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   <v n='1'>Now it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> in the <s n="7969">third</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="1954">Hoshea</s> <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="425">Elah</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>, that <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="271">Ahaz</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s> began to <s n="4427">reign</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="6242">Twenty</s> and <s n="2568">five</s> <s n="8141">years</s> <s n="1121">old</s> <s n="1961">was</s> he when he began to <s n="4427">reign</s>; and he <s n="4427">reigned</s> <s n="6242">twenty</s> and <s n="8672">nine</s> <s n="8141">years</s> in <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>. His <s n="517">mother</s> 's <s n="8034">name</s> also was <s n="21">Abi</s>, the <s n="1323">daughter</s> of <s n="2148">Zachariah</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'>And he <s n="6213">did</s> that which was <s n="3477">right</s> in the <s n="5869">sight</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, according to <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="834">that</s> <s n="1732">David</s> his <s n="1">father</s> <s n="6213">did</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="1931">He</s> <s n="5493">removed</s> <s n="*853"></s> the high <s n="1116">places</s>, and <s n="7665">broke</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="4676">images</s>, and cut <s n="3772">down</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="842">groves</s>, and broke in <s n="3807">pieces</s> the <s n="5178">brazen</s> <s n="5175">serpent</s> <s n="834">that</s> <s n="4872">Moses</s> had <s n="6213">made</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="5704">unto</s> <s n="1992">those</s> <s n="3117">days</s> the <s n="1121">children</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s> <s n="1961">did</s> burn <s n="6999">incense</s> to it: and he <s n="7121">called</s> it <s n="5180">Nehushtan</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>He <s n="982">trusted</s> in the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="430">God</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>; so that <s n="310">after</s> him <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="3808">none</s> like <s n="3644">him</s> among <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">kings</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s>, nor any <s n="834">that</s> <s n="1961">were</s> <s n="6440">before</s> him. </v>
   <v n='6'>For he <s n="1692">cleaved</s> to the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, and <s n="5493">departed</s> <s n="3808">not</s> from <s n="4480 310">following</s> him, but <s n="8104">kept</s> his <s n="4687">commandments</s>, <s n="834">which</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="6680">commanded</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>And the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="5973">with</s> him; and he <s n="7919">prospered</s> <s n="3605 834">whithersoever</s> he went <s n="3318">forth</s>: and he <s n="4775">rebelled</s> against the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>, and <s n="5647">served</s> him <s n="3808">not</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="1931">He</s> <s n="5221">smote</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="6430">Philistines</s>, even <s n="5704">unto</s> <s n="5804">Gaza</s>, and the <s n="1366">borders</s> thereof, from the <s n="4480 4026">tower</s> of the <s n="5341">watchmen</s> <s n="5704">to</s> the <s n="4013">fenced</s> <s n="5892">city</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> in the <s n="7243">fourth</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <s n="1931">which</s> was the <s n="7637">seventh</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="1954">Hoshea</s> <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="425">Elah</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>, that <s n="8022">Shalmaneser</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> came <s n="5927">up</s> <s n="5921">against</s> <s n="8111">Samaria</s>, and <s n="6696 5921">besieged</s> it. </v>
   <v n='10'>And at the <s n="4480 7097">end</s> of <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="8141">years</s> they <s n="3920">took</s> it: even in the <s n="8337">sixth</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <s n="1931">that</s> is the <s n="8672">ninth</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="1954">Hoshea</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>, <s n="8111">Samaria</s> was <s n="3920">taken</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> did carry <s n="1540">away</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3478">Israel</s> unto <s n="804">Assyria</s>, and <s n="5148">put</s> them in <s n="2477">Halah</s> and in <s n="2249">Habor</s> by the <s n="5104">river</s> of <s n="1470">Gozan</s>, and in the <s n="5892">cities</s> of the <s n="4074">Medes</s>: </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="5921 834">Because</s> they <s n="8085">obeyed</s> <s n="3808">not</s> the <s n="6963">voice</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s> their <s n="430">God</s>, but <s n="5674">transgressed</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="1285">covenant</s>, and <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="834">that</s> <s n="4872">Moses</s> the <s n="5650">servant</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="6680">commanded</s>, and would <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="8085">hear</s> them, <s n="3808">nor</s> <s n="6213">do</s> them. </v>
   <v n='13'>Now in the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> <s n="8141">year</s> of <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> did <s n="5576">Sennacherib</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> come <s n="5927">up</s> <s n="5921">against</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="1219">fenced</s> <s n="5892">cities</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s>, and <s n="8610">took</s> them. </v>
