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The 13th Chapter
In the twenty
third year of Jehoas son of Ohoziah king of Juda, Jehoahaz the son
of Jehu was made king over Israel in Samaria, and continued
seventeen year. And he wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord:
for he followed the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat which made
Israel sin, and departed not there from. Wherefore the Lord was
angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Hazael king
of Siria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael all their
days.
But Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord heard him. For he
had seen the oppression of Israel, how the king of Siria oppressed
them. And therefore the Lord gave Israel a deliverer and they went
out from under the hands of the Sirians. And the children of Israel
dwelt in their tents as before time. Nevertheless they departed not
from the sin of the house of Jeroboam which made Israel sin, but
walked therein. And there remained a grove also in Samaria still:
But there were left of the people to Jehoahaz, but fifty horseman
and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen for the King of Siria had
destroyed them and made them like threshed chaff. The rest of the
acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did and his power are written in the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. And Jehoahaz rested with his
fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joas his son reigned in
his stead. In the thirty seventh year of Jehoas king of Juda, began
Joas the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
continued sixteen year, and did unhappily in the sight of the Lord
and departed in nothing from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat
that made Israel sin, but walked therein.
The remnant of the acts of Joas and all he did, and his power,
how he fought with Amaziah king of Juda, are written in the
chronicle book of the Kings of Israel. And when Joas was laid to
rest with his fathers, Jeroboam sat upon his seat. And Joas was
buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel.
When Eliseus was fallen sick of the sickness whereof he died,
Joas king of Israel came to him and wept to him, and said: O father,
father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of the same. And
Eliseus said unto him, bring bow and arrows. And he brought to him
bow and arrows. And he said to the king of Israel: put thine hand
upon the bow, and when he had put his hand upon the bow, Eliseus put
his hands upon the kings hands. Then he said, open a window
eastward: and he opened. And Eliseus said: shoot, and he shot. And
he said: the arrow of help of the Lord, and the arrow of help
against the Sirians, for thou shalt beat the Sirians in Aphek till
thou have consumed them.
Then he said: take arrows: and he took. Then he said to the
king of Israel, smite the ground: and he smote thrice and ceased.
And the man of God was angry with him and said: thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times, and then thou hadst smitten the Sirians
till thou hadst consumed them: where now thou shalt beat them but
thrice.
When Eliseus was dead and buried the soldiers of the Moabites
came into the land, the year following. And it chanced as they were
burying a man, that they spied the Soldiers, and therefore cast the
man into the sepulcher of Eliseus. And as soon as the man came and
touched the bones of Eliseus, he revived and stood up on his feet.
And Hazael oppressed Israel, all the days of Jehoahaz. But the
Lord had mercy on them and pitied them and turned to them because of
his appointment made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and would not
destroy them, either cast them from him as yet. And when Hazael king
of Siria was dead, Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. And then
Joas the son of Jehoahaz went again and took out of the hand of
Benhadad son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken away out of
the hands of Jehoahaz his father, with war. And three times did Joas
beat him and brought the cities of Israel again.
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The 14th Chapter
The second year
of Joas son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of
Jehoas king of Juda: he was twenty five year old when he began, and
reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His mothers name was
Jehoadan, and was of Jerusalem. And he did that pleased the Lord,
yet not like David his father: but did in all things as Joas his
father did. Neither took they away the hill altars. But the people
slew and offered still in the hill altars. And as soon as the
kingdom was settled in his hand, he slew his servants that killed
the king his father. But the children of those murderers he slew
not, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the
Lord commanded saying: the fathers shall not die for the childrens
cause, nor the children for the deeds of their fathers: But every
man shall be slain for his own sin.
And he slew of the Edomites in the salt valley ten thousand,
and took the town Sela with strength of battle, and called the name
of it Jektheel ever after. After that Amaziah sent messengers to
Joas the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel saying: come,
let us see each other. But Joas king of Israel sent again to Amaziah
king of Juda saying: A thistle in Libanon sent to a cypress tree in
Libanon saying: give thy daughter to my son to wife. But the wild
beasts in Libanon went and trod down the thistle. Because thou hast
beaten the Edomites, therefore thine heart riseth. Be glorious: but
tarry at home. For what needest thou to provoke to mischief, that
thou shouldest be overthrown and Juda with thee.
But Amaziah would not hear. And so Joas king of Israel went
up, and he and Amaziah king of Juda saw either other at Bethsames in
Juda. And Juda was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled
every man to his tent. And Joas king of Israel took Amaziah king of
Juda, son of Jehoas son of Ohoziah, at Bethsames. And then he went
to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. And he took all the
gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of
the Lord, and in the treasure of the kings house, and hostages
thereto: and then returned to Samaria again.
