2 Kings 18

1 and to be in/on/with year three to/for Hoshea son: child Elah king Israel to reign Hezekiah son: child Ahaz king Judah

In the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, reigned as king of Judah.

2 son: aged twenty and five year to be in/on/with to reign he and twenty and nine year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Abi daughter Zechariah

He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

3 and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD like/as all which to make: do David father his

And he did what was good before the Lord, in accord with all that his father David had done.

4 he/she/it to turn aside: remove [obj] [the] high place and to break [obj] [the] pillar and to cut: cut [obj] [the] Asherah and to crush serpent [the] bronze which to make Moses for till [the] day [the] they(masc.) to be son: descendant/people Israel to offer: offer to/for him and to call: call by to/for him Nehushtan

He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.

5 in/on/with LORD God Israel to trust and after him not to be like him in/on/with all king Judah and which to be to/for face: before his

He hoped in the Lord, the God of Israel. And after him, there was no one similar to him, among all the kings of Judah, nor even among any of those who were before him.

6 and to cleave in/on/with LORD not to turn aside: depart from after him and to keep: obey commandment his which to command LORD [obj] Moses

And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.

7 and to be LORD with him in/on/with all which to come out: come be prudent and to rebel in/on/with king Assyria and not to serve him

Therefore, the Lord was also with him. And he conducted himself wisely in all the things to which he went forth. Also, he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve him.

8 he/she/it to smite [obj] Philistine till Gaza and [obj] border: area her from tower to watch till city fortification

He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

9 and to be in/on/with year [the] fourth to/for king Hezekiah he/she/it [the] year [the] seventh to/for Hoshea son: child Elah king Israel to ascend: rise Shalmaneser king Assyria upon Samaria and to confine upon her

In the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended to Samaria, and he fought against it,

10 and to capture her from end three year in/on/with year six to/for Hezekiah he/she/it year nine to/for Hoshea king Israel to capture Samaria

and he seized it. For after three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Israel, Samaria was captured.

11 and to reveal: remove king Assyria [obj] Israel Assyria [to] and to lead them in/on/with Halah and in/on/with Habor river Gozan and city Mede

And the king of the Assyrians took away Israel into Assyria. And he located them in Halah and in Habor, at the rivers of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.

12 upon which not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God their and to pass: trespass [obj] covenant his [obj] all which to command Moses servant/slave LORD and not to hear: hear and not to make: do

For they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant. All that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed, they would neither hear, nor do.

13 and in/on/with four ten year to/for king Hezekiah to ascend: rise Sennacherib king Assyria upon all city Judah [the] to gather/restrain/fortify and to capture them

In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up to all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them.

14 and to send: depart Hezekiah king Judah to(wards) king Assyria Lachish [to] to/for to say to sin to return: turn back from upon me [obj] which to give: pay upon me to lift: guilt and to set: take king Assyria upon Hezekiah king Judah three hundred talent silver: money and thirty talent gold

Then Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians at Lachish, saying: “I have offended. Withdraw from me, and all that you will impose upon me, I will bear.” And so the king of the Assyrians levied a tax upon Hezekiah, the king of Judah, of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 and to give: give Hezekiah [obj] all [the] silver: money [the] to find house: temple LORD and in/on/with treasure house: home [the] king

And Hezekiah gave all the silver that had been found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king.

16 in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to cut Hezekiah [obj] door temple LORD and [obj] [the] pillar which to overlay Hezekiah king Judah and to give: give them to/for king Assyria

At that time, Hezekiah broke apart the doors of the temple of the Lord, with the plates of gold which he had affixed to them. And he gave these to the king of the Assyrians.

17 and to send: depart king Assyria [obj] Tartan and [obj] Rab-saris Rab-saris and [obj] Rabshakeh Rabshakeh from Lachish to(wards) [the] king Hezekiah in/on/with strength: soldiers heavy Jerusalem and to ascend: rise and to come (in): come Jerusalem and to ascend: rise and to come (in): come and to stand: stand in/on/with conduit [the] pool [the] high which in/on/with highway Field (of the Launderer) Washer's

Then the king of the Assyrians sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh, from Lachish, to king Hezekiah, with a powerful hand, to Jerusalem. And when they had ascended, they arrived in Jerusalem, and they stood beside the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is along the way of the fuller’s field.

18 and to call: call to to(wards) [the] king and to come out: come to(wards) them Eliakim son: child Hilkiah which upon [the] house: temple and Shebna [the] secretary and Joah son: child Asaph [the] to remember

And they called for the king. But there went out to them Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records.

19 and to say to(wards) them Rabshakeh Rabshakeh to say please to(wards) Hezekiah thus to say [the] king [the] great: large king Assyria what? [the] trust [the] this which to trust

And Rabshakeh said to them: “Speak to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith, in which you strive?

20 to say surely word lip: words counsel and might to/for battle now upon who? to trust for to rebel in/on/with me

Perhaps, you have taken counsel, so that you would prepare yourself for battle. In whom do you trust, so that you would dare to rebel?

