12_2KI_18_01 now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , [ that ] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign .
12_2KI_18_02 twenty And five years old was he when he began to reign ; And he reigned twenty And nine years in Jerusalem . his mother's name also [ was ] Abi , the daughter of Zachariah .
12_2KI_18_03 And he did [ that which was ] right in the sight of the LORD , according to all that David his Father did .
12_2KI_18_04 he removed the high places , And brake the images , And cut down the groves , And brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made : for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it : And he called it Nehushtan .
12_2KI_18_05 he trusted in the LORD God of Israel ; So that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah , nor [ any ] that were before him .
12_2KI_18_06 for he clave to the LORD , [ And ] departed not from following him , but kept his commandments , which the LORD commanded Moses .
12_2KI_18_07 And the LORD was with him ; [ And ] he prospered whithersoever he went forth : And he rebelled against the king of Assyria , And served him not .
12_2KI_18_08 he smote the Philistines , [ even ] unto Gaza , And the borders thereof , from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city .
12_2KI_18_09 And it came to pass 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 .
12_2KI_18_10 And at the end of three years they took it : [ even ] in the sixth year of Hezekiah , that [ Is ] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel , Samaria was taken .
12_2KI_18_11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria , And put them in Halah And in Habor [ by ] the river of Gozan , And in the cities of the Medes :
12_2KI_18_12 because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God , but transgressed his covenant , [ And ] all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded , And would not hear [ them ] , nor do [ them ] .
12_2KI_18_13 now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah , And took them .
12_2KI_18_14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish , saying , I have offended ; Return from me : that which thou puttest on me will I bear . And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver And thirty talents of gold .
12_2KI_18_15 And Hezekiah gave [ him ] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD , And in the treasures of the king's house .
12_2KI_18_16 at that time did Hezekiah cut off [ the gold from ] the doors of the temple of the LORD , And [ from ] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid , And gave it to the king of Assyria .
12_2KI_18_17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan And Rabsaris And Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with A great host against Jerusalem . And they went up And came to Jerusalem . And when they were come up , they came And stood by the conduit of the upper pool , which [ Is ] in the highway of the fuller's field .
12_2KI_18_18 And when they had called to the king , there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah , which [ was ] over the household , And Shebna the scribe , And Joah the son of Asaph the recorder .
12_2KI_18_19 And Rabshakeh said unto them , speak ye now to Hezekiah , thus saith the great king , the king of Assyria , what confidence [ Is ] this wherein thou trustest ?
12_2KI_18_20 thou sayest , [ but [ they are but ] vain words ] , [ I have ] counsel And strength for the war . now on whom dost thou trust , that thou rebellest against me ?
12_2KI_18_21 now , behold , thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed , [ even ] upon Egypt , on which if A man lean , it will go into his hand , And pierce it : So [ Is ] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him .
12_2KI_18_22 but if ye say unto me , we trust in the LORD our God : [ Is ] not that he , whose high places And whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away , And hath said to Judah And Jerusalem , ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem ?
12_2KI_18_23 now therefore , I pray thee , give pledges to my LORD the king of Assyria , And I will deliver thee two thousand horses , if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them .
12_2KI_18_24 how Then Wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants , And put thy trust on Egypt for chariots And for horsemen ?
12_2KI_18_25 am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it ? the LORD said to me , go up against this land , And destroy it .
12_2KI_18_26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah , And Shebna , And Joah , unto Rabshakeh , speak , I pray thee , to thy servants in the Syrian language ; for we understand [ it ] : And talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that [ are ] on the wall .
12_2KI_18_27 but Rabshakeh said unto them , hath my master sent me to thy master , And to thee , to speak These words ? [ hath he ] not [ sent me ] to the men which sit on the wall , that they may eat their own dung , And drink their own piss with you ?
12_2KI_18_28 Then Rabshakeh stood And cried with A loud voice in the Jews' language , And spake , saying , hear the word of the great king , the king of Assyria :
12_2KI_18_29 thus saith the king , let not Hezekiah deceive you : for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand :
12_2KI_18_30 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD , saying , the LORD will surely deliver us , And this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria .
12_2KI_18_31 hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus saith the king of Assyria , make [ an agreement ] with me by A present , And come out to me , And [ Then ] eat ye every man of his own vine , And every one of his fig tree , And drink ye every one the waters of his cistern :
12_2KI_18_32 until I come And take you away to A land like your own land , A land of corn And wine , A land of bread And vineyards , A land of oil olive And of honey , that ye may live , And not die : And hearken not unto Hezekiah , when he persuadeth you , saying , the LORD will deliver us .
12_2KI_18_33 hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ?
12_2KI_18_34 where [ are ] the gods of Hamath , And of Arpad ? where [ are ] the gods of Sepharvaim , Hena , And Ivah ? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand ?
12_2KI_18_35 who [ are ] they among all the gods of the countries , that have delivered their country out of mine hand , that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand ?
12_2KI_18_36 but the people held their peace , And answered him not A word : for the king's commandment was , saying , answer him not .
12_2KI_18_37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah , which [ was ] over the household , And Shebna the scribe , And Joah the son of Asaph the recorder , to Hezekiah with [ their ] clothes rent , And told him the words of Rabshakeh .