The rest of the acts of Joas which he did, and his power, and
how he fought with Amaziah king of Juda, are written in the
chronicles of the kings of Israel: and Joas laid him to rest with
his fathers and was buried at Samaria among the kings of Israel: and
Jeroboam his son reigned in his room.
Amaziah the son of Jehoas king of Juda lived after the death
of Joas son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen year. And the
remnant of the deeds of Amaziah, are written in the chronicles of
the kings of Juda. And they conspired great treason against him in
Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis. And they went after him to Lachis
and slew him there. And they brought him on an horse and he was
buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. And all
the people of Juda took Azariah, which was sixteen years old and
made him king for his father Amaziah. And he built Ailath and
brought it again to Juda, after that the king was laid to rest with
his fathers.
The fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Jehoas king of Juda, was
Jeroboam son of Joas made king over Israel in Samaria and reigned
forty one years, and wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord:
for he turned in nothing from the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat
which made Israel sin. He restored the coasts of Israel from the
entering of Hemath unto the sea, in the wild fields, according to
the word of the Lord God of Israel which he spake through his
servant Jonas the son of Amithai the prophet, which was of Geth
Opher. For the Lord had seen how that the affliction of Israel was
exceeding bitter, in so much that the prisoned and the forsaken were
at an end. And there was no helper unto Israel. And the Lord had not
yet said that men should put out the name of Israel from under
heaven. And therefore he help them by the hand of Jeroboam the son
of Joas.
The rest of the deeds of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his
power how he fought, and how he restored Damasco and Hemath to Juda
in Israel are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel. And Jeroboam laid him to rest with his fathers and with the
kings of Israel, and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
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The 15th Chapter
The twenty
seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king
of Juda began to reign. Sixteen year old was he when he was made
king, and he reigned forty two years in Jerusalem, his mothers name
was Jecheliah, and was of Jerusalem. And he did that pleased the
Lord in all things as did his father Amaziah: save that they put not
the hill altars away: for the people offered and burned fat still in
the hill altars. And the Lord smote the king, that he was a leper
unto the day of his death, and dwelt in an house at liberty, and
Jotham the kings son governed the house and judged the people of the
land. The rest of the deeds of Azariah and all he did, are written
in the chronicles of the kings of Juda. And Azariah laid him to
sleep with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the
city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
In the thirty eighth year of Azariah king of Juda, was
Zachariah the son of Jeroboam made king upon Israel in Samaria, and
reigned six months, and did that displeased the Lord, as did his
fathers, and turned not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat
which made Israel sin. And Selum the son of Jabes conspired against
him, and smote him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in
his stead.
The rest of the deeds of Zachariah are written in the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. This is the saying that the Lord
spake unto Jehu, saying: thy sons shall sit on the seat of Israel in
the fourth generation. And it came to pass.
Selum the son of Jabes began to reign the thirty ninth year of
Azariah king of Juda, and he reigned a month in Samaria. For Manahem
the son of Gadi came up from Therzah and went to Samaria and smote
Selum the son of Jabes in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his
stead. The rest of the deeds of Selum and the treason, which he
conspired are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel. The
same time Manahem destroyed Thaphsah, and all that were therein, and
the coasts thereof from Therzah (because they opened not to him) he
smote and rent all the women with child.
The thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Juda, began Manahem
the son of Gadi to reign upon Israel, and continued ten years in
Samaria. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and turned not
all his days from the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat which made
Israel sin. And Phul king of Assiria came upon the land. And Manahem
gave Phul a thousand talents of silver, to help him to stablish his
kingdom. And Manahem raised the money in Israel, upon all men of
substance, for to give the king of Assiria fifty sickles of silver
apiece. And the king of Assiria turned back again and tarried not
there in the land.
The rest of the deeds of Manahem and all he did, are written
in the chronicles of the kings of Israel. And when Manahem was laid
to rest with his fathers Phakeiah his son reigned in his stead.
The fiftieth year of Azariah king of Juda, began Phakeiah the
son of Manahem to reign over Israel in Samaria, and continued two
year, and wrought wickedly in the sight of the Lord and left not off
from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nabat which made Israel sin. And
Phakeh the son of Romeliah a Lord of his conspired against him and
slew him in the palace of the Kings house, with Argob and Ariah and
fifty men with him that were Galaadites: and when he had killed him,
reigned in his room. The rest of the acts of Phakeiah and all he did
are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
And the fifty second year of Azariah king of Juda, began
Phakeh the son of Romeliah to reign over Israel in Samaria and
continued twenty year, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, and
turned not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat that made
Israel sin. In the days of Phakeh king of Israel, came Teglath
Phalasar king of Assiria, and took Aion, Abel, Beth, Maach, Janoah,
Kads, Hazor, Galaad, Galile, and all the land of Nephthali, and
carried them away to Assiria.
