Verse 19

2 Kings 18:19

Literal Standard Version

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19 And the chief of the butlers says to them, “Now say to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur: What is this confidence in which you have confided?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ רַב שָׁקֵ֔ה אִמְרוּ נָ֖א אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר מָ֧ה הַ/בִּטָּח֛וֹן הַ/זֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּטָֽחְתָּ

English Translation

And he said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this trust that you have trusted?'"

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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,... Focus ↗

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...

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 ↗

Verse Information

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

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