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And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed
him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did
swim.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed
him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron
float.
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told
him and
warned him of, and saved
himself there, not once nor twice.
So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again
Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
And he said, Go and
spy where he is, that I may send and
fetch him. And it was told
him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture
him.” On receiving the report, “
Elisha is in Dothan,”
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and
chariots. And his servant said unto
him,
Alas, my master! how shall we do?
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and
chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked
Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
And when they came down to
him,
Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said,
Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha.
As the Arameans came down against
him,
Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of
Elisha.
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there
cried a woman unto
him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman
cried out to
him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat
him to day, and we will eat my son to
morrow.
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat
him, and
tomorrow we will eat my son.’
So we boiled my son, and did eat
him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat
him: and she hath
hid her son.
So we boiled my son and
ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat
him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of
Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on
him this day.
He
announced, “May God
punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of
Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
But
Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with
him; and the king sent a man from before
him: but
ere the
messenger came to
him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the
messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold
him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind
him?
Now
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with
him. The king sent a
messenger ahead, but before he arrived,
Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the
messenger comes, shut the door to keep
him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind
him?”
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
While
Elisha was still speaking with them, the
messenger came down to
him. And the king said, “This
calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he
leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people
trode upon
him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to
him.
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he
leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people
trampled him in the
gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had
foretold when the king had come to
him.
And so it fell out unto
him: for the people
trode upon
him in the gate, and he died.
And that is just what happened to
him. The people
trampled him in the
gateway, and he died.
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
And
Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-
hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told
him, saying, The man of God is come
hither.
Then
Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-
hadad king of
Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
And the king said unto
Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and
enquire of the LORD by
him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
So the king said to
Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through
him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
So
Hazael went to meet
him, and took a present with
him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before
him, and said, Thy son Ben-
hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
So
Hazael went to meet
Elisha, taking with
him a gift of forty
camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before
him and said, “Your son Ben-
hadad king of
Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
And
Elisha said unto
him, Go, say unto
him, Thou mayest certainly recover:
howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
Elisha answered, “Go and tell
him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
Elisha fixed his
gaze steadily on
him until
Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to
weep.
So he departed from
Elisha, and came to his master; who said to
him, What said
Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
So
Hazael left
Elisha and went to his master, who asked
him, “What did
Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised
him to give
him alway a light, and to his children.
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants
forever.
So
Joram went over to Zair, and all the
chariots with
him: and he rose by night, and
smote the Edomites which compassed
him about, and the captains of the
chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his
chariots. When the Edomites surrounded
him and his
chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
And king
Joram went back to be
healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given
him at
Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
Joram the son of
Ahab in
Jezreel, because he was sick.
So King
Joram returned to
Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on
him at
Ramah when he fought against
Hazael king of
Aram. Then
Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to
Jezreel to visit
Joram son of
Ahab, because
Joram had been wounded.
And
Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto
him,
Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead:
Now
Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to
him, “
Tuck your
cloak under your belt, take this
flask of oil, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead.
And when thou comest thither, look out there
Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make
him arise up from among his brethren, and carry
him to an inner chamber;
When you arrive, look for
Jehu son of
Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get
him away from his companions, and take
him to an inner room.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto
him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have
anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
So
Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I
anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
For the whole house of
Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and
him that is shut up and left in Israel:
The whole house of
Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from
Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
Then
Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto
him, Is all well? wherefore came this
mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
When
Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this
madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their
babble,” he replied.
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under
him on the top of the stairs, and
blew with
trumpets, saying,
Jehu is king.
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under
Jehu on the bare steps. Then they
blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “
Jehu is king!”
But king
Joram was returned to be
healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given
him, when he fought with
Hazael king of Syria.) And
Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in
Jezreel.
but King
Joram had returned to
Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against
Hazael their king.) So
Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let
anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in
Jezreel.”
And there stood a
watchman on the tower in
Jezreel, and he
spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And
Joram said, Take an
horseman, and send to meet them, and let
him say, Is it peace?
Now the
watchman standing on the tower in
Jezreel saw
Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,”
Joram commanded. “Send
him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
So there went one on
horseback to meet
him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And
Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the
watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
So a
horseman rode off to meet
Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?”
Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the
watchman reported, “The
messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
And
Joram said, Make ready. And his
chariot was made ready. And
Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his
chariot, and they went out against
Jehu, and met
him in the portion of
Naboth the Jezreelite.
Then said
Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast
him in the portion of the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou
rode together after
Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon
him;
And
Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “
Pick him up and throw
him into the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father
Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against
him:
Surely I have seen
yesterday the blood of
Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this
plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast
him into the
plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
‘As surely as I saw the blood of
Naboth and the blood of his sons
yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD,
pick him up and throw
him on the plot of ground.”
But when
Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And
Jehu followed after
him, and said,
Smite him also in the
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to
Megiddo, and died there.
When King
Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And
Jehu pursued
him,
shouting, “Shoot
him too!” So they shot
Ahaziah in his
chariot on the
Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to
Megiddo and died there.
And his servants carried
him in a
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his
sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
Then his servants carried
him by
chariot to Jerusalem and buried
him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
Wherefore they came again, and told
him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of
Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel:
So they went back and told
Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant
Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at
Jezreel the dogs will
devour the flesh of
Jezebel.
Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
But they were
terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against
him, how can we?”
