The reign of Ahaz. and Pekah a the son of Remaliah. 2 KINGS, XVII. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the a ver.27. city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVI. IN b the seventeenth year of Pekah the b2Ch.28.1,&c son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jo-c 1Ki.7.23,28. tham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years d Le. 18.21. in Jerusalem, and did not that which was Ps. 106.37,38. right in the sight of the LORD his God, e De.12.31. like David his father. Ps. 106.35. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings f 2Ch.28.27. of Israel; yea, and made his son to d pass g De.12.2. through the fire according e to the abomi- IKI.14.23. nations of the heathen, whom the LORD h Is.7.1,&c. cast out from before the children of Is-i After an inrael. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and g on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Then h Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah SOL of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elathj to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to 4 Tiglathpileser / king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant, and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. terregnum, 3 or, tribute. The Israelites carried captive. drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it al the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, accord ing to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And c king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones: 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Ju- 3 Against k him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and 2 gave him 3 presents. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound Le.26.32,33. him in prison. De.28.36,64. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up 29.27,28. throughout all the land, and went up to Dammesek. Samaria, and besieged it three years. 8 And m Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 5 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened P Foretold, unto him; for the king of Assyria went Am.1.5. up against 5 Damascus, and p took it, and 9 1Ch.5.26. carried the people of it captive to Kir, Le.18.3. and slew Rezin. De. 18.9. 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to c.16.3. meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and Ps. 106.35. saw an altar that was at Damascus: ands Ps. 106.39. king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest t Eze.8.12. the fashion of the altar, and the pattern u c.18.8. of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built s an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus : so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damas-6 cus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered u thereon. Nu.18.3. w 1Ki.14.23. 7 which were 8 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and poured his drink-z 2Ch.4.1. offering, and sprinkled the blood of his a Ex.20.3,4. peace-offerings, upon the altar. Le.26.1. 14 And he brought also the brasen altar, z De.4.19. which was before the LORD, from the 5.7,8. fore-front of the house, from between the Ex.29.39-41. altar and the house of the LORD, and put by the hand it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying. Upon the great altar Durn the morning b burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with burnt-offering of all the people of the Eze.18.31. d, and their meat-offering, and their 2Pe.3.9. c of. Is. 1.16,17. 55.7. Je.18.11. 25.5. 35.15. 6 In n the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and o carried Is rael away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah, q and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7 For so it was, that the children of Is rael had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And walked r in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did t secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from u the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And w they set them up 6 images and groves x in yevery high hill, and under every green tree: 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said a unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, 8 by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, c Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my command Iments and my statutes, according to al The Israelites carried captive. 2 KINGS, XVIII. the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. B. C. 721. a Mi.4.5. Je.7.26. c ver.24. d Je.8.9. be 29.25,26. De. "18. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened b their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected d his statutes, and his covenant e that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies f which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, h and became vain, i and weu after the heathen that were round abong Ez1.4.9. them, concerning whom the LORD hadh De.32.21. tharged them, that they should not do a.12.21. ike them. !..16.13. Je.44.23. 16 And they left all the commandments i Jon.2.8. of the LORD their God, and made them | Ro.1.21. molten n images, even two calves, o and k De.12.31. made a grove, p and worshipped all the De.12.30,31. bost of heaven, r and served Baal. s m 1Ki.12.31. 17 And they caused their sons and their n Ex.32.4.8. daughters to pass t through the fire, and o 1Ki.12.28. used divination and enchantments, u and plKi.14.15,23 sold v themselves to do evil in the sight 15.13. of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. q ver.41. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry Zep.1.5. with Israel, and removed them out of his r Je.8.2. sight: there was none left but w the s 1K.16.31. tribe of Judah only. 19 Also y Judah kept not the command-1 ments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they Inade. 22.53. or, who carried them away from thence. t Le. 18.21. c.16.3. 20 And the LORD rejected b all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and c delivered them into the hand of spoilers, Eze.23.37. until he had cast them out of his sight. u De.18.10. 21 For e he rent Israel from the house v 1Ki.21.20. of David; and they made Jeroboam, the w 1Ki.11.13, Fon of Nebat, king: and Jeroboam g drave 32. Israel from following the LORD, and Ge.32.28. made them sin a great sin. y Je.3.8. 15.29. 22 For the children of Israel walked z Ju.6.10. in all the sins of Jeroboam which he a Ex.20.5. lid; they departed not from them; b Je.6.30. 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out c c.13.3. of his sight, as he had said j by all his servants the prophets. So k was Israel Ne.9.27,28. arried away out of their own land to d Ex.6.6. Assyria unto this day. e Ki.11.11. 24 And the king of Assyria brought f De.10.20. men from Babylon, n and from Cuthah, g 1Ki.12.20, and from Ava, o and from Hamath, and 28. from Sephar vaim, and placed them in the h De.5.32. cities of Samaria, instead of the children i De.4.23. of Israel and they possessed Samaria, j IKI.14.16. and dwelt in the cities thereof. k ver.6. 25 And so it was, at the beginning of Ezr.4.2,10. their dwelling there, that they feared not m Je. 13.23. the LORD; therefore the LORD sent q lions n ver.30. among them, which siew some of them. o c.18.34. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Ivah. Assyria, saying, The nations which thou p ver.32,33. hast removed, and placed in the cities of q 1Ki.13.26. Samaria, know not the manner of the Je.5.6. God of the land: therefore he hath sent Eze.14.21. ons among them, and, behold, they r 2Ch.28.27. slay them, because they know not the 29.1. manner of the God of the land. He is called 27 Then the king of Assyria command- Ezekias, ed, saying, Carry thither one of the Mat.1.9. priests whom ye brought from thence; 2Ch.29.1. and let them go and dwell there, and Abijah. let him teach them the manner of the 2 statues. God of the land. t Nu.21.9. 