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Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord
1After ⚓these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself.
2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,
3he consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.
4Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the ⚓springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?”
5And ⚓he strengthened himself, ⚓built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired the ⚓Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
6Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and ⚓gave them encouragement, saying,
7⚓“Be strong and courageous; ⚓do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for ⚓there are more with us than with him.
8With him is an ⚓arm of flesh; but ⚓with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9⚓After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
10⚓“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
11Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ⚓“The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
12⚓Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on ⚓it”?
13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? ⚓Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my ⚓hand?
15Now therefore, ⚓do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’ ”
16Furthermore, his servants spoke against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.
17He also wrote letters to revile the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, ⚓“As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my ⚓hand.”
18⚓Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city.
19And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth—⚓the work of men’s hands.
Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
20⚓Now because of this King Hezekiah and ⚓the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.
21⚓Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned ⚓shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
22Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
23And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and ⚓presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was ⚓exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.
Hezekiah Humbles Himself
24⚓In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the Lord; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign.
25But Hezekiah ⚓did not repay according to the favor shown him, for ⚓his heart was lifted up; ⚓therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.
26⚓Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them ⚓in the days of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah’s Wealth and Honor
27Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items;
28storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and folds for flocks.
29Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for ⚓God had given him very much property.
30⚓This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah ⚓prospered in all his works.
31However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they ⚓sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to ⚓test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
Death of Hezekiah
32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed they are written in ⚓the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the ⚓book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33⚓So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ⚓honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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Xenakhawli tuaj ntaus Yeluxalees
(2Vntx. 18:13-37, 19:14-19,35-37; Yxy. 36:1-22, 37:8-38)
9Dhau ntawd thaum Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli thiab nws cov tub rog huvsi tseem tabtom vij lub moos Lakhi, mas nws tso nws cov tub teg tub taws mus rau lub nroog Yeluxalees mus cuag Yuda tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya thiab cuag cov neeg Yuda sawvdaws uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees, hais tias,
10“Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli hais li no tias, Nej vam khom dabtsi es nej yuav nyob hauv Yeluxalees thev qhov uas raug vij li no?
11Thaum Hexekhiya hais rau nej tias, ‘Yawmsaub uas yog peb tus Vajtswv yuav cawm peb dim hauv Axilia tus vajntxwv txhais tes,’ tsis yog Hexekhiya coj nej yuam kev mus tuag tshaib tuag nqhis lov?
12Tus Hexikhiya no nws tsis yog tus uas rhuav tshem Vajtswv tej chaw siab thiab tej thaj uas xyeem rau Vajtswv lov? Thiab hais rau cov Yuda thiab cov hauv Yeluxalees tias, ‘Nej yuav tsum pe rau tib lub thaj thiab hlawv xyeem rau lub thaj ntawd xwb.’
13Nej tsis paub tias kuv thiab kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv twb ua li cas rau txhua haiv neeg hauv lwm tebchaws lawm lov? Cov neeg hauv tej tebchaws ntawd li dab pab cawm tau lawv tej tebchaws dim hauv kuv txhais tes lov?
14Tej dab huvsi hauv tej tebchaws uas kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv muab ua puam tsuaj tag nrho muaj ib tug dab twg uas pab tau nws cov neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes? Mas nej tus Vajtswv tseem yuav pab tau nej dim hauv kuv txhais tes lov?
15Vim li no tsis txhob cia Hexekhiya dag ntxias nej lossis coj nej yuam kev, tsis txhob ntseeg nws, rau qhov tsis muaj ib tug dab hauv haiv neeg twg thiab lub tebchaws twg uas cawm tau nws haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes lossis hauv kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv txhais tes. Nej tus Vajtswv yimhuab tsis txawj pab nej dim hauv kuv txhais tes li lauj!”
16Xenakhawli cov tub teg tub taws tseem thuam Vajtswv Yawmsaub thiab Hexekhiya uas yog Vajtswv tus tub qhe ntau dua li no.
17Thiab Xenakhawli tseem sau ntawv hais saib tsis taus Yawmsaub uas yog cov Yixayee tus Vajtswv thiab thuam hais tias, “Cov neeg hauv ib tsoom tebchaws li dab pab tsis tau lawv haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes li cas, Hexekhiya tus Vajtswv kuj yuav pab tsis tau nws haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes li ntawd thiab.”