And Hosea the son of Elah conspired treason against Phakeh the
son of Romeliah and smote him and slew him and reigned in his stead,
the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Oziah. The rest of the acts
of Phakeh, and all he did, are written in the stories of the kings
of Israel.
The second year of Phakeh son of Romeliah king of Israel,
began Jotham the son of Oziah king of Juda to reign. Five and twenty
year old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen year
in Jerusalem. His mothers name was Jerusa the daughter of Zadok. And
he did that was right in the sight of the Lord: even in all things
as did his father Oziah, did he. But they put not away the hill
altars: for the people offered and burnt incense still in the hill
altars, he built the highest door in the house of the Lord. The rest
of the deeds of Jotham and all he did, are written in the Chronicles
of the kings of Juda. In those days the Lord began to send against
Juda, Razin the king of Siria and Phakeh the son of Romeliah. And
Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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The 16th Chapter
The seventeenth
year of Phakah son of Romeliah king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham
king of Juda, began to reign. Twenty year old was he when he was
made king: and reigned sixteen year in Jerusalem, and did not that
was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father:
But went in the way of the kings of Israel, and thereto he offered
his son in fire, after the abomination of the heathen which the Lord
cast out before the children of Israel. And he offered and burnt the
fat in the hill altars and on the hills and under every green tree.
Then Razin King of Siria and Phakeh son of Romeliah King of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to fight. And they besieged Ahaz, but could not
overcome him. At the same time Razin King of Siria brought Ailath
again to Siria, and rid the Jews thence. And the Sirians went to
Ailath and dwelt therein unto this day.
Then Ahaz sent messengers to Teglath Phalasar King of Assiria,
saying: I am thy servant and thy son, come and deliver me out of the
hand of the King of Siria, and out of the hand of the King of
Israel, which are risen against me. And Ahaz took the silver and the
gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasure of
the Kings house, and sent it for a reward to the King of Assiria.
And the King of Assiria hearkened to him, and went to Damasco, and
took it, and carried the people away to Kir and slew Razin.
And King Ahaz went against Teglath Phalasar King of Assiria,
to Damasco. And when he saw a certain altar that was at Damasco, he
sent to Uriah the priest the pattern of the altar and the fashion of
all the workmanship thereof. And Uriah the priest made an altar in
all points like to the pattern which king Ahaz had sent from Damasco,
and had finished it by the kings coming from Damasco. And when the
king was come from Damasco and saw the altar, he went to it and
offered thereon. And he burnt his burnt offering, and sprinkled the
blood of his peace offering, and poured his drink offering and
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the said altar. And
the brazen altar that was before the Lord, he fetched from before
the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put
it on the north side of the said altar.
And the King commanded Uriah the Priest saying: upon the great
altar set on fire, in the morning burnt offerings, and in the
evening meat offerings and the kings burntsacrifice and his
meatoffering, and the burntofferings of all the people of the land
and their meatofferings and their drinkofferings, and pour thereon
all the blood of all manner of offerings. But the brazen altar shall
be for me, to enquire with. And Uriah the priest did all things as
King Ahaz commanded him. And king Ahaz brake the sides of the
bottoms and took the lavers from off them, and took down the sea
from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a
pavement of stone. And thereto the pulpit for the Sabbath that they
had made in the house, and the kings entry without turned he to the
house of the Lord, for fear of the king of Assiria. The rest of the
deeds of Ahaz which he did are written in the Chronicles of the
kings of Juda. And Ahaz laid him to rest with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son
reigned in his room.