28 Then one of the priests, whom they 3 i.e. a piece had carried away from Samaria, came of brass. and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them lu c.23.25. The Samaritans' idolatry. how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods o their own, a and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of Babylon e made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And g the Avites maue Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt k their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, m and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They q feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations 1 whom they carried away from thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the for mer manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, x whom he named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, z saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor a bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, with great power d and a stretched-out arm, him shall f ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye h shall ob serve to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you, ye i shall not forget, neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit m they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So p these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. CHAP. XVIII. NOW it came to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah r the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi s the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the 2 images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen t serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it 3 Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of IsTrael; so u that after him was none like him 269 Sennacherib invades Judea. among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 2 KINGS, XVIII. 6 For he clave b to the LORD, and de- a ver.4. parted no from 1 following him, but 2Ch.31.1. kept his commandments, which the LORD b De.10.20. commanded Moses. Jos.23.8. 7 And the LORD was with c him; and ne prospered d whithersoever he went forth and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, e and served him not. after him. c 2Ch.15.2. 1Sa. 18.14. 2 or, hos8 He smote the Philistines, even unto tages. Gaza, 3 and the borders thereof, from the d Ps.60.12. tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. Ro.8.31. 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year e c.16.7. of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh 3 Azzah. year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser ƒ king of Assyria came fc. 17.3, &c. up against Samaria, and besieged it. g Is.10.5,6. 10 And at the end of three years they Am.3.6. Look it, even in the sixth year of Heze- Jno.19.10,11. kiah (that is, the ninth year of Hoshea King of Israel) Samaria was taken. 11 And h the king of Assyria did carry h 1Ch.5.26. away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 Because i they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 Now, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, did 5 Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. i Ne.9.26,27. the water of their feet. 2Ch.32.1, &c. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to Is.36.1,&c. the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I5 Sanherib. have offended; return from me: that m Ps.73.8.9. which thou puttest on me will I bear. n 2Th.2.4,8. And the king of Assyria appointed unto o Ps.11.1. Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 125.1,2. 15 And p Hezekiah gave him all the p c.16.8. silver that was found in the house of the 6 make with LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 1 22.7.8. Rab-shakeh's blasphemous Speech. the LORD our God: is not that he whose high places a and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away; and hath said to Judan and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 2 to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD g said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy ser vants in the Syrian language; for we un derstand it and talk not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that k they may eat their own dung, and drink 4 their own piss, with you? 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29 Thus m saith the king, Let not He zekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand : 30 Neither n let Hezekiah make you trust o in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus me a bless-saith the king of Assyria, 6 Make an ing, or, seek agreement with me by a present, and my favour, come out to me, and then eat ye every Ge.32.20. man of his own vine, and every one of 33.11. his tig-tree, and drink ye every one the Pr.18.16. waters of his 8 cistern; them. or, de- 17 And the king of Assyria sent q Tartan, 8 or, pit. and Rabsaris, and Rab shakeh, from La- q Is.20.1. chish to king Hezekiah, with a 9 great r De.8.7,8. host against Jerusalem: and they went 9 heavy. up, and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which ss is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to the Is.10.10.11. king, there came out to them Eliakim u Je.49.23. the son of Hilkiah, which was over the 2 or, secrehousehold, and Shebna the 2 scribe, and tary. Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou 3 sayest, (but they are but 4 vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now, on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 21 Now, behold, thon 6 trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, y even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that on him. Pat if ye say unto me, We trust in v c.17.24. lips. Am.5.13. trustest thee. y Eze.29.6,7. z Is.33.7. 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like r your own land; a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may live and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 33 Hath t any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria; 1 34 Where are the gods of Hamathu and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?v have they de livered Samaria out of mine hand? 35 Who w are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not x a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, An swer him not. 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hil kiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son o Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah, z with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. Hezekiah sends to Isaiah. CHAP. XIX. AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 KINGS, XIX. B. C. 710. a Ps.115.4,&c c 1Ki.20.28. 2 And he sent Eliakim which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with d Lu.3.4, sackcloth, to Isaiah'd the prophet the son of Amoz. called Esaias, e Je.30.7. or, provocation. f Ps.65.2. g La.2.13. h c. 18.17. Job 16.4. La.2.15. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day e of trouble, and of rebuke, and 1 blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent h to reproach k the living God; and will re-k Ps.74.18. provel the words which the LORD thy Ps.50.21. God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy m Ro.9.27. prayer for the remnant m that are 2 left. 12 found. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came n Is.5.24. to Isaiah. Je.51.5. