He is slain by a conspiracy, 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a he did, and his might, and how he fought with man, that behold, they spied a band of men; and Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? and when the man was let down, and touched the 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and feet. Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of all the days of Jehoahaz. Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. had compassion on them, and had respect unto 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are them, because of his covenant with Abraham, they not written in the book of the Chronicles Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, of the kings of Judah? neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent Ladad his son reigned in his stead. after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again 20 And they brought him on horses: and he out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of city of David. Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. CHAP. XIV. War between Israel and Judah. 21 ¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariak, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, IN the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz after that the king slept with his fathers. reigned Amaziah Joash king of Judah. son of the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of 2 He was twenty and five years old when he Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine and reigned forty and one years. years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. 4 Howbeit, the high places were not, taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice, and burnt incense on the high places. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the king-of Gath-hepher. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. according unto that which is written in the book 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD com-out the name of Israel from under heaven: but manded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son death for the children, nor the children be put to of Joash. death for the fathers; but every man shall be 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all put to death for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. Reigns of Azariah, Zacharian, &c. in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Leba-ing of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah non, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was king of Judah to reign. in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jeheart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and rusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle of Jerusalem. to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 3 Aud he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Amaziah had done; Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and 4 Save that the high places were not removed: Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. the high places. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Is- 5 And the LORDSmote the king, so that he was rael; and they fled every man to their tents. a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king several house. And Jotham the king's son was of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, over the house, judging the people of the land. at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all brake down the wall ef Jerusalem from the gate that he did, are they not written in the book of of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? cubits. 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and aH the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, 8 T In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jero15 Now the rest of the acts of Jchoash which 'boam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. and hostages, and returned to Samaria. Zachariah slain by Shallum. CHAP. XVI. Jotham's good reign. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Ñebat, that he did, behold, they are written in the book who made Israel to sin. of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign 35 Howbeit, the high places were not remov. in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of ed: the people sacrificed and burned incense Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. still in the high places. He built the higher gate 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from of the house of the LORD. Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shalluin the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 36 f Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekal the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was 16 T Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all buried with his fathers in the city of David his that were therein, and the coasts thereof from father: And Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. Tirzah: because they opened not to kim, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. IN CHAP. XVI. Ahaz joins with Tiglath-pileser. the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, of the LORD: he departed not all his days from and did not that which was rigl.t in the sight of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekaliah his son reigned in his stead. the LORD his God, like David his father. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 ¶ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 23 1 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Ju- 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser dah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jero-king of Israel, which rise up against me. boam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of found in the house of the LORD, and in the treahis, conspired against him, and smote him in Sasures of the king's house, and sent it for a premaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Ar- sent to the king of Assyria. gob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gile- 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: adites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. for the king of Assyria went up against Damas26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all cus, and took it, and carried the people of it capthat he did, behold, they are written in the book tive to Kir, and slew Rezin. of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 101 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet 27 ¶ In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king Tiglath pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar of Judah,Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Uriover Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. jah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pat28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of ternofit,according to all the workmanshipthereof. the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jero- 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar accordboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. ing to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damas29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tig- cus: so Urijah the priest made it against king lath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Ahaz came from Damascus. Abel-beth-maachah,and Janoah, and Kedesh, and 12 And when the king was come from DamasHazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of cus, the king saw the altar and the king apNaphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. proached to the altar, and offered thereon. 30 And Boshea the son of Elah made a conspira- 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meatcy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinhim, and slew him, and reigned in his stead in kled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar. @haz spoileth the temple. 11. KINGS. Other nations brought in 14 And he brought also the brazen altar, which cording to all the law which I commanded your was before the LORD, from the forefront of the fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants house, from between the altar and the house of the prophets. the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fasaying, Upon the great altar burn the morning thers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covethe king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat-offering, nant that he made with their fathers, and his with the burnt-offering of all the people of the testimonies which he testified against them; and land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-of-they followed vanity, and became vain, and went ferings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the after the heathen that were round about them, burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: concerning whom the LORD had charged them, and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. that they should not do like them. