Verse 1

2 Kings 18:1

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1 And it comes to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, has reigned;

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hebrew

וַֽ/יְהִי֙ בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ לְ/הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בֶּן אֵלָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥ה בֶן אָחָ֖ז מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה

English Translation

And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, reigned.

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Chapter 18 Context

1 And it comes to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz,...

2 he was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem... Focus ↗

3 And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father David did, Focus ↗

4 he has turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the Ash... Focus ↗

5 In YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, he has trusted, and after him there has not been like him among all... Focus ↗

6 and he cleaves to YHWH, he has not turned aside from after Him, and keeps His commands that YHWH com... Focus ↗

7 And YHWH has been with him; in every place where he goes out he acts wisely, and he rebels against t... Focus ↗

8 he has struck the Philistines, even to Gaza and its borders, from a tower of watchers to the fortifi... Focus ↗

9 And it comes to pass, in the fourth year of King Hezekiah—it is the seventh year of Hoshea son of El... Focus ↗

10 and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah—it is the ninth year of... Focus ↗

11 and the king of Asshur removes Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the river... Focus ↗

12 because that they have not listened to the voice of their God (Elohim) YHWH, and transgress His cove... Focus ↗

13 And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the... Focus ↗

14 and Hezekiah king of Judah sends to the king of Asshur at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned, turn back... Focus ↗

15 and Hezekiah gives all the silver that is found in the house of YHWH and in the treasures of the hou... Focus ↗

16 at that time Hezekiah has cut off the doors of the temple of YHWH, and the pillars that Hezekiah kin... Focus ↗

17 And the king of Asshur sends Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, fro... Focus ↗

18 And they call to the king, and Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe,... Focus ↗

19 And the chief of the butlers says to them, “Now say to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king... Focus ↗

20 You have said: Only a word of the lips! Counsel and might are for battle; now, on whom have you trus... Focus ↗

21 Now behold, you have trusted for yourself on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; which a man le... Focus ↗

22 And when you say to me, We have trusted in our God (Elohim) YHWH, is it not He whose high places and... Focus ↗

23 And now, please give a pledge for yourself to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give two thousand ho... Focus ↗

24 And how do you turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that you t... Focus ↗

25 Have I now come up without YHWH against this place to destroy it? YHWH said to me, Go up against thi... Focus ↗

26 And Eliakim son of Hilkiah says—and Shebna and Joah—to the chief of the butlers, “Please speak to yo... Focus ↗

27 And the chief of the butlers says to them, “For your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak... Focus ↗

28 And the chief of the butlers stands and calls with a great voice in Jewish, and speaks and says, “He... Focus ↗

29 thus said the king: Do not let Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his ha... Focus ↗

30 and do not let Hezekiah make you trust in YHWH, saying, YHWH certainly delivers us, and this city is... Focus ↗

31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur: Make a blessing with me, and come out t... Focus ↗

32 until my coming in, and I have taken you to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine,... Focus ↗

33 Have each of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur? Focus ↗

34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, that they... Focus ↗

35 Who are they among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that YHW... Focus ↗

36 And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, s... Focus ↗

37 And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, comes in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 18 (37 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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