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1. Hezekiah son of Ahaz was king of Judah. Hezekiah began to rule during the third year that Hoshea son of Elah was king of Israel.
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 in the third H7969 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , that Hezekiah H2396 the son H1121 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427 .
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2. Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2. Twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 was H1961 he when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 twenty H6242 and nine H8672 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . His mother H517 's name H8034 also was Abi H21 , the daughter H1323 of Zachariah H2148 .
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3. Hezekiah did what the Lord said was right, just as David his ancestor had done.
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3. And he did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 David H1732 his father H1 did H6213 .
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4. Hezekiah destroyed the high places. He broke the memorial stones and cut down the Asherah poles. At that time the Israelites burned incense to the bronze snake made by Moses. This bronze snake was called "Nehushtan." Hezekiah broke this bronze snake into pieces.
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4. He H1931 removed H5493 H853 the high places H1116 , and broke H7665 H853 the images H4676 , and cut down H3772 H853 the groves H842 , and broke in pieces H3807 the brazen H5178 serpent H5175 that H834 Moses H4872 had made H6213 : for H3588 unto H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H1961 burn incense H6999 to it : and he called H7121 it Nehushtan H5180 .
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5. Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like Hezekiah among all the kings of Judah before him or after him.
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5. He trusted H982 in the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 ; so that after H310 him was H1961 none H3808 like him H3644 among all H3605 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , nor any that H834 were H1961 before H6440 him.
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6. He was very faithful to the Lord and did not stop following him. He obeyed the commands that the Lord had given to Moses.
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6. For he cleaved H1692 to the LORD H3068 , and departed H5493 not H3808 from following H4480 H310 him , but kept H8104 his commandments H4687 , which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 .
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7. The Lord was with Hezekiah, so he was successful in everything he did. Hezekiah broke away from the king of Assyria and stopped serving him.
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7. And the LORD H3068 was H1961 with H5973 him; and he prospered H7919 whithersoever H3605 H834 he went forth H3318 : and he rebelled H4775 against the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , and served H5647 him not H3808 .
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8. Hezekiah defeated the Philistines all the way to Gaza and the area around it. He defeated all the Philistine cities�from the smallest town to the largest city.
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8. He H1931 smote H5221 H853 the Philistines H6430 , even unto H5704 Gaza H5804 , and the borders H1366 thereof , from the tower H4480 H4026 of the watchmen H5341 to H5704 the fenced H4013 city H5892 .
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9. King Shalmaneser of Assyria went to fight against Samaria. His army surrounded the city. This happened during the fourth year that Hezekiah was king of Judah. (This was also the seventh year that Hoshea son of Elah was king of Israel.)
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9. And it came to pass H1961 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 , which H1931 was the seventh H7637 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , that Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came up H5927 against H5921 Samaria H8111 , and besieged H6696 H5921 it.
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10. At the end of the third year Shalmaneser captured Samaria. He took Samaria during the sixth year that Hezekiah was king of Judah. (This was also the ninth year that Hoshea was king of Israel.)
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10. And at the end H4480 H7097 of three H7969 years H8141 they took H3920 it: even in the sixth H8337 year H8141 of Hezekiah H2396 , that H1931 is the ninth H8672 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , Samaria H8111 was taken H3920 .
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11. The king of Assyria took the Israelites as prisoners to Assyria. He made them live in Halah, on the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
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11. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 did carry away H1540 H853 Israel H3478 unto Assyria H804 , and put H5148 them in Halah H2477 and in Habor H2249 by the river H5104 of Gozan H1470 , and in the cities H5892 of the Medes H4074 :
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12. This happened because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God. They broke his agreement and did not obey everything that Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded. The Israelites would not listen to the Lord's agreement or do what it taught them to do.
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12. Because H5921 H834 they obeyed H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , but transgressed H5674 H853 his covenant H1285 , and H853 all H3605 that H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 , and would not H3808 hear H8085 them , nor H3808 do H6213 them .
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13. During Hezekiah's 14 year as king, King Sennacherib of Assyria went to fight against all the strong cities of Judah. Sennacherib defeated them all.
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13. Now in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 did Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 come up H5927 against H5921 all H3605 the fenced H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and took H8610 them.
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14. Then King Hezekiah of Judah sent a message to the king of Assyria at Lachish. Hezekiah said, "I have done wrong. Leave me alone, and I will pay whatever you want." Then the king of Assyria told King Hezekiah of Judah to pay over 11 tons of silver and over 1 ton of gold.
