Hezekiah's reforms
In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah. Hezekiah did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his ancestor David had done. He removed the worship shrines, smashed the pillars, cut down the grove and broke into pieces the bronze serpent Moses had made, because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. He called it Nehushtan. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. Among all the kings of Judah, none after him was like him, nor had there been one like him before. He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him. He kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. The Lord was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him. He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtowers to fortified cities. In Hezekiah's fourth year, which was Hoshea king of Israel's seventh year, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. At the end of three years the Assyrians captured it. Samaria fell in Hezekiah's sixth year, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, Habor by the river Gozan, and the cities of the Medes. This happened because they would not listen to the Lord their God. They broke his covenant and ignored everything Moses the Lord's servant had commanded. They would neither listen nor obey.
Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah started to rule. He was twenty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abi daughter of Zechariah. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to everything David his father did. He took away the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the sacred poles, and broke in pieces the bronze snake Moses had made. Because right to those days the people of Israel burnt incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so after him there wasn't anyone like him among all the kings of Judah, or any who were before him. Because he held to the Lord and didn't stop following him, but kept his orders that the Lord ordered Moses. And the Lord was with him. He did well wherever he went out. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and didn't serve him. He struck the Philistines right to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified town. And in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and laid siege to it. And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that's the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. And the king of Assyria carried Israel off to Assyria and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river Gozan and in the towns of the Medes, because they didn't listen to the voice of the Lord their God, but stepped over his covenant and everything Moses the servant of the Lord ordered, and wouldn't listen to them or do them.
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 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. For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded 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. He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 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. And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah started to rule.
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah.
He was twenty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abi daughter of Zechariah.
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
Hezekiah did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his ancestor David had done.
And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to everything David his father did.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
He removed the worship shrines, smashed the pillars, cut down the grove and broke into pieces the bronze serpent Moses had made, because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. He called it Nehushtan.
He took away the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the sacred poles, and broke in pieces the bronze snake Moses had made. Because right to those days the people of Israel burnt incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan.
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. Among all the kings of Judah, none after him was like him, nor had there been one like him before.
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so after him there wasn't anyone like him among all the kings of Judah, or any who were before 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.
He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him. He kept the commands the Lord had given Moses.
Because he held to the Lord and didn't stop following him, but kept his orders that the Lord ordered Moses.
For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
The Lord was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
And the Lord was with him. He did well wherever he went out. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and didn't serve him.
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.
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtowers to fortified cities.
He struck the Philistines right to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified town.
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
In Hezekiah's fourth year, which was Hoshea king of Israel's seventh year, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.
And in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and laid siege to it.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
At the end of three years the Assyrians captured it. Samaria fell in Hezekiah's sixth year, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that's the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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.
The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, Habor by the river Gozan, and the cities of the Medes.
And the king of Assyria carried Israel off to Assyria and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river Gozan and in the towns of the Medes,
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
This happened because they would not listen to the Lord their God. They broke his covenant and ignored everything Moses the Lord's servant had commanded. They would neither listen nor obey.
because they didn't listen to the voice of the Lord their God, but stepped over his covenant and everything Moses the servant of the Lord ordered, and wouldn't listen to them or do them.
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
Sennacherib comes up
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish: I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I'll pay whatever you demand. The king of Assyria demanded three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. Hezekiah gave the king of Assyria all the silver found in the Lord's temple and in the royal treasuries. At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors and pillars of the Lord's temple that he himself had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris and Rabshakeh with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. They came up and stopped by the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the fuller's field. When the Assyrian officials called for the king, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to meet them. Rabshakeh said to them: Tell Hezekiah, This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What are you putting your confidence in? You talk about counsel and strength for war, but they're only words. Who are you relying on, that you've rebelled against me? You're relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff. Lean on it and it'll pierce your hand. That's what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everyone who relies on him. And if you tell me, We trust in the Lord our God — isn't he the one whose worship shrines and altars Hezekiah removed, telling Judah and Jerusalem, You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem? Come on then, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I'll give you two thousand horses if you can find enough riders for them. How could you turn back even one of my master's least important officers when you're relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? Besides, do you think I've attacked this place without the Lord? The Lord himself told me: Go up against this land and destroy it.
Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified towns of Judah and took them. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish: I've done wrong. Turn away from me. What you put on me, I'll bear. And the king of Assyria set on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house. At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord and from the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had covered, and gave it to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria sent the supreme commander and the chief officer and the field commander from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they'd come up, they came and stood by the channel of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the launderer's field. And when they'd called to the king, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came out to them. And the field commander said to them: Say to Hezekiah now: This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says. What confidence is this you trust in? You say — but they're only empty words — I've got counsel and strength for the war. Now who do you trust in, that you rebel against me? Now look — you trust in the staff of this broken reed, in Egypt, that a man leans on and it'll go into his hand and pierce it. That's what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to everyone who trusts in him. But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord our God — isn't that the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem: You'll bow down in front of this altar in Jerusalem? So now make a deal, please, with my lord the king of Assyria. And I'll give you two thousand horses, if you're able on your part to set riders on them. So how will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Have I come up now without the Lord against this place to wreck it? The Lord said to me: Go up against this land and wreck it.
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 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. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field. 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. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 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? 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. But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 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. 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? 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.
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified towns of Judah and took them.
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish: I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I'll pay whatever you demand. The king of Assyria demanded three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish: I've done wrong. Turn away from me. What you put on me, I'll bear. And the king of Assyria set on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Hezekiah gave the king of Assyria all the silver found in the Lord's temple and in the royal treasuries.
