Verse 22

2 Kings 18:22

Geneva Bible

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22 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God (Elohim), is not that he whose hie places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath sayd to Iudah and Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Ierusalem?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/כִי תֹאמְר֣וּ/ן אֵלַ֔/י אֶל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ בָּטָ֑חְנוּ הֲ/לוֹא ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵסִ֤יר חִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶת בָּמֹתָ֣י/ו וְ/אֶת מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔י/ו וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ וְ/לִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִ/פְנֵי֙ הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֣חַ הַ/זֶּ֔ה תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם

English Translation

And if you say to me, "We have trusted in the Lord our God," is it not he who removed his high places and his altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?

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Chapter 18 Context

1 Now in the third yeere of Hoshea, sonne of Elah King of Israel, Hezekiah the sonne of Ahaz king of I... Focus ↗

2 He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twenty yeere in Ier... Focus ↗

3 And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done. Focus ↗

4 He tooke away the hie places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces th... Focus ↗

5 He trusted in the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the Kin... Focus ↗

6 For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commandements, which the Lord had... Focus ↗

7 So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all thinges, which he tooke in hande: also he rebelled... Focus ↗

8 He smote the Philistims vnto Azzah, and the coastes thereof, from the watch towre vnto the defensed... Focus ↗

9 And in the fourth yere of King Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea sonne of Elah King o... Focus ↗

10 And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere o... Focus ↗

11 Then the King of Asshur did carry away Israel vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by th... Focus ↗

12 Because they woulde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God (Elohim), but transgressed his couenant... Focus ↗

13 Moreouer, in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against all the... Focus ↗

14 Then Hezekiah King of Iudah sent vnto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I haue offended: depart... Focus ↗

15 Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures... Focus ↗

16 At the same season did Hezekiah pul off the plates of the doores of the Temple of the Lord, and the... Focus ↗

17 And the King of Asshur sent Tartan, and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with... Focus ↗

18 And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, which was steward of the... Focus ↗

19 And Rabshakeh sayde vnto them, Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great King, euen the gre... Focus ↗

20 Thou thinkest, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre. On whom then do... Focus ↗

21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staffe of reede, to wit, on Egypt, on which if a man leane, it... Focus ↗

22 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God (Elohim), is not that he whose hie places, and w...

23 Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshur, and I will giue thee two thousand horses,... Focus ↗

24 For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Eg... Focus ↗

25 Am I now come vp without the Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord sayd to me, Goe vp against... Focus ↗

26 Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to... Focus ↗

27 But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speake these word... Focus ↗

28 So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the... Focus ↗

29 Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of mi... Focus ↗

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs, and thi... Focus ↗

31 Hearken not vnto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out... Focus ↗

32 Till I come, and bring you to a land like your owne land, euen a land of wheate and wine, a land of... Focus ↗

33 Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hand of the King of Asshur? Focus ↗

34 Where is the god of Hamah, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah? how haue the... Focus ↗

35 Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that haue deliuered their lande out of mine hand, th... Focus ↗

36 But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, sayi... Focus ↗

37 Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and I... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 18 (37 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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