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. IN CHAP. XVII. Israel carried into captivity. the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah, to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the pro phets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of 24 1 And the king of Assyria brought men from Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed in prison. them in the cities of Samaria instead of the chil 5 Then the king of Assyria came up through-dren of Israel and they possessed Samaria, and out all the land, and went up to Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. besieged it three years. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of As-dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: syria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into therefore the LORD sent lions among them, Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by which slew some of them. the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen the God of the land. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every 10 And they set them up images and groves in 12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto Mixture of religion. CHAP. XVIII. Rab-shakeh's blasphemy themselves of the lowest of them priests of the and all that Moses the servant of the LORD comhigh places, which sacrificed for them in the manded, and would not hear them, nor do them. houses of the high places. 13¶ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against gods, after the manner of the nations whom they all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. carried away from thence. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king 34 Unto this day they do after the former man- of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; ners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they return from me: that which thou puttest on me after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed after the law and commandment which the LORD unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred tacommanded the children of Jacob, whom he lents of silver and thirty talents of gold. named Israel; 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that 35 With whom the LORD had male a covenant, was found in the house of the LORD, and in the and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other treasures of the king's house. gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah land of Egypt with great power and a stretched- had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye 17 T And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem: the law, and the commandment which he wrote and they went up, and came to Jerusalem: and for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and when they were come up, they came and stood ye shall not fear other gods. by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 38 And the covenant that have made with you yeshall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. CHAP. XVIII. The good reign of Hezekiah. 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. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 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? 21 Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of shea son of Elah king of Israel, that Heze- this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a kiah the son of Ahazking of Judah began to reign. man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he isPharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also our God: is not that he whose high places and was Abi the daughter of Zachariah. whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and 3 And he did that which was right in the sight hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worof the LORD, according to all that David his fa- ship before this altar in Jerusalem? ther did. 41 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. 5 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. 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. 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 ? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD 6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not against this place to destroy it? The LORD said from following him, but kept his commandments, to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. which the LORD commanded Moses. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and 7 And the LORD was with him: and he pros- Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, 1 pered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebel-pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian lanled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. guage; for we understand it and talk not with 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and us in the Jews' language in the ears of the peothe borders thereof, from the tower of the watch-ple that are on the wall. men to the fenced city. 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalma- which sit on the wall, that they may eat their neser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, own dung, and drink their own piss with you 3 and besieged it. 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, thekingof Assyria: 29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah de ceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you 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. 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Is-out of his hand: rael unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, the Medes. and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith Sennacherib's letter to Hezekiah. II. KINGS. Isaiah's prophecy the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with 18 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king me by a present, and come out to me, and then of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sephar eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one vaim, of Ilena, and Ivah? of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the of his cistern: hand of the messengers, and read it: and Heze 32 Until I come and take you away to a land kiah went up into the house of the LORD, and like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a spread it before the LORD. land of bread and vineyards, a land of oit olive 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest behearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth tween the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all 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, Hena, and Ivah? 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 the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answer ed him not a word for the king's commandinent was, saying, Answer him not. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God." 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but tire work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Ilewhich was over the household, and Shebna the zekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Isscribe, and Joal the son of Asaph the recorder, rael, That which thou hast prayed to me against to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. the words of Rab-shaken. CHAP. XIX. Isaiah comforteth Hezekiah. 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah 2 And he sent Eliakim, which 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. the daughter of Jerusalem nath shaken her head 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, chariots I am come up to the height of the mounThis day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and tains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice firand there is not strength to bring forth. trecs thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assy- 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and ria his master hath sent to reproach the living with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the God; and will reprove the words which the LORD rivers of besieged places. thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 26 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 house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my 8¶ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had I will turn thee back by the way by which thou heard that he was departed from Lachish. camest. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against eat this year such things as grow of themselves, thee he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, and in the second year that which springeth of saying, the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not of Judah shall yet again take root downward, be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. and bear fruit upward. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remAssyria have done to all lands, by destroying nant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: them utterly and shalt thou be delivered? the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before Eden which were in Thelasar? it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. |