⁸ This book of the law will not depart out of your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success.
⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Do not be frightened, neither be dismayed, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.

¹⁶ And he answered, Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

³⁰ Neither let Hezekiah make you* trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

⁶ And Isaiah said to them, Thus you* will say to your* master, Jehovah says thus, Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. ⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news and will return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

¹³ Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage. Do not fear, neither be dismayed.

¹⁰ Take heed now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage and do it. Do not fear, nor be dismayed, for Jehovah God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

¹⁵ And he said, Listen, all Judah and you* inhabitants of Jerusalem and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus Jehovah says to you*, Do not fear, neither be dismayed because of this great multitude. For the battle is not yours*, but God's.

⁴ Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, do not fear. Behold, your* God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you*.

¹⁹ And he said, O man are a great delight, do not fear. Peace be to you. Be strong, yes, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.

⁹ Jehovah of hosts says thus: Let your* hands be strong, you* who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

²³ Jehovah of hosts says thus: In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you*, for we have heard that God is with you*.

³¹ Therefore what will we say to these things? If God is working on our behalf, who is against us?

¹⁰ Furthermore, my brethren, be empowered in the Lord and in the dominion of his strength.

¹ You therefore, my child, be empowered in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

⁴ You are from God, my little-children and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

¹ When you go forth to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots, and a people more than you, you will not be afraid of them, for Jehovah your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

⁴ For Jehovah your* God is he who goes with you*, to fight for you* against your* enemies, to save you*.

⁴² And all these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

¹² And behold, God is with us at our head and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to shout an alarm against you*. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah, the God of your* fathers. For you* will not prosper.

¹¹ And Asa cried to Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and he who has no strength. Help us, O Jehovah our God. For we rely on you and in your name we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, you are our God. Do not let man prevail against you.

¹⁷ You* will not need to fight in this battle. Set yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of Jehovah with you*, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear, nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for Jehovah is with you*.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you* inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in Jehovah your* God, so you* will be established. Believe his prophets, so you* will prosper.

¹⁵ Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, nor persuade you* after this manner, neither believe him. For no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your* God deliver you* out of my hand?

⁹ Or have you an arm like God? And can you thunder with a voice like him?

⁷ Jehovah of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ Jehovah of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

²⁵ Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

¹⁰ Take counsel together and it will be brought to nothing. Speak the word and it will not stand, for God is with us.

¹⁸ Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you*, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁰ Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

⁵ Jehovah says thus: Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm and whose heart departs from Jehovah.

¹⁰ because I am with you and no one will be laying a hand on you to mistreat you, because there are many people in this city believing in me.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood beside me and empowered me; in order that the preaching might be fully assured through me and in order that all the Gentiles might hear and I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ, is with your spirit. Grace is with you. Amen.

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³¹ And Joshua passed from Libnah and all Israel with him, to Lachish and encamped against it and fought against it.

¹¹ the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

³⁹ Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon,

¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they came up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the launder's field.

² And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the launder's field.

⁸ So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

¹³ Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

¹⁹ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?

⁴ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?

²⁷ But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?

¹⁰ Thus will you* speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

² Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

¹ I take refuge in Jehovah. How will you* say to my soul, Flee like a bird to your* mountain.
² Because, behold, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. ³ Because the foundations are destroyed, what can a righteous man do?

⁸ He trusted on Jehovah. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, because he delights in him.

¹⁰ As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is your God?

¹¹ saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, because there is none to deliver.

¹² But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit upon the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?

⁴³ He has confidence upon God. Let him rescue him now, if he is willing to save him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

¹ And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad (the altar will be square) and the height of it will be three cubits. ² And you will make the horns of it upon the four corners of it. The horns of it will be of one piece with it and you will overlay it with brass. ³ And you will make its pots to take away its ashes and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its censors; all the vessels of it you will make of brass. ⁴ And you will make for it a grating of lattice-work of brass and upon the lattice-work you will make four brazen rings in the four corners of it. ⁵ And you will put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the lattice-work may reach halfway up the altar. ⁶ And you will make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood and overlay them with brass. ⁷ And the staves of it will be put into the rings and the staves will be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. ⁸ You will make it hollow with planks. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so will they make it.

¹ And you will make an altar to burn incense upon. You will make it of acacia wood. ² A cubit will be the length of it and a cubit the breadth of it (it will be square) and two cubits will be the height of it. The horns of it will be of one piece with it. ³ And you will overlay it with pure gold, the top of it and the sides of it all around and the horns of it. And you will make to it a crown of gold all around. ⁴ And two golden rings you will make for it under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it you will make them. And they will be for places for staves with which to bear it. ⁵ And you will make the staves of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And you will put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

²⁶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, ²⁷ and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ²⁸ And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
²⁹ And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

¹³ Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see, ¹⁴ but in the place which Jehovah will choose in one of your tribes. There you will offer your burnt offerings and there you will do all that I command you.

²⁶ Only your holy things which you have and your vows, you will take and go to the place which Jehovah will choose. ²⁷ And you will offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah your God and the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah your God and you will eat the flesh.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar and the table upon it the showbread was, of gold;

⁴ He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For to those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it and he called it Nehushtan.

²² But if you* say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God, is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You* will worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

¹ Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it and twenty cubits the breadth of it and ten cubits the height of it.

¹ Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and hewed down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

⁷ But if you say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God. Is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You* will worship before this altar?

²⁹ In the days of Pekah King of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. And he carried them captive to Assyria.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years. ⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria and placed them in Halak and on the Habor, the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes.

³³ Have any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ³⁴ Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? ³⁵ Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

¹¹ Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. And will you be delivered?
¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden that were in Telassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah?

¹⁷ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, ¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them. ¹⁹ Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, I beseech you, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Jehovah are God alone.

¹⁹ And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

³ But our God is in the heavens. He has done whatever he pleased.
⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see. ⁶ They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell. ⁷ They have hands, but they do not handle. They have feet, but they do not walk, nor do they speak through their throat.
⁸ Those who make them will be like them. Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

⁹ Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images excelled those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,

¹⁴ And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples. And like a gathering of eggs that are forsaken, I have gathered all the earth. And there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.

¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah?

¹⁸ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land, ¹⁹ and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them. ²⁰ Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Jehovah, even you only.

⁸ Do not fear, nor be afraid. Have I not declared to you of old and shown it? And you* are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Yes, there is no Rock. I do not know any.
⁹ Those who fashion a graven image are all of them vanity. And the things that they delight in will not profit. And their own witnesses do not see, nor know, that they may be put to shame. ¹⁰ Who has fashioned a god, or molded an image that is profitable for nothing?

¹¹ Thus you* will say to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.
¹² He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

¹⁶ The portion of Jacob is not like these. For he is the former of all things and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of hosts is his name.

³⁰ The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

³⁷ Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth and his ways justice. And he is able to humble those who walk in pride.

¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he wanted, he killed and whom he wanted, he kept alive and whom he wanted, he raised up and whom he wanted, he put down.

²⁶ And you view and hear, that not only from Ephesus, but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and seduced a considerable crowd, saying that they are not gods, those born through man’s hands.

⁴ Therefore concerning the food of idol-sacrifices, we know that an idol in the world is nothing and that there is no other God except one.

³ And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire will be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them. ¹⁰ You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
¹¹ Who is like you, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

¹¹ shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
¹² Therefore it will happen, that, when the Lord has performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks.

⁸ I am Jehovah. That is my name and I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven images.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah and moreover I will not let Israel go.

²² And Jehovah said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You will entice him and will also prevail. Go forth and do so.

²⁹ Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, for he will not be able to deliver you* out of his hand.

¹¹ Does not Hezekiah persuade you*, to give you* over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁵ Now if you* are ready that at what time you* hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, trigon, psaltery and dulcimer and all kinds of music, you* fall down and worship the image which I have made, well. But if you* do not worship, you* will be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who will deliver you* out of my hands?

¹⁰ Therefore Pilate says to him, Why do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and have authority to crucify you?
¹¹ Jesus answered, You have no authority against me, except what was given to you from above. He who gave me to you has the greater sin because of this.

¹⁰ For am I now persuading men or God? Or am I seeking to please men? For if I was still pleasing men, I myself would not be a bondservant of Christ.

²⁵ Because he has stretched out his hand against God and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
²⁶ He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,

⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue walks through the earth.

²¹ But they will be doing all these things to you because of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

⁹ And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he comes out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden that were in Telassar?

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah.

²² Whom have you defied and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.

²⁸ Because of your raging against me and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

⁵ Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand

¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against he who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against he who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up he who is not wood.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah.

²³ Whom have you defied and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.
²⁴ You have defied the Lord by your servants and have said, I have come up to the height of the mountains with the multitude of my chariots, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it and the choice fir trees of it and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.