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The 17th Chapter
In the twelfth
year of Ahaz king of Juda, Hosea son of Elah began to reign in
Samaria upon Israel, and continued nine year, and did that
displeased the Lord, but not so evil as did the Kings of Israel that
were before him. And Salmanasar king of Assiria came upon him, and
Hosea became his servant and gave him presents. And the king of
Assiria found treason in Hosea, because he had sent messengers to
Sua king of Egypt, and sent no presents unto the king of Assiria, as
he was yearly wont to do. Therefore the king of Assiria besieged him
and put him in prison. And then the king of Assiria came throughout
all the land, and came to Samaria and besieged it three year. And in
the ninth year of Hosea, the king of Assiria took Samaria and
carried Israel away unto Assiria and put them in Hala, in Habor on
the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. For the children
of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God which brought them
out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of
Egypt, and feared other gods. And they walked in the ordinance of
the heathen which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel,
and in the things which the kings of Israel had made. And the
children of Israel wrapped themselves in things that were not well
toward the Lord their God. And they built them Hillaltars in all
their cities, both in the towers where they kept watch and also in
the strong towns. And they made them Images and groves on every high
hill and under every green tree. And there they sacrificed in the
Hillaltars, as did the heathen which the Lord carried away at their
coming, and wrought wicked deeds, to anger the Lord withal. And they
served Idols, whereof the Lord had said to them: ye shall not do so.
And the Lord testified to Israel and to Juda, by all the
prophets and by all the sears, saying: Turn from your wicked ways
and keep my commandments and mine ordinances according to all the
laws which I commanded your fathers, and as I sent to you by my
servants the prophets. Notwithstanding they would not hear, but
hardened their necks, like to the necks of their fathers that did
not believe the Lord their God. And they refused his ordinances and
his appointment that he had made with their fathers, and the witness
which he had witnessed to them and followed vanity and became vain,
like to the heathen that were round about them, of which the Lord
had charged them, that they should not do like them. But they left
the commandments of the Lord their God and made them Images of
metal, even two calves: and made groves and bowed themselves unto
all the Host of heaven, and served Baal. And they sacrificed their
sons and their daughters in fire, and used witchcraft and
enchantments, and were sold to work wickedness in the sight of the
Lord, for to anger him.
Wherefore the Lord was exceeding wroth with Israel and put
them out of his sight, that there was left but the tribe of Juda
only, and thereto Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their
God, but walked in the ordinances of Israel which they had made.
Therefore the Lord cast up all the seed of Israel and vexed them and
delivered them into the hands of spoilers, until he had cast them
out of his sight. And Israel divided themselves, from the house of
David, and made Jeroboam the son of Nabat king. Which Jeroboam
thrust Israel away from the Lord and made them sin a great sin. And
so the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he
had set up, and departed not therefrom, until the Lord had put
Israel away out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the
prophets. And so he translated Israel out of their land to Assiria,
even unto this day.
And the king of Assiria brought from Babylon and from Cutha,
and from Ava and from Hemath and from Sepharuaim, and put them in
the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel. And they
possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof. But at the
beginning of their dwelling, they feared not the Lord. Wherefore the
Lord sent lions upon them which slew them. Then men told the king of
Assiria, saying: The nations which thou hast translated and put in
the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land,
and therefore he hath sent lions upon them, which slay them, because
they know not the manner of the God of the land.
Then the king of Assiria commanded saying: carry thither one
of the priests which ye brought thence, and let him go and dwell
there, and teach them the fashion how to serve the God of the
country. And then one of the priests which they had carried thence,
went and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the
Lord. How be it every nation made their own Gods and put them in the
houses of the Hillaltars which the Samaritans had made, every nation
in their cities where they dwelt. The men of Babylon made Socoth,
Benoth. The men of Cuth made Nergal. They of Hemath made Asima. The
Evites made Nebahaz, and Tharthak. And the Sepharuites burnt their
children in fire unto Adramelech and Anamelech, the Gods of
Sepharuites. And they feared the Lord, yet they made them priests of
the lowest of the people, for the Hillaltars, which sacrificed for
them in the houses of the Hillaltars. And so they feared the Lord,
and yet served their own Gods after the manner of the people from
whence they were brought.
Unto this day they do after the old manner: they neither fear
the Lord, neither do after their own ordinances and customs, and
after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children
of Jacob whose name he called Israel, and made an appointment with
them and charged them saying: Fear not any other Gods, nor bow
yourselves to them nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: But to the
Lord which brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and
a stretched out arm: him fear and to him bow and to him do
sacrifice. And the ordinances, customs, law and commandment which I
wrote for you, see that ye be diligent to do for evermore, and fear
not any other gods. And the appointment that I have made with you,
see ye forget not, and that you fear none other Gods: but the Lord
your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hands of
all your enemies. How be it they heard not, but did after the old
manner. And even so did these nations fear the Lord and serve their
images thereto: and so did their children, and their childrens
children too. Even as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
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The 18th Chapter
In the third
year of Hosea son of Ela, king of Israel reigned Hezekiah son of
Ahaz king of Juda. Twenty five year old was he, when he began to
reign, and reigned twenty nine year in Jerusalem. His mothers name
was Abi the daughter of Zachariah, and he did that pleased the Lord
in all things, like to David his father. He put away the hillaltars,
and brake the images and cut down the groves, and all to brake the
brazen serpent that Moses made. For unto those days the children of
Israel did burn sacrifice to it, and called it Nehustan. He trusted
in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him came none like him
among all the Kings of Juda, neither among them that went before
him. He clave to the Lord and departed not from him, but kept his
commandments which the Lord commanded Moses. And the Lord was with
him. And whatsoever he took in hand he did it wisely. And he
rebelled against the king of Assiria and served him not. He beat the
Philistines even unto Azah and the coasts thereof, both in castles
of garrisons and strong cities too.