18Ces lawv txawm qw tej lus ntawd nrov nrov ua lus Yuda rau cov neeg Yeluxalees uas nyob saum lub ntsa loog hnov es kom lawv ntshai thiab poob siab heev xwv thiaj li txeeb tau lub nroog ntawd.
19Lawv hais txog Yeluxalees tus Vajtswv ib yam li lawv hais txog ib tsoom neeg hauv ntiajteb tej dab uas yog neeg txhais tes ua.
20Ces vajntxwv Hexekhiya thiab Amoj tus tub Yaxaya uas yog xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus txawm quaj thov txog zaj no rau saum ntuj.
21Yawmsaub thiaj txib ib tug tubtxib saum ntuj los mas nws tua cov tub rog siab loj siab tuab thiab cov thawj tub rog thiab cov uas kav tej pab tub rog huvsi tuag tag rau hauv vajntxwv Axilia lub yeej. Yog li no Xenakhawli thiaj li rov qab mus rau nws lub tebchaws yam poob ntsej muag kawg. Thaum nws mus rau hauv lub tsev uas teev nws tus dab nws cov tub qee leej xuas ntaj muab nws tua rau qhov ntawd.
22Yawmsaub thiaj cawm Hexekhiya thiab cov uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees dim hauv Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli txhais tes thiab hauv nws tej yeeb ncuab sawvdaws txhais tes li no. Yawmsaub pub lawv tau so tsis ua rog⚓ rau txhua fab.
23Neeg coob coj qhov txhia chaw tuaj rau hauv Yeluxalees pub rau Yawmsaub thiab coj tej uas tsim txiaj tuaj pub rau Yuda tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya, Hexekhiya thiaj tau koob meej tab meeg ib tsoom tebchaws sawvdaws txij thaum ntawd los.
Hexekhiya mob
(2Vntx. 20:1-3,12-21; Yxy. 38:1-3, 39:1-8)
Hexekhiya nplua nuj
27Hexekhiya muaj nyiaj txiag ntau kawg thiab muaj koob meej loj, mas nws ua tej txhab nyiaj rau nws rau nyiaj rau kub, rau tej qe zeb hlaws muaj nqes, rau txuj lom, rau tej daim phiaj hlau thaiv thiab tej twj siv tsim txiaj txhua yam.
28Thiab nws ua txhab rau qoob, rau cawv txiv hmab thiab roj, thiab ua nkuaj rau txhua yam tsiaj txhu thiab nkuaj yaj.
29Thiab nws tsim tej moos rau nws thiab nws muaj tej pab yaj tej pab tshis tej pab nyuj ntau nplua mias, vim yog Vajtswv pub cuab txhiaj cuab tam rau nws ntau heev.
30Tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya no yog tus uas cais lub hauv dej Kihoo sab ped kom ntws mus rau Davi lub nroog sab hnub poob. Hexekhiya vam meej rau nws tej haujlwm huvsi.
31Thaum cov thawj hauv lub nroog Npanpiloo txib neeg tuaj nug txog tej txujci phimhwj uas tshwm rau hauv lub tebchaws, mas Vajtswv muab nws tso nyob kab ntsab xwv thiaj sim tau nws thiab paub txhua yam uas nyob hauv nws lub siab.
32Lwm yam haujlwm uas Hexekhiya ua thiab tej yam zoo uas nws ua, twb muab sau cia rau hauv tej zaj yog toog uas Amoj tus tub Yaxaya uas yog xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus hais nyob rau hauv phau ntawv uas hais txog Yuda thiab Yixayee tej vajntxwv.
33Ces Hexekhiya txawm tuag mus nrog nws tej poj koob yawm txwv nyob. Lawv muab nws log rau saum caj qaum roob uas yog Davi caj ces li toj ntxa. Tag nrho cov Yuda thiab cov uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees sawvdaws tuaj pam nws lub ntees loj kawg hwm nws. Mas nws tus tub Manaxe sawv nws chaw ua vajntxwv kav.