²⁸ But I know your sitting down and your going out and your coming in and your raging against me. ²⁹ Because of your raging against me and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

⁶ And he opened his mouth to blaspheme toward God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and blaspheme those who are residing in the heaven.

¹⁰ And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.

²⁶ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What will be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

²⁶ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, I beseech you, speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. And do not speak with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall. ²⁷ But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?
²⁸ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

⁹ For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened from the work that it not be done. But now, O God, strengthen you my hands.

¹³ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

²⁸ And there you* will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

¹⁵ Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman and sets it up in secret. And all the people will answer and say, Truly.

³⁶ Your servant killed* both the lion and the bear and this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

⁶ But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there. And have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

¹³ Do you* not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand? ¹⁴ Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand that your* God should be able to deliver you* out of my hand?
¹⁵ Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, nor persuade you* after this manner, neither believe him. For no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your* God deliver you* out of my hand?
¹⁶ And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah God and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ He also wrote letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so will the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.

¹³ Why does the wicked man despise God and say in his heart, You will not require it?
¹⁴ You have seen. Because you behold mischief and spite, to repay with your hand. The poor man commits himself to you. You have been the helper of the fatherless.

⁸ They scoff and utter oppression in wickedness. They speak loftily. ⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue walks through the earth.
¹⁰ Therefore his people return here and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
¹¹ And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

¹ God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel. ² His covering is in Salem also and his dwelling-place in Zion.

⁶⁸ but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved.

¹ His foundation is in the holy mountains. ² Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. ³ Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.

¹³ Because Jehovah has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴ This is my resting place forever. I will dwell here, for I have desired it.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see. ¹⁷ They have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them, yes, everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹ Surely you will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, you* bloodthirsty men. ²⁰ For they speak against you wickedly and your enemies take it in vain.

⁸ Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made,

³² What then will a man answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah has founded Zion and in her will the afflicted of his people take refuge.

¹⁹ and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

¹⁶ He burns part of it in the fire. He eats flesh with part of it. He roasts roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. ¹⁷ And the residue of it he makes a god, even his graven image. He falls down to it and worships and prays to it and says, Deliver me, for you are my god.
¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see and their hearts, that they cannot understand. ¹⁹ And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
²⁰ He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

¹⁶ And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

³ For the customs of the peoples are vanity.
For a man cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

⁹ There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith, blue and purple for their clothing. They are all the work of skillful men.

³⁰ For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done only what was evil in my sight from their youth. For the sons of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Jehovah.

⁵ He has cast off your calf, O Samaria. My anger is kindled against them. How long will it be ere they attain to innocence? ⁶ For even this is from Israel: the workman made it and it is no God. Yes, the calf of Samaria will be broken in pieces.

²² But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of messengers,

² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests (covered with sackcloth) to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
³ And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth and there is no strength to bring forth. ⁴ It may be that Jehovah your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ Incline your ear, O Jehovah and hear. Open your eyes, O Jehovah and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent for him to defy the living God.

⁶ And he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? And are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
⁷ Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend everlasting? ⁸ And they dwelt in it and have built for you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying, ⁹ If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, (for your name is in this house,) and cry out to you in our affliction and you will hear and save.
¹⁰ And now, behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir (whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), ¹¹ behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. ¹² O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.

¹⁵ And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you will glorify me.

¹⁴ Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name.
¹⁵ He will call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

¹ And it happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of Jehovah.
² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
³ And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth. ⁴ It may be Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah.
¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,
¹⁶ O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁷ Incline your ear, O Jehovah and hear. Open your eyes, O Jehovah and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.

¹⁶ And when the messenger stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah relented of the evil and said to the messenger who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now stay your hand. And the messenger of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

²⁰ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.

³⁵ And it happened that night, that the messenger of Jehovah went forth and killed* in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
³⁶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. ³⁷ And it happened, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer killed* him with the sword and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned instead of him.

⁴ He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

⁵⁰ He gives great deliverance to his king and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, until everlasting.

⁵ The stouthearted are made a spoil. They have slept their sleep and none of the men of might have found their hands.

⁷ You, even you, are to be feared. And who may stand in your sight when once you are angry?

¹² He will cut off the spirit of rulers. He is fearful to the kings of the earth.

¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but upon himself his crown will flourish.

² When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.