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and
slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent
him them to
Jezreel.
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to
Jehu at
Jezreel.
And there came a
messenger, and told
him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
When the
messenger arrived, he told
Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And
Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I
conspired against my master, and
slew him: but who
slew all these?
The next morning,
Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who
conspired against my master and killed
him. But who killed all these?
So
Jehu slew all that remained of the house of
Ahab in
Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left
him none remaining.
So
Jehu killed
everyone in
Jezreel who remained of the house of
Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving
him without a single
survivor.
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet
him: and he
saluted him, and said to
him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave
him his hand; and he took
him up to
him into the
chariot.
When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet
him.
Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said
Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave
him his hand, and
Jehu helped
him into his
chariot,
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made
him ride in his
chariot.
saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had
him ride in his
chariot.
And when he came to Samaria, he
slew all that remained unto
Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed
him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to
Elijah.
When
Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down
everyone belonging to
Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to
Elijah.
And
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,
Ahab served
Baal a little; but
Jehu shall serve
him much.
Then
Jehu brought all the people together and said, “
Ahab served
Baal a little, but
Jehu will serve
him a lot.
And
Jehu said to the keeper of the
wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of
Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,
Jehu appointed
fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth
him go, his life shall be for the life of
him.
And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now
Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and
warned them, “If
anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will
forfeit his life for theirs.”
And
Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son
Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
But Jehosheba daughter of King
Joram, the sister of
Ahaziah, took
Joash son of
Ahaziah and
stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put
him and his
nurse in a
bedroom to hide
him from
Athaliah, and he was not killed.
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to
him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
You must
surround the king with weapons in hand, and
anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon
him, and gave
him the testimony; and they made
him king, and
anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on
him, presented
him with the Testimony, and proclaimed
him king. They
anointed him, and the people
clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword
anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
He took with
him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then
Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest
instructed him.
And
Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was
instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
And the servants of
Joash rose up and formed a
conspiracy and killed
him at Beth-
millo, on the road down to Silla.
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants,
smote him, and he died; and they buried
him with his fathers in the city of David: and
Amaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck
him down, and he died. And they buried
him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son
Amaziah reigned in his place.
Then
Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD
listened to
him because He saw the oppression that the king of
Aram had inflicted on Israel.
And
Jehoahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And his son Jehoash reigned in his place.
And
Joash slept with his fathers; and
Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and
Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and
Jeroboam succeeded
him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Now
Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
whereof he died. And
Joash the king of Israel came down unto
him, and
wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the
chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof.
When
Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to
him and
wept over
him, saying, “My father, my father, the
chariots and
horsemen of Israel!”
And
Elisha said unto
him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto
him bow and arrows.
Elisha told
him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
And the man of God was
wroth with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times; then hadst thou
smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt
smite Syria but
thrice.
But the man of God was
angry with
him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down
Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down
Aram only three times.”
And
Elisha died, and they buried
him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
And
Elisha died and was buried. Now the
Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
And Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-
hadad the son of
Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did
Joash beat
him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
Then Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz took back from Ben-
hadad son of
Hazael the cities that
Hazael had taken in battle from his father
Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-
hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
And conspirators
plotted against
Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to
Lachish. But men were sent after
him to
Lachish, and they killed
him there.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
And all the people of Judah took
Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made
him king instead of his father
Amaziah.
Then all the people of Judah took
Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made
him king in place of his father
Amaziah.
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.
And
Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
Then Shallum son of
Jabesh conspired against
Zechariah, struck
him down and killed
him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and
smote Shallum the son of
Jabesh in Samaria, and
slew him, and reigned in his
stead.
Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of
Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
Then Menahem
smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to
him, therefore he
smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he
ripped up.
At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and
everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and
ripped open all the
pregnant women.
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.
Then
Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave
Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and
strengthen his own
grip on the kingdom.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,
conspired against
him, and
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with
Argob and Arieh, and with
him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed
him, and reigned in his room.
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah,
conspired against
him along with
Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of
Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a
conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and
smote him, and
slew him, and reigned in his
stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a
conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the
twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed
him, and reigned in his place.
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.
Then Rezin king of
Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to
wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged
Ahaz but could not overcome
him.
And the king of Assyria
hearkened unto
him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it
captive to Kir, and
slew Rezin.
So the king of Assyria
responded to
him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as
captives and put Rezin to death.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked
him, and Hoshea became his
vassal and paid
him tribute.
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 Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and bound
him in prison.
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had
conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put
him in prison.
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.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced
divination and
soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD,
provoking Him to anger.
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.
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
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.
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like
him, either before
him or after
him.
For he
clave to the LORD, and departed not from following
him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
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.
And the LORD was with
Hezekiah, and he
prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve
him.
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.
Hezekiah gave
him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the
treasuries of the royal palace.
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.
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that
splintered reed of a staff that will
pierce the hand of
anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in
him.
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.
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for
Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer
him.”
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
Rab-shakeh.
And it came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered
himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
On hearing this report, King
Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
And they said unto
him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and
blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
to tell
him, “This is what
Hezekiah says:
Today is a day of distress,
rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of
Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that are left.
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the
Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to
defy the living God, and He will
rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the
remnant that still survives.”
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.
Behold, I will put a spirit in
him so that he will hear a
rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause
him to fall by the sword.’”