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14. And Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 sent H7971 to H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to Lachish H3923 , saying H559 , I have offended H2398 ; return H7725 from H4480 H5921 me: H853 that which H834 thou puttest H5414 on H5921 me will I bear H5375 . And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 appointed H7760 unto H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 three H7969 hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 and thirty H7970 talents H3603 of gold H2091 .
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15. Hezekiah gave all the silver that was in the Lord's Temple and in the king's treasuries.
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15. And Hezekiah H2396 gave H5414 him H853 all H3605 the silver H3701 that was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and in the treasures H214 of the king H4428 's house H1004 .
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16. That is when Hezekiah cut off the gold that he had put on the doors and doorposts of the Lord's Temple and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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16. At that H1931 time H6256 did Hezekiah H2396 cut off H7112 the gold from H853 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , and from the pillars H547 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had overlaid H6823 , and gave H5414 it to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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17. The king of Assyria sent his three most important officers with a large army to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. They left Lachish and went to Jerusalem. They stood near the aqueduct by the Upper Pool, on the street that leads up to Laundryman's Field.
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17. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 H853 Tartan H8661 and Rabsaris H7249 and Rab H7262 -shakeh from H4480 Lachish H3923 to H413 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 host H2426 against Jerusalem H3389 . And they went up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 . And when they were come up H5927 , they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 , which H834 is in the highway H4546 of the fuller H3526 's field H7704 .
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18. These men called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah son of Asaph went out to meet them. Eliakim was the palace manager, Joah was the record keeper, and Shebna was the royal secretary.
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18. And when they had called H7121 to H413 the king H4428 , there came out H3318 to H413 them Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , which H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph H623 the recorder H2142 .
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19. The commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria says: 'What are you trusting in to help you?
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19. And Rab H7262 -shakeh said H559 unto H413 them, Speak H559 ye now H4994 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the great H1419 king H4428 , the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , What H4100 confidence H986 is this H2088 wherein H834 thou trustest H982 ?
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20. If you say, "I trust in power and great battle plans," then that is useless. Now I ask you, who do you trust so much that you are willing to rebel against me?
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20. Thou sayest H559 , ( but H389 they are but vain H8193 words H1697 ,) I have counsel H6098 and strength H1369 for the war H4421 . Now H6258 on H5921 whom H4310 dost thou trust H982 , that H3588 thou rebellest H4775 against me?
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21. Are you depending on Egypt to help you? Egypt is like a broken walking stick. If you lean on it for support, it will only hurt you and make a hole in your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, cannot be trusted by anyone who depends on him for help.
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21. Now H6258 , behold H2009 , thou trustest H982 upon H5921 the staff H4938 of this H2088 bruised H7533 reed H7070 , even upon H5921 Egypt H4714 , on H5921 which H834 if a man H376 lean H5564 , it will go H935 into his hand H3709 , and pierce H5344 it: so H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 unto all H3605 that trust H982 on H5921 him.
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22. Maybe you will say, "We trust the Lord our God to help us." But I know that Hezekiah destroyed the altars and high places where people worshiped the Lord. Hezekiah told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship only at this one altar here in Jerusalem."
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22. But if H3588 ye say H559 unto H413 me , We trust H982 in H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 : is not H3808 that he H1931 , whose H834 H853 high places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away H5493 , and hath said H559 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 this H2088 altar H4196 in Jerusalem H3389 ?
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23. 'If you still want to fight my master, the king of Assyria, I will make this agreement with you. I promise that I will give you 2000 horses if you can find enough men to ride them into battle.
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23. Now H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , give pledges H6149 to H854 my lord H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , and I will deliver H5414 thee two thousand H505 horses H5483 , if H518 thou be able H3201 on thy part to set H5414 riders H7392 upon H5921 them.
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24. But even then you couldn't beat one of my master's lowest ranking officers. So why do you still depend on Egypt's chariots and horse soldiers?
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24. How H349 then wilt thou turn away H7725 H853 the face H6440 of one H259 captain H6346 of the least H6996 of my master H113 's servants H5650 , and put thy trust H982 on H5921 Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and for horsemen H6571 ?
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25. 'Now, do you think I came to this country to destroy it without the Lord's help? No, the Lord said to me, "Go up against this country and destroy it!"'"
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25. Am I now H6258 come up H5927 without H4480 H1107 the LORD H3068 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 to destroy H7843 it? The LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 me , Go up H5927 against H5921 this H2063 land H776 , and destroy H7843 it.
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26. Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the commander, "Please speak to us in Aramaic. We understand that language. Don't speak to us in the language of Judah because the people on the wall will understand you."