¹⁸ Pride is before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁶ Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like the burning of fire. ¹⁷ And the light of Israel will be for a fire and his Holy One for a flame and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day. ¹⁸ And he will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. And it will be as when a standard-bearer faints. ¹⁹ And the remnant of the trees of his forest will be few, so that a child may write them.

³³ Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop off the branches with terror. And the high of stature will be hewn down and the lofty will be brought low. ³⁴ And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron and Lebanon will fall by a mighty one.

¹² Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! ¹³ The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them. And they will flee far off and will be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind and like the whirling dust before the storm. ¹⁴ At eventide, behold, terror, and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of those who despoil us and the lot of those who rob us.

⁵ But the multitude of your foes will be like small dust and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away. Yes, it will be in an instant suddenly
⁶ She will be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire. ⁷ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold and that distress her, will be as a dream, a vision of the night.
⁸ And it will be as when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats. But he awakes and his soul is empty. Or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks. But he awakes, and behold, he is faint and his soul has appetite. So will the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

³⁰ And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard and will show the coming down of his arm with the indignation of his anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast and tempest and hailstones.
³¹ For through the voice of Jehovah the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will kill* him with his rod. ³² And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah will lay upon him, will be with the sound of tambourine and harps. And he will fight with them in battles with the brandishing of his arm. ³³ For a Topheth is prepared of old, yes, it is made ready for the king. He has made it deep and large. The pile of it is fire and much wood. The breath of Jehovah kindles it, like a stream of brimstone.

¹⁰ Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will lift up myself. Now I will be exalted. ¹¹ You* will conceive chaff. You* will bring forth stubble. Your* breath is a fire that will devour you*. ¹² And the peoples will be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.

⁹ How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

²¹ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent his messenger and delivered his servants who trusted in him and have changed the king's word and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

²² My God has sent his messenger and has shut the lions' mouths and they have not hurt me, inasmuch as before him innocence was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

⁴⁹ So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will be going out and separate the evil from the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰ and will be casting them into the furnace of fire–the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.

²³ But instantly a messenger of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory and he expired, having become maggot-eaten.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth and the great-men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every bondservant and free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall upon us and hide us from the face of the one who is sitting upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb;

¹⁷ And I saw a messenger standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come-here. Be gathered together to the great supper of God; ¹⁸ in order that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit upon them and the flesh of all men, both free men and bondservants and both the little and the great.

⁴⁸ He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Jehovah, among the Gentiles and will sing praises to your name. ⁵⁰ He gives great deliverance to his king and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, until everlasting.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble, ⁴⁰ and Jehovah helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

¹⁴ Because this God is our God everlasting and forever. He will be our guide even to death.

²⁰ You, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. ²¹ Increase my greatness and turn again and comfort me.

²⁴ You will guide me with your counsel and afterward receive me to glory.

¹⁰ You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David his servant from the hurtful sword.

²⁴ Therefore the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, says thus O my people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, though he slays you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, according to the manner of Egypt. ²⁵ For yet a very little while and the indignation will be accomplished and my anger is to his destruction.

⁴ For Jehovah says thus to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, even if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor dismayed for the noise of them, so Jehovah of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon the hill of it. ⁵ As birds hovering, so Jehovah of hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver. He will pass over and preserve.

²² For Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah is our lawgiver. Jehovah is our king, he will save us.

¹¹ And Jehovah will guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places and make strong your bones. And you will be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

⁷ But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by Jehovah their God and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

¹³ But whenever that one, the Spirit of the truth, comes, he will be guiding you into all the truth; for he will not be speaking from himself, but as many things as he may hear, these he will be speaking and he will be reporting to you the things which are to come.

⁵ Now may the Lord steer your hearts into the love of God and into the endurance of the Christ.

¹⁰ then Toi sent Joram his son to king David to salute him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him, for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass.
¹¹ These also king David dedicated to Jehovah with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued:

²¹ And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

¹⁰ And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talants of gold and of spices a very great store and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

²⁵ And every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments and armor and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.

²⁵ And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

¹ And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom. And Jehovah his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly.

⁹ And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talants of gold and spices in great abundance and precious stones. Neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. ¹⁰ And also the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

²⁴ And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, armor and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.

⁵ Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute and he had riches and honor in abundance.

¹¹ And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams and seven thousand and seven hundred male-goats.