   <v n='14'>And <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> to <s n="3923">Lachish</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, I have <s n="2398">offended</s>; <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="4480 5921">from</s> me: <s n="*853"></s> that <s n="834">which</s> thou <s n="5414">puttest</s> <s n="5921">on</s> me will I <s n="5375">bear</s>. And the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> <s n="7760">appointed</s> <s n="5921">unto</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s> <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="3603">talents</s> of <s n="3701">silver</s> and <s n="7970">thirty</s> <s n="3603">talents</s> of <s n="2091">gold</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'>And <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> <s n="5414">gave</s> him <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3701">silver</s> that was <s n="4672">found</s> in the <s n="1004">house</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, and in the <s n="214">treasures</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>At <s n="1931">that</s> <s n="6256">time</s> did <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> cut <s n="7112">off</s> the gold from <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1817">doors</s> of the <s n="1964">temple</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, and from the <s n="547">pillars</s> <s n="834">which</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s> had <s n="6823">overlaid</s>, and <s n="5414">gave</s> it to the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="8661">Tartan</s> and <s n="7249">Rabsaris</s> and <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <s n="4480">from</s> <s n="3923">Lachish</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> with a <s n="3515">great</s> <s n="2426">host</s> against <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And they went <s n="5927">up</s> and <s n="935">came</s> to <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And when they were come <s n="5927">up</s>, they <s n="935">came</s> and <s n="5975">stood</s> by the <s n="8585">conduit</s> of the <s n="5945">upper</s> <s n="1295">pool</s>, <s n="834">which</s> is in the <s n="4546">highway</s> of the <s n="3526">fuller</s> 's <s n="7704">field</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'>And when they had <s n="7121">called</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, there came <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="413">to</s> them <s n="471">Eliakim</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="2518">Hilkiah</s>, <s n="834">which</s> was <s n="5921">over</s> the <s n="1004">household</s>, and <s n="7644">Shebna</s> the <s n="5608">scribe</s>, and <s n="3098">Joah</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="623">Asaph</s> the <s n="2142">recorder</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'>And <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them, <s n="559">Speak</s> ye <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <s n="3541">Thus</s> <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="1419">great</s> <s n="4428">king</s>, the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>, <s n="4100">What</s> <s n="986">confidence</s> is <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="834">wherein</s> thou <s n="982">trustest</s>? </v>
   <v n='20'>Thou <s n="559">sayest</s>, ( <s n="389">but</s> they are but <s n="8193">vain</s> <s n="1697">words</s>,) I have <s n="6098">counsel</s> and <s n="1369">strength</s> for the <s n="4421">war</s>. <s n="6258">Now</s> <s n="5921">on</s> <s n="4310">whom</s> dost thou <s n="982">trust</s>, <s n="3588">that</s> thou <s n="4775">rebellest</s> against me? </v>
   <v n='21'><s n="6258">Now</s>, <s n="2009">behold</s>, thou <s n="982">trustest</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> the <s n="4938">staff</s> of <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="7533">bruised</s> <s n="7070">reed</s>, even <s n="5921">upon</s> <s n="4714">Egypt</s>, <s n="5921">on</s> <s n="834">which</s> if a <s n="376">man</s> <s n="5564">lean</s>, it will <s n="935">go</s> into his <s n="3709">hand</s>, and <s n="5344">pierce</s> it: <s n="3651">so</s> is <s n="6547">Pharaoh</s> <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="4714">Egypt</s> unto <s n="3605">all</s> that <s n="982">trust</s> <s n="5921">on</s> him. </v>
   <v n='22'>But <s n="3588">if</s> ye <s n="559">say</s> <s n="413">unto</s> me, We <s n="982">trust</s> <s n="413">in</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> our <s n="430">God</s>: is <s n="3808">not</s> that <s n="1931">he</s>, <s n="834">whose</s> <s n="*853"></s> high <s n="1116">places</s> and whose <s n="4196">altars</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> hath taken <s n="5493">away</s>, and hath <s n="559">said</s> to <s n="3063">Judah</s> and <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>, Ye shall <s n="7812">worship</s> <s n="6440">before</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="4196">altar</s> in <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>? </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="6258">Now</s> therefore, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, give <s n="6149">pledges</s> <s n="854">to</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>, and I will <s n="5414">deliver</s> thee two <s n="505">thousand</s> <s n="5483">horses</s>, <s n="518">if</s> thou be <s n="3201">able</s> on thy part to <s n="5414">set</s> <s n="7392">riders</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="349">How</s> then wilt thou turn <s n="7725">away</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="6440">face</s> of <s n="259">one</s> <s n="6346">captain</s> of the <s n="6996">least</s> of my <s n="113">master</s> 's <s n="5650">servants</s>, and put thy <s n="982">trust</s> <s n="5921">on</s> <s n="4714">Egypt</s> for <s n="7393">chariots</s> and for <s n="6571">horsemen</s>? </v>
   <v n='25'>Am I <s n="6258">now</s> come <s n="5927">up</s> <s n="4480 1107">without</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="5921">against</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="4725">place</s> to <s n="7843">destroy</s> it? The <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">to</s> me, Go <s n="5927">up</s> <s n="5921">against</s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="776">land</s>, and <s n="7843">destroy</s> it. </v>