And the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh
year of Hosea son of Elah king of Israel, came Salmanasar king of
Assiria upon Samaria and besieged it. And they took it at the end of
three years, which was the sixth of Hezekiah: that is to say the
ninth year of Hosea king of Israel, was Samaria won. And the king of
Assiria did carry away Israel unto Assiria, and put them in Halah
and in Habor on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
because they would not hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God.
But transgressed his appointment, and all that Moses the servant of
the Lord commanded, and would neither hear nor do.
The fourteenth year of King Hezekiah came Sennaherib king of
Assiria against all the strong cities of Juda and took them.
Whereupon Hezekiah king of Juda sent to the king of Assiria to
Lachis saying: I have offended. But depart from me, and what thou
puttest on me that I will bear. And the king of Assiria appointed
unto Hezekiah king of Juda three hundred talents of silver and
thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that
was found in the house of the Lord and also the treasure of the
kings house. And the said season Hezekiah rent off the doors of the
temple of the Lord and the pillars, which the said Hezekiah king of
Juda covered over, an gave them to the king of Assiria.
And the king of Assiria sent Tharthan and Rabsaris, and
Rabsakeh from Lachis to king Hezekiah with a great Host to
Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and went and
stood by the conduit of the uppermost pool which is in the way to
the fullers field, and called to the king. And there came out to
them, Eliakim the son of Helkiah steward of household, and Sobnah
the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, And then
Rabsakeh said unto them. Tell ye Hezekiah I pray you: Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assiria, What confidence is this that thou
hast? thou will haply speak a light word, that thou hast counsel and
power to make war. On whom then dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
against me? dost thou trust to the staff of this broken reed Egypt,
on which if a man lean it will run into his hand and pierce it: For
even so is Pharao king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. If ye
say unto me, we trust in the Lord our God. Is not that he whose
hillaltars and other altars too, Hezekiah hath put down, and hath
said to Juda and Jerusalem, bow yourselves before this altar here in
Jerusalem.
And now join thyself to my lord the king of Assiria, and I
will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders
upon them: (and if thou be not) how then art thou able to resist one
of the least Dukes of my masters servants? or trustest thou to Egypt
for chariots and horsemen? Moreover thinkest thou that I am come
without the bidding of the Lord to this place to destroy it? nay:
the Lord said to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it. Then said
Eliakim the son of Helkiah and Sobnah and Joah, to Rabsakeh: speak
we pray thee to thy servants in the Sirians language, for we
understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews tongue, in the ears
of the people that are on the walls. And Rabsakeh said unto them:
hath my master sent me only to thy master and to thee, to speak
these words, or rather to the men that keep on the walls, that they
shall eat their own dirt, and drink their own piss with you.
And so Rabsakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews
language, and spake saying: hear the saying of the great king, the
king of Assiria. Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you,
for he is not able to deliver you out of mine hand: neither let
Hezekiah make you trust to the Lord saying: the Lord will surely rid
us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king
of Assiria. Hearken not unto Hezekiah, for thus saith the king of
Assiria.
Deal kindly with me, and come out to me. And then eat every
man of his own vine, and of his own fig tree, and drink every man of
the water of his own well, till I come and fetch you to as good a
land as yours is: a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and
vineyards, a land of olive trees, of oil and of honey. And ye shall
live and not die. And hearken not unto Hezekiah for he will beguile
you, saying: the Lord shall deliver us. For have the Gods of the
nations delivered any God his land, out of the hand of the king of
Assiria? Where are the Gods of Hemath and of Arphad? where are the
Gods of Sepharuaim of Ana and Auah? did they deliver Samaria out of
mine hands? what God of any land hath delivered his land out of mine
hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
But the people held their peace and answered him not a word:
for the king had commanded saying: answer him not. Then Eliakim the
steward of household, and Sobnah the scribe and Joah the son of
Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and
told him the words of Rabsakeh.
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