¹⁵ and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, ¹⁶ and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly, for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
¹⁷ Therefore you will with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings and will offer them upon the altar of the house of your* God which is in Jerusalem. ¹⁸ And whatever will seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do you* it after the will of your* God. ¹⁹ And the vessels that are given you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. ²⁰ And whatever more will be needful for the house of your God, which you will have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house. ²¹ And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, will require of you*, it is done with all diligence, ²² to a hundred talants of silver and to a hundred measures of wheat and to a hundred baths of wine and to a hundred baths of oil and salt without prescribing how much.

²⁷ Praise Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem,

²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring presents to you.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will render tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will come up with acceptance on my altar and I will glorify the house of my glory.
⁸ Who are these that fly as a cloud and as the doves to their windows? ⁹ Surely the isles will wait for me and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah your God and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

¹¹ And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother. They fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh to him.

¹ In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Jehovah says thus, Set your house in order, for you will die and not live. ² Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah, saying, ³ Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.
⁴ And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, ⁵ Turn back and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Jehovah says thus, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you will go up to the house of Jehovah.
⁶ And I will add to your days fifteen years. And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake. ⁷ And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil and he recovered.
⁸ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What will be the sign that Jehovah will heal me and that I will go up to the house of Jehovah the third day? ⁹ And Isaiah said, This will be the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he has spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? ¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps. ¹¹ And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

¹ In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Jehovah says thus, Set your house in order, for you will die and not live.
² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah, ³ and said, O Jehovah, I beseech you, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.
⁴ Then the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying, ⁵ Go and say to Hezekiah, Jehovah says thus, the God of David your father. I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add to your days fifteen years. ⁶ And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this city.
⁷ And this will be the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he has spoken: ⁸ Behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which has gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial on which it had gone down.

²¹ Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs and lay it for a plaster upon the boil and he will recover. ²² Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of Jehovah?

¹² Lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built pleasant houses and dwelt in it, ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply and your silver and your gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, ¹⁴ then your heart be lifted up and you forget Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

¹⁷ And lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

⁶ Do you* thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

¹ And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

¹⁰ And David's heart killed* him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done, but now, O Jehovah, I beseech you, put away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
¹¹ And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, ¹² Go and speak to David, Jehovah says thus, I offer you three things. Choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. ¹³ So Gad came to David and told him and said to him, Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or will there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now decide and see what answer I will return to him who sent me.
¹⁴ And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait. Let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are great and do not let me fall into the hand of man. ¹⁵ So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
¹⁶ And when the messenger stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah relented of the evil and said to the messenger who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now stay your hand. And the messenger of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
¹⁷ And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the messenger who killed* the people and said, Behold, I have sinned and I have done perversely, but these sheep, what have they done? I beseech you, let your hand, be against me and against my father's house.

¹⁰ You have indeed struck Edom and your heart has lifted you up. Glory by it and abide at home, for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?

¹³ And Hezekiah listened to them and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.

¹ And Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.

¹² either three years of famine, or three months to be consumed before your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land and the messenger of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I will return to him who sent me.
¹³ And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait. Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great and do not let me fall into the hand of man. ¹⁴ So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
¹⁵ And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld and he relented of the evil and said to the destroying messenger, It is enough. Now halt your hand. And the messenger of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ¹⁶ And David lifted up his eyes and saw the messenger of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
¹⁷ And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is who have sinned and done very badly. But these sheep, what have they done? I beseech you, O Jehovah my God, let your hand be against me and against my father's house, but not against your people, that they should be plagued.

² And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked and love those who hate Jehovah? For this thing wrath is upon you from before Jehovah.

¹⁸ And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

¹⁹ You say, Behold, I have struck Edom. And your heart lifts you up to boast. Remain now at home. Why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?

¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly and he trespassed against Jehovah his God. For he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

³¹ However in the business of the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

¹² What shall I render to Jehovah for all his benefits toward me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of Jehovah.

² Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, The lord Jehovah says thus: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, I am a god. I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas. Yet you are man and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God.

⁵ By your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches. And your heart is lifted up because of your riches.

¹⁷ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom because of your brightness. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may behold you.

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne. And they took his glory from him,

²³ but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor know. And the God in whose hand your breath is and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

² Take with you* words and return to Jehovah. Say to him, Take away all iniquity and accept what is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

⁴ Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright in him. (But the righteous man will live by his faith.)

¹⁷ But Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was there no one found, except this immigrant, who returned to give glory to God?

⁷ And, in order that I should not promote myself by the excellence of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of the Adversary, in order that it might batter me, in order that I should not promote myself.