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall 3 by the ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which p the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, Iq will send a blast r upon him, and he shall hear a ruinour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. hand of. o Ps.20.7. p c.18.35. 4 the tallness. q ver.35-37. r Je.51.1. or, the forest and his fruitful field, 8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found Is. 10.18. the king of Assyria warring against Lib-6 or, fenced. nah: for he had heard that he was de-or, hast thou parted from Lachish. s not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should Inow bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be 9 And u when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest v deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? ruinous heaps? 12 Have x the gods of the nations de-s c.18.14. livered them which my fathers have t Is.45.7. destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and u 1Sa.23.27. Rezeph, and the children of Eden z which 8 short of were in Thelasar? hand. 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and v c.18.5. the king of Arpad, and the king of the w Ps. 129.6. city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 9 or, sitting. 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of x c.18.33,34. the hand of the messengers, and read it: y Eze.38.4. and Hezekiah went up into the house of z Eze.27.23. the LORD, and spread it before the the escaping LORD. of the house 15 And Hezekiah prayed a before the of Judah LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, that rewhich c dwellest between the cherubims, maineth. thou d art the God, even thou alone, of all a 2Ch.32.20. the kingdoms of the earth; thou e hast b ver.4. made heaven and earth. 2 the escaping 16 LORD, bow ƒ down thine ear, and c 2Ch.5.7,8. hear: open, g LORD, thine eyes, and see; ISA.4.4. and hear the words of Sennacherib, d 1Ki.18.39. which hath sent him to reproach the Is.44.6. living God. e Ps. 102.23. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of As-f Ps.31.2. syria have destroyed the nations and g 2Ch.6.40. their lands, h c.20.6. given. 18 And have 3 cast their gods into the s Sennacherib's fan predictel. fire: for they were no gods, but a the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the eart.. may know c that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. f 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin g the daughter of Zion ha h despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter o. Jerusalem hath shaken i her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whorn hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against n the Holy One of Israel. 23 By 3 thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots o I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down 4 the tall cedar-trees thereof: and the choice fir-trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into 5 the forest of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of 6 besieged places. I 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have t done it, and of ancient times that have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were 8 of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as w the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy 9 abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook y in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, b and 2 they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 34 For h I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servan David's sake. Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. 2 KINGS, XXI. B. C. 710. 35 And a it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an a 2Ch.32.21. hundred fourscore and five thousand: Is.37.36. and when they arose early in the morn-b Ge.10.11. ing, behold, they were all dead corpses. Jon.1.2. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria 3.2,&c. departed, and went and returned, and c ver. 13. dwelt at Nineveh. b d ver.7. 37 And it came to pass, as he was wor-1 Ararat. shipping in the house of Nisroch his e Ezr.4.2. god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his f Le.26.19. sous smote d him with the sword: and c.24.13. they escaped into the land of 1 Armenia. And Esarhaddon his e son reigned in his stead. 25.13. Je.27.21. 52.17. g 2Ch.32.24, &c. Is.38.1,&c. 2 Give charge concerning thine house. 2Sa.17.23. h c.24.12. 2Ch.33.11. 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, I remember i Da.1.3. now how I have walked m before thee ink Job 1.21. truth n and with a perfect heart, and have 1 Ne. 13.22. done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept 4 sore. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle 5 court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3 shall there not be peace and truth. m c.18.3-6. n Ge.17.1. IKI.3.6. 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the with a great captain q of my people, Thus saith the weeping. LORD, the God of David thy father, I o Ne.3.16. have heard thy prayer, I have seen p 2Ch.32.30. thy tears:t behold, I will heal u thee; or, city. on the third day thou shalt go up unto q 1Sa.9.16. the house of the LORD. 10.1. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen r c.19.20. years; and I will deliver thee and this Ps.66.19,20. city out of the hand of the king of Ass 2Ch.33.1, syria; and w I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant t Ps.39.12. David's sake. 56.8. &c. 8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What w c.19.34. shall be the sign a that the LORD will heal x c. 18.4. me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? y 1Ki. 16.32. z De.4.19. c.17.16. Job 31.26. a Ju.6.17,37. 19.7.11.11. b Je.32.34. 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light c 1Ki.s.29. thing for the shadow to go down ten d c.16.3. degrees: nay, but let the shadow return 17.17. backward ten degrees. Mi.6.7. 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shail the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? Manasseh's impious reign. 14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country even from Babylon. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, Alle the things that are in mine house have they seen there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, f the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; h and i they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good k is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, 3 Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? 20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, o and a conduit, and brought waterp into the city, are they not writ ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXI. MANASSEH s was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephz.-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after v the abomina tions of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high places which x Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as y did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped z all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house b of the LORD, of which the LORD c said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he made his son d pass through the fire, and observed times, e and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, g and to h Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither j will I make the feet of Is rael move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses com manded them. 9 But they hearkened not: and m Manas seh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed |