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and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he did that which was right hi the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: And he 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For he clave to the LORD, he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the LORD was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">Sennacherib Invades Judah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/32.htm">2 Chronicles 32:1-8</a>; <a href="../psalms/46.htm">Psalm 46:1-11</a>; <a href="../psalms/47.htm">Psalm 47:1-9</a>; <a href="../psalms/48.htm">Psalm 48:1-14</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="17" id="17"></a><p class="hdg">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/32.htm#9">2 Chronicles 32:9-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Thou sayest, but they are but vain words, There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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 to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>How then canst 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>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?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_kings/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>