⁶ not a new-convert, (in order that when he is puffed up, he might not fall into the condemnation of the devil).

⁵ Likewise, the younger ones, be subject to the elder ones. But all of you be subject to one another, clothe yourselves with humility, because ‘God resists the haughty, but is giving grace to the humble.’ ⁶ Therefore humble yourselves under the powerful hand of God, in order that he may exalt you in time;

⁴⁰ And they will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me and also that, because they walked contrary to me, ⁴¹ I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity,

¹⁹ And you will speak to him, saying, Jehovah says thus, Have you killed and also taken possession? And you will speak to him, saying, Jehovah says thus, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth will dogs lick your blood, even your.

²⁹ You see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

¹⁶ And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah. ¹⁷ Behold, the days come that all that is in your house and what your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Jehovah. ¹⁸ And of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will take away. And they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of Jehovah which you have spoken is good. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth will be in my days?

¹² And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

¹⁹ Also his prayer and how God was entreated by him and all his sin and his trespass and the places in which he built high places and set up the Asherim.

²³ And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

²⁷ because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against the inhabitants of it and have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says Jehovah.
²⁸ Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, neither will your eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king.

⁶ Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house and what your fathers have laid up in store until this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Jehovah. ⁷ And of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will take away and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
⁸ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of Jehovah which you have spoken is good. He said moreover, For there will be peace and truth in my days.

¹⁸ Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Jehovah of hosts says thus: Zion will be plowed as a field and Jerusalem will become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
¹⁹ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah and entreat the favor of Jehovah. And Jehovah relented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we commit great evil against our own souls.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will be exalting you.

²⁵ And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king's treasures. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah was over the treasures in the fields, in the cities and in the villages and in the castles. ²⁶ And Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground. ²⁷ And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. And Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars. ²⁸ And Baal-hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland. And Joash was over the cellars of oil. ²⁹ And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon. And Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys. ³⁰ And Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels. And Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys. ³¹ And Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

¹² wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, neither will any after you have the like.

²⁷ And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

²² The blessing of Jehovah, it makes rich and he adds no sorrow with it.

⁸ Now therefore thus you will say to my servant David, Jehovah of hosts says thus, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.

²⁶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, also in the lowland and in the plain. And he had farmer and vine-dressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved husbandry.

² And Abram was very heavy in riches, in cattle, in silver and in gold. ³ And he went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴ to the place of the altar, which he had made there at first. And Abram called on the name of Jehovah there.
⁵ And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶ And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together. For their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

¹⁸ But you will remember Jehovah your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

⁷ Jehovah makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

¹² Both riches and honor come of you and you rule over all. And in your hand is power and might. And in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

⁹ And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what will we do for the hundred talants which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give you much more than this.

³ His substance also was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred female-donkeys and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.

⁹ Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

¹² So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand female-donkeys.

¹⁷ Command the rich in this current age, not to be cavalier, nor to have hope on the uncertainty of riches, but have hope in the living God, who is richly providing to us all things toward enjoyment; ¹⁸ also command them to work what is good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in giving, generous,

⁷ Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Turn not from it, neither to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
⁸ This book of the law will not depart out of your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success.

³³ And the king said to them, Take with you* the servants of your* lord and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule and bring him down to Gihon.

³⁸ So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

⁴⁵ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. And they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you* have heard.

⁴ So there was gathered together many people. And they stopped all the fountains and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

¹ The man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers is fortunate, ² because his delight is in the law of Jehovah and on his law he meditates day and night.
³ And he will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does will prosper.

¹ And it happened after these things, that God proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Behold, here I am.

² And you will remember all the way which Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end.

³ you will not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, for Jehovah your* God proves you*, to know whether you* love Jehovah your* God with all your* heart and with all your* soul.

²⁰ And she said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at other times and shake myself free, but he did not know that Jehovah was departed from him.

⁸ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What will be the sign that Jehovah will heal me and that I will go up to the house of Jehovah the third day? ⁹ And Isaiah said, This will be the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he has spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? ¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps. ¹¹ And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
¹² At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ¹³ And Hezekiah listened to them and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.

²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death and he prayed to Jehovah. And he spoke to him and gave him a sign.

¹¹ But put forth your hand now and touch all that he has and he will renounce you to your face. ¹² And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power, only upon himself do not put forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

³ And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
⁴ And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. ⁵ But put forth your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh and he will renounce you to your face. ⁶ And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.

