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1 Kings 10

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¹ Then the Rabshakeh stood and shouted out with a loud voice in Judean (Hebrew), "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

² Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you from my hand;

³ nor let Hezekiah make you trust in and rely on the LORD, saying, "The LORD will certainly rescue us, and this city [of Jerusalem] will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."

⁴ Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: "Surrender to me and come out to [meet] me, and every man may eat from his own vine and fig tree, and every man may drink the waters of his own well,

⁵ until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die." Do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads and incites you, saying, "The LORD will rescue us!"

⁶ Has any one of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

⁷ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad [in Aram]? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [in the valley of the Euphrates]? Have they rescued Samaria (Israel's capital) from my hand?

⁸ Who among all the gods of the lands have rescued their lands from my hand, that the LORD would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"

⁹ But the people kept silent and did not answer him, for the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."

¹⁰ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [in grief and despair] and told him what the Rabshakeh had said.

¹¹ When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and he covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house (temple) of the LORD.

¹² Then he sent Eliakim who was in charge of his household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

¹³ They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This is a day of distress and anxiety, of punishment and humiliation; for children have come to [the time of their] birth and there is no strength to rescue them.

¹⁴ It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. So offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left [in Judah].'"

¹⁵ So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

¹⁶ Isaiah said to them, "Say this to your master: 'Thus says the LORD, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled (blasphemed) Me.

¹⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'"

¹⁸ So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.

¹⁹ When the king heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of[1] Ethiopia, "Behold, he has come out to make war against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

²⁰ Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

²¹ Listen, you have heard what the Assyrian kings have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

²² Did the gods of the nations whom my forefathers destroyed rescue them—Gozan and Haran [of Mesopotamia] and Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

²³ Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'"

²⁴ Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house (temple) of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

²⁵ Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim [of the[2] ark in the temple], You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.

²⁶ O LORD, bend down Your ear and hear; LORD, open Your eyes and see; hear the [taunting] words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.

²⁷ It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have devastated the nations and their lands

²⁸ and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not [real] gods but [only] the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy them and] have destroyed them.

²⁹ Now, O LORD our God, please, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know [without any doubt] that You alone, O LORD, are God."

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1	Then the Rabshakeh stood and shouted out with a loud voice in Judean (Hebrew), "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
2	Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you from my hand;
3	nor let Hezekiah make you trust in and rely on the LORD, saying, "The LORD will certainly rescue us, and this city [of Jerusalem] will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
4	Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: "Surrender to me and come out to [meet] me, and every man may eat from his own vine and fig tree, and every man may drink the waters of his own well,
5	until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die." Do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads and incites you, saying, "The LORD will rescue us!"
6	Has any one of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
7	Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad [in Aram]? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [in the valley of the Euphrates]? Have they rescued Samaria (Israel's capital) from my hand?
8	Who among all the gods of the lands have rescued their lands from my hand, that the LORD would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"
9	But the people kept silent and did not answer him, for the king had commanded, "Do not answer him."
10	Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [in grief and despair] and told him what the Rabshakeh had said.
11	When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and he covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house (temple) of the LORD.
12	Then he sent Eliakim who was in charge of his household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
13	They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This is a day of distress and anxiety, of punishment and humiliation; for children have come to [the time of their] birth and there is no strength to rescue them.
14	It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. So offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left [in Judah].'"
15	So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
16	Isaiah said to them, "Say this to your master: 'Thus says the LORD, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled (blasphemed) Me.
17	Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'"
18	So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
19	When the king heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of[1] Ethiopia, "Behold, he has come out to make war against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
20	Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
21	Listen, you have heard what the Assyrian kings have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?
22	Did the gods of the nations whom my forefathers destroyed rescue them—Gozan and Haran [of Mesopotamia] and Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
23	Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'"
24	Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house (temple) of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
25	Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim [of the[2] ark in the temple], You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.
26	O LORD, bend down Your ear and hear; LORD, open Your eyes and see; hear the [taunting] words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
27	It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have devastated the nations and their lands
28	and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not [real] gods but [only] the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy them and] have destroyed them.
29	Now, O LORD our God, please, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know [without any doubt] that You alone, O LORD, are God."

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