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26. Then said H559 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , and Shebna H7644 , and Joah H3098 , unto H413 Rab H7262 -shakeh, Speak H1696 , I pray thee H4994 , to H413 thy servants H5650 in the Syrian language H762 ; for H3588 we H587 understand H8085 it : and talk H1696 not H408 with H5973 us in the Jews' language H3066 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 that H834 are on H5921 the wall H2346 .
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27. But the commander said to them, "My master did not send me to speak only to you and your master. I was also sent to speak to those people sitting on the wall. They, too, will not have enough food or water; they, too, will eat their own waste and drink their own urine like you! "
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27. But Rab H7262 -shakeh said H559 unto H413 them , Hath my master H113 sent H7971 me to H5921 thy master H113 , and to H413 thee , to speak H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 ? hath he not H3808 sent me to H5921 the men H376 which sit H3427 on H5921 the wall H2346 , that they may eat H398 H853 their own dung H6675 , and drink H8354 H853 their own piss H4325 H7272 with H5973 you?
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28. Then the commander shouted loudly in Hebrew, "Hear this message from the great king, the king of Assyria!
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28. Then Rab H7262 -shakeh stood H5975 and cried H7121 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 in the Jews' language H3066 , and spoke H1696 , saying H559 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the great H1419 king H4428 , the king H4428 of Assyria H804 :
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29. The king says, 'Don't let Hezekiah fool you, because he cannot save you from my power.
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29. Thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 , Let not H408 Hezekiah H2396 deceive H5377 you: for H3588 he shall not H3808 be able H3201 to deliver H5337 you out of his hand H4480 H3027 :
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30. Don't let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord.' Hezekiah says, 'The Lord will save us. The king of Assyria will not defeat this city.'
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30. Neither H408 let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 H853 in H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 will surely deliver H5337 H5337 us , and H853 this H2063 city H5892 shall not H3808 be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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31. But don't listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says this: 'Do this favor for me; come out to me and then everyone will be free to have grapes from their own vines, figs from their own trees, and water from their own well.
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31. Hearken H8085 not H408 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 : for H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , Make H6213 an agreement with H854 me by a present H1293 , and come out H3318 to H413 me , and then eat H398 ye every man H376 of his own vine H1612 , and every one H376 of his fig tree H8384 , and drink H8354 ye every one H376 the waters H4325 of his cistern H953 :
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32. You can do this until I come and take you away to a land like your own. In that new land, you will have good grain and new wine, bread, vineyards, olive oil, and honey. Then you can live and not die. But don't listen to Hezekiah. He is trying to change your mind. He is saying, "The Lord will save us."
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32. Until H5704 I come H935 and take you away H3947 H853 to H413 a land H776 like your own land H776 , a land H776 of corn H1715 and wine H8492 , a land H776 of bread H3899 and vineyards H3754 , a land H776 of oil H3323 olive H2132 and of honey H1706 , that ye may live H2421 , and not H3808 die H4191 : and hearken H8085 not H408 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , when H3588 he persuadeth H5496 you, saying H559 , The LORD H3068 will deliver H5337 us.
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33. Did any of the gods of the other nations save their land from the king of Assyria?
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33. Hath any H376 of the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered at all H5337 H5337 H853 his land H776 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 ?
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34. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they save Samaria from me?
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34. Where H346 are the gods H430 of Hamath H2574 , and of Arpad H774 ? where H346 are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617 , Hena H2012 , and Ivah H5755 ? have they delivered H5337 H853 Samaria H8111 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 ?
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35. Did any of the gods in the other countries save their land from me? No! So do you think the Lord will save Jerusalem from me?'"
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35. Who H4310 are they among all H3605 the gods H430 of the countries H776 , that H834 have delivered H5337 H853 their country H776 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 , that H3588 the LORD H3068 should deliver H5337 H853 Jerusalem H3389 out of mine hand H4480 H3027 ?
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36. But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander because King Hezekiah had commanded them, "Don't say anything to him."
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36. But the people H5971 held their peace H2790 , and answered H6030 him not H3808 a word H1697 : for H3588 the king H4428 's commandment H4687 was, saying H559 , Answer H6030 him not H3808 .
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37. Then the palace manager (Eliakim son of Hilkiah), the royal secretary (Shebna), and the record keeper (Joah son of Asaph) went to Hezekiah. Their clothes were torn to show they were upset. They told Hezekiah everything the Assyrian commander had said.
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37. Then came H935 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , which H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph H623 the recorder H2142 , to H413 Hezekiah H2396 with their clothes H899 rent H7167 , and told H5046 him the words H1697 of Rab H7262 -shakeh.
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