21 now behold to trust to/for you upon staff [the] branch: stem [the] to crush [the] this upon Egypt which to support man: anyone upon him and to come (in): come in/on/with palm his and to pierce her so Pharaoh king Egypt to/for all [the] to trust upon him

Do you hope in Egypt, that staff of a broken reed, which, if a man would lean upon it, breaking, it would pierce his hand? Such is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who would trust in him.

22 and for to say [emph?] to(wards) me to(wards) LORD God our to trust not he/she/it which to turn aside: remove Hezekiah [obj] high place his and [obj] altar his and to say to/for Judah and to/for Jerusalem to/for face: before [the] altar [the] this to bow in/on/with Jerusalem

But if you say to me: ‘We have faith in the Lord, our God.’ Is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away? And did he not instruct Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You shall adore before this altar in Jerusalem?’

23 and now to pledge please with lord my with king Assyria and to give: give to/for you thousand horse if be able to/for to give: put to/for you to ride upon them

Now therefore, cross over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, and we will see if you even have enough riders for them.

24 and how? to return: turn back [obj] face governor one servant/slave lord my [the] small and to trust to/for you upon Egypt to/for chariot and to/for horseman

So how can you resist one prince from the least of my lord’s servants? Do you have faith in Egypt because of the chariots and horsemen?

25 now from beside LORD to ascend: rise upon [the] place [the] this to/for to ruin him LORD to say to(wards) me to ascend: rise upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to ruin her

Is it not by the will of the Lord that I have chosen to ascend to this place, so that I may destroy it? The Lord said to me: ‘Ascend to this land, and destroy it.’”

26 and to say Eliakim son: child Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah to(wards) Rabshakeh Rabshakeh to speak: speak please to(wards) servant/slave your Aramaic for to hear: understand we and not to speak: speak with us Judahite in/on/with ear: hearing [the] people which upon [the] wall

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh: “We beseech you, that you may speak to us, your servants, in Syriac. For we understand that language to some extent. And do not speak to us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”

27 and to say to(wards) them Rabshakeh Rabshakeh upon lord your and to(wards) you to send: depart me lord my to/for to speak: speak [obj] [the] word [the] these not upon [the] human [the] to dwell upon [the] wall to/for to eat [obj] (filth their *Q(K)*) and to/for to drink [obj] (water foot their *Q(K)*) with you

And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?”

28 and to stand: stand Rabshakeh Rabshakeh and to call: call out in/on/with voice great: large Judahite and to speak: speak and to say to hear: hear word [the] king [the] great: large king Assyria

And so, Rabshakeh stood up, and he exclaimed in a great voice, in the Jews’ language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.

29 thus to say [the] king not to deceive to/for you Hezekiah for not be able to/for to rescue [obj] you from hand: power his

Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah lead you astray. For he will not be able to rescue you from my hand.

30 and not to trust [obj] you Hezekiah to(wards) LORD to/for to say to rescue to rescue us LORD and not to give: give [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with hand: power king Assyria

And do not let him give you faith in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us, and this city will not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.’

31 not to hear: hear to(wards) Hezekiah for thus to say king Assyria to make with me blessing and to come out: come to(wards) me and to eat man: anyone vine his and man: anyone fig his and to drink man: anyone water pit his

Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of the Assyrians: Do with me what is for your own good, and come out to me. And each one of you will eat from his own vine, and from his own fig tree. And you shall drink water from your own wells,

32 till to come (in): come I and to take: take [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet like/as land: country/planet your land: country/planet grain and new wine land: country/planet food: bread and vineyard land: country/planet olive oil and honey and to live and not to die and not to hear: hear to(wards) Hezekiah for to incite [obj] you to/for to say LORD to rescue us

until I arrive and transfer you into a land, similar to your own land, a fruitful and fertile land of wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives and oil and honey. And you will live, and not die. Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah, who deceives you, saying: ‘The Lord will free us.’

33 to rescue to rescue God [the] nation man: anyone [obj] land: country/planet his from hand: power king Assyria

Have any of the gods of the nations freed their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 where? God Hamath and Arpad where? God Sepharvaim Hena and Ivvah for to rescue [obj] Samaria from hand: power my

Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and of Avva? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?

35 who? in/on/with all God [the] land: country/planet which to rescue [obj] land: country/planet their from hand: power my for to rescue LORD [obj] Jerusalem from hand: power my

Which ones among all the gods of the lands have rescued their region from my hand, so that the Lord would be able to rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”

36 and be quiet [the] people and not to answer [obj] him word for commandment [the] king he/she/it to/for to say not to answer him

But the people were silent, and they did not respond at all to him. For indeed, they had received an instruction from the king that they should not respond to him.

37 and to come (in): come Eliakim son: child Hilkiah which upon [the] house: temple and Shebna [the] secretary and Joah son: child Asaph [the] to remember to(wards) Hezekiah to tear garment and to tell to/for him word Rabshakeh Rabshakeh

And Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records, went to Hezekiah with their garments torn. And they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.