⁹ Do not hide your face from me. Do not put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹¹ Cast me not away from your presence and take not your holy Spirit from me. ¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold me up and I will be safe and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹ O Jehovah, you have searched and known me. ² You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought afar off.

²³ Search me, O God and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts, ²⁴ and see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.

³ The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

¹ At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and was recovered.
² And Hezekiah was glad of them and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and all the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
³ Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say? And from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country to me, even from Babylon. ⁴ Then he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
⁵ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:

⁹ And I will bring the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried. They will call on my name and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people and they will say, Jehovah is my God.

² But who can abide the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like launder's soap.
³ And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them as gold and silver. And they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, this one is bringing forth much fruit, because you are not able to do anything separate from me.

¹³ Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is not temptable from evils, and he himself tempts no one.

⁷ in order that the trial of your faith, ( being much more precious than gold, which perishes), even now being tested through fire, may be found for praise and honor and to glory in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹ Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah King of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. ² He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
³ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. ⁴ He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For to those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it and he called it Nehushtan.
⁵ He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. ⁶ For he clung to Jehovah. He did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
⁷ And Jehovah was with him. Wherever he went forth he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ⁸ He killed* the Philistines to Gaza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
⁹ And it happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah King of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. ¹⁰ And at the end of three years they took it. Samaria was taken in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea King of Israel. ¹¹ And the king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and put them in Halak and on the Habor, the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes, ¹² because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded and would not hear it, nor do it.
¹³ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. ¹⁴ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended. Return from me. What you put on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talants of silver and thirty talants of gold. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah and in the treasures of the king's house. ¹⁶ At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they came up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the launder's field. ¹⁸ And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
¹⁹ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust? ²⁰ You say (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

²⁰ And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he worked what was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. ²¹ And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God and in the law and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.

¹ Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. ² And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the launder's field.
³ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah came out to him, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
⁴ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you* now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust? ⁵ I say, your counsel and strength for the war are but vain words. Now on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? ⁶ Behold, you trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh King of Egypt to all who trust on him.
⁷ But if you say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God. Is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You* will worship before this altar?
⁸ Now therefore, I beseech you, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them. ⁹ How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
¹⁰ And have I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
¹¹ Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, I beseech you, speak, to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. And do not speak to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
¹² But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit upon the wall, to eat their own manure and to drink their own urine with you*?
¹³ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. ¹⁴ Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you*, for he will not be able to deliver you*. ¹⁵ Neither let Hezekiah make you* trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
¹⁶ Listen not to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your* peace with me and come out to me and eat you* everyone of his vine and everyone of his fig tree and drink you* everyone the waters of his own cistern, ¹⁷ until I come and take you* away to a land like your* own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
¹⁸ Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you*, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
²¹ But they held their peace and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
²² Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah came, who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

¹⁰ And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan. And there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. And he made a mourning for his father seven days. ¹¹ And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

²⁹ And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

⁸ And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

³⁰ Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house and the house of your father, should walk before me everlasting, but now Jehovah says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor and those who despise me will be lightly esteemed.

¹ And Samuel died. And all Israel gathered themselves together and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

²¹ Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king will sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.

¹⁰ And David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned instead of him.

¹⁴ And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art. And they made a very great burning for him.

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ² And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the sons of Israel.
³ For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down. And he reared up altars for the Baals and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. ⁴ And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will my name be everlasting. ⁵ And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
⁶ He also made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. And he practiced soothsaying and used enchantments and practiced sorcery and dealt with psychics and with wizards. He worked much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
⁷ And he set the graven image of the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name everlasting, ⁸ neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your* fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses.
⁹ And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go-astray, so that they did evil more than the nations did whom Jehovah destroyed before the sons of Israel.
¹⁰ And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they gave no heed. ¹¹ Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains and bound him with fetters and carried him to Babylon.
¹² And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. ¹³ And he prayed to him. And he was entreated of him and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.
¹⁴ Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate. And he encompassed Ophel around with it and raised it up to a very great height. And he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
¹⁵ And he took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the house of Jehovah and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem and cast them out of the city.
¹⁶ And he built up the altar of Jehovah and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel. ¹⁷ Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to Jehovah their God.
¹⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
¹⁹ Also his prayer and how God was entreated by him and all his sin and his trespass and the places in which he built high places and set up the Asherim. ²⁰ So Manasseh slept with his fathers and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son reigned instead of him.

⁷ The memory of a righteous man is praised, but the name of the wicked will rot.