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house.
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.
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors and pillars of the Lord's temple that he himself had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord and from the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had covered, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris and Rabshakeh with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. They came up and stopped by the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the fuller's field.
And the king of Assyria sent the supreme commander and the chief officer and the field commander from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they'd come up, they came and stood by the channel of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the launderer's field.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
When the Assyrian officials called for the king, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to meet them.
And when they'd called to the king, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came out to them.
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.
Rabshakeh said to them: Tell Hezekiah, This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What are you putting your confidence in?
And the field commander said to them: Say to Hezekiah now: This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says. What confidence is this you trust in?
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
You talk about counsel and strength for war, but they're only words. Who are you relying on, that you've rebelled against me?
You say — but they're only empty words — I've got counsel and strength for the war. Now who do you trust in, that you rebel against me?
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?
You're relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff. Lean on it and it'll pierce your hand. That's what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everyone who relies on him.
Now look — you trust in the staff of this broken reed, in Egypt, that a man leans on and it'll go into his hand and pierce it. That's what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to everyone who trusts in him.
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.
And if you tell me, We trust in the Lord our God — isn't he the one whose worship shrines and altars Hezekiah removed, telling Judah and Jerusalem, You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord our God — isn't that the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem: You'll bow down in front of this altar in Jerusalem?
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Come on then, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I'll give you two thousand horses if you can find enough riders for them.
So now make a deal, please, with my lord the king of Assyria. And I'll give you two thousand horses, if you're able on your part to set riders on them.
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.
How could you turn back even one of my master's least important officers when you're relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
So how will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
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?
Besides, do you think I've attacked this place without the Lord? The Lord himself told me: Go up against this land and destroy it.
Have I come up now without the Lord against this place to wreck it? The Lord said to me: Go up against this land and wreck it.
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.
The field commander's speech
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh: Please speak to your servants in Syrian; we understand it. Don't speak to us in the Jews' language where the people on the wall can hear. But Rabshakeh answered: Did my master send me to say this only to your master and you? Isn't it also for the men sitting on the wall, who with you will end up eating their own dung and drinking their own piss? Then Rabshakeh stood and shouted loudly in the Jews' language: Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah fool you. He won't be able to save you from my hand. Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting the Lord by saying, The Lord will certainly rescue us, and this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria. Don't listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own well, until I come and take you to a land like your own — a land of grain and wine, bread and vineyards, olive oil and honey — so you may live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah when he tells you, The Lord will rescue us. Have any of the gods of the nations ever rescued their land from the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? Which of all the gods of these lands has rescued its country from my hand? So how is the Lord going to rescue Jerusalem from my hand? But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded: Don't answer him. Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported Rabshakeh's words.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander: Speak to your servants in Aramaic, please, because we understand it. And don't speak with us in the language of the Jews in the ears of the people who are on the wall. But the field commander said to them: Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, so they can eat their own dung and drink their own water with you? Then the field commander stood and cried out with a loud voice in the language of the Jews and spoke: Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. This is what the king says. Don't let Hezekiah take you in. Because he won't be able to rescue you out of his hand. And don't let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord: The Lord will definitely rescue us, and this town won't be handed over into the hand of the king of Assyria. Don't listen to Hezekiah. Because this is what the king of Assyria says. Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me. And then eat every man of his own vine and every man of his own fig tree, and drink every man the waters of his own well, till I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, so you can live and not die. And don't listen to Hezekiah when he talks you round: The Lord will rescue us. Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land at all out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria out of my hand? Who are they among all the gods of the countries who've rescued their country out of my hand, that the Lord should rescue Jerusalem out of my hand? But the people held their peace and didn't answer him a word. Because the king's order was: Don't answer him. Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the field commander.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh: Please speak to your servants in Syrian; we understand it. Don't speak to us in the Jews' language where the people on the wall can hear.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander: Speak to your servants in Aramaic, please, because we understand it. And don't speak with us in the language of the Jews in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
But Rabshakeh answered: Did my master send me to say this only to your master and you? Isn't it also for the men sitting on the wall, who with you will end up eating their own dung and drinking their own piss?
But the field commander said to them: Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, so they can eat their own dung and drink their own water with you?
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Then Rabshakeh stood and shouted loudly in the Jews' language: Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
Then the field commander stood and cried out with a loud voice in the language of the Jews and spoke: Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah fool you. He won't be able to save you from my hand.
This is what the king says. Don't let Hezekiah take you in. Because he won't be able to rescue you out of his hand.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting the Lord by saying, The Lord will certainly rescue us, and this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.
And don't let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord: The Lord will definitely rescue us, and this town won't be handed over into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Don't listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own well,
Don't listen to Hezekiah. Because this is what the king of Assyria says. Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me. And then eat every man of his own vine and every man of his own fig tree, and drink every man the waters of his own well,
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
until I come and take you to a land like your own — a land of grain and wine, bread and vineyards, olive oil and honey — so you may live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah when he tells you, The Lord will rescue us.
till I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, so you can live and not die. And don't listen to Hezekiah when he talks you round: The Lord will rescue us.
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Have any of the gods of the nations ever rescued their land from the king of Assyria?
Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land at all out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria out of my hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
Which of all the gods of these lands has rescued its country from my hand? So how is the Lord going to rescue Jerusalem from my hand?
Who are they among all the gods of the countries who've rescued their country out of my hand, that the Lord should rescue Jerusalem out of my hand?
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded: Don't answer him.
But the people held their peace and didn't answer him a word. Because the king's order was: Don't answer him.
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported Rabshakeh's words.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the field commander.
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.