   <v n='26'>Then <s n="559">said</s> <s n="471">Eliakim</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="2518">Hilkiah</s>, and <s n="7644">Shebna</s>, and <s n="3098">Joah</s>, <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh, <s n="1696">Speak</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, <s n="413">to</s> thy <s n="5650">servants</s> in the Syrian <s n="762">language</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="587">we</s> <s n="8085">understand</s> it: and <s n="1696">talk</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="5973">with</s> us in the Jews' <s n="3066">language</s> in the <s n="241">ears</s> of the <s n="5971">people</s> <s n="834">that</s> are <s n="5921">on</s> the <s n="2346">wall</s>. </v>
   <v n='27'>But <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them, Hath my <s n="113">master</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> me <s n="5921">to</s> thy <s n="113">master</s>, and <s n="413">to</s> thee, to <s n="1696">speak</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="1697">words</s>? hath he <s n="3808">not</s> sent me <s n="5921">to</s> the <s n="376">men</s> which <s n="3427">sit</s> <s n="5921">on</s> the <s n="2346">wall</s>, that they may <s n="398">eat</s> <s n="*853"></s> their own <s n="6675">dung</s>, and <s n="8354">drink</s> <s n="*853"></s> their own <s n="4325 7272">piss</s> <s n="5973">with</s> you? </v>
   <v n='28'>Then <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <s n="5975">stood</s> and <s n="7121">cried</s> with a <s n="1419">loud</s> <s n="6963">voice</s> in the Jews' <s n="3066">language</s>, and <s n="1696">spoke</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="8085">Hear</s> the <s n="1697">word</s> of the <s n="1419">great</s> <s n="4428">king</s>, the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>: </v>
   <v n='29'><s n="3541">Thus</s> <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, Let <s n="408">not</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> <s n="5377">deceive</s> you: <s n="3588">for</s> he shall <s n="3808">not</s> be <s n="3201">able</s> to <s n="5337">deliver</s> you out of his <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>: </v>
   <v n='30'><s n="408">Neither</s> let <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> make you <s n="982 853">trust</s> <s n="413">in</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, The <s n="3068">LORD</s> will surely <s n="5337 5337">deliver</s> us, and <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="5892">city</s> shall <s n="3808">not</s> be <s n="5414">delivered</s> into the <s n="3027">hand</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'><s n="8085">Hearken</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="3541">thus</s> <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>, <s n="6213">Make</s> an agreement <s n="854">with</s> me by a <s n="1293">present</s>, and come <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="413">to</s> me, and then <s n="398">eat</s> ye every <s n="376">man</s> of his own <s n="1612">vine</s>, and every <s n="376">one</s> of his fig <s n="8384">tree</s>, and <s n="8354">drink</s> ye every <s n="376">one</s> the <s n="4325">waters</s> of his <s n="953">cistern</s>: </v>
   <v n='32'><s n="5704">Until</s> I <s n="935">come</s> and take you <s n="3947 *853">away</s> <s n="413">to</s> a <s n="776">land</s> like your own <s n="776">land</s>, a <s n="776">land</s> of <s n="1715">corn</s> and <s n="8492">wine</s>, a <s n="776">land</s> of <s n="3899">bread</s> and <s n="3754">vineyards</s>, a <s n="776">land</s> of <s n="3323">oil</s> <s n="2132">olive</s> and of <s n="1706">honey</s>, that ye may <s n="2421">live</s>, and <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="4191">die</s>: and <s n="8085">hearken</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <s n="3588">when</s> he <s n="5496">persuadeth</s> you, <s n="559">saying</s>, The <s n="3068">LORD</s> will <s n="5337">deliver</s> us. </v>
   <v n='33'>Hath <s n="376">any</s> of the <s n="430">gods</s> of the <s n="1471">nations</s> delivered at <s n="5337 5337">all</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="776">land</s> out of the <s n="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s>? </v>
   <v n='34'><s n="346">Where</s> are the <s n="430">gods</s> of <s n="2574">Hamath</s>, and of <s n="774">Arpad</s>? <s n="346">where</s> are the <s n="430">gods</s> of <s n="5617">Sepharvaim</s>, <s n="2012">Hena</s>, and <s n="5755">Ivah</s>? have they <s n="5337">delivered</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="8111">Samaria</s> out of mine <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
   <v n='35'><s n="4310">Who</s> are they among <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="430">gods</s> of the <s n="776">countries</s>, <s n="834">that</s> have <s n="5337">delivered</s> <s n="*853"></s> their <s n="776">country</s> out of mine <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>, <s n="3588">that</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> should <s n="5337">deliver</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s> out of mine <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
   <v n='36'>But the <s n="5971">people</s> held their <s n="2790">peace</s>, and <s n="6030">answered</s> him <s n="3808">not</s> a <s n="1697">word</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="4687">commandment</s> was, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="6030">Answer</s> him <s n="3808">not</s>. </v>
   <v n='37'>Then <s n="935">came</s> <s n="471">Eliakim</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="2518">Hilkiah</s>, <s n="834">which</s> was <s n="5921">over</s> the <s n="1004">household</s>, and <s n="7644">Shebna</s> the <s n="5608">scribe</s>, and <s n="3098">Joah</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="623">Asaph</s> the <s n="2142">recorder</s>, <s n="413">to</s> <s n="2396">Hezekiah</s> with their <s n="899">clothes</s> <s n="7167">rent</s>, and <s n="5046">told</s> him the <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh. </v>
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