2 Kings 19:1 And it came to pass, when king4428 Hezekiah2396 heard8085 it, that he rent7167 his clothes,899 and covered3680 himself with sackcloth,8242 and went935 into the house1004 of Jehovah.3068 cr 2 And he sent7971 Eliakim,471 who was over the household,1004 and Shebna7644 the scribe,5608 and the elders2205 of the priests,3548 covered3680 with sackcloth,8242 unto Isaiah3470 the prophet5030 the son1121 of Amoz.531 cr 3 And they said559 unto him, Thus saith559 Hezekiah,2396 This day3117 is a day3117 of trouble,6869 and of rebuke,8433 and of contumely;5007 for the children1121 are come935 to the birth,4866 and there is not strength3581 to bring forth.3205 cr 4 It may be194 Jehovah3068 thy God430 will hear8085 all the words1697 of Rabshakeh,7262 whom{Or, wherewith the king of Assyria hath sent him} the king4428 of Assyria804 his master113 hath sent7971 to defy2778 the living2416 God,430 and will rebuke3198 the words1697 which Jehovah3068 thy God430 hath heard:8085 wherefore lift up5375 thy prayer8605 for the remnant7611 that is left.4672 cr 5 So the servants5650 of king4428 Hezekiah2396 came935 to Isaiah.3470 cr 6 And Isaiah3470 said559 unto them, Thus shall ye say559 to your master,113 Thus saith559 Jehovah,3068 Be not afraid3372 of6440 the words1697 that thou hast heard,8085 wherewith the servants5288 of the king4428 of Assyria804 have blasphemed me.1442 cr 7 Behold, I will put5414 a spirit7307 in him, and he shall hear8085 tidings,8052 and shall return7725 to his own land;776 and I will cause him to fall5307 by the sword2719 in his own land.776 cr 8 So Rabshakeh7262 returned,7725 and found4672 the king4428 of Assyria804 warring3898 against Libnah;3841 for he had heard8085 that he was departed5265 from Lachish.3923 cr 9 And when he heard8085 say559 of Tirhakah8640 king4428 of Ethiopia,3568 Behold, he is come out3318 to fight3898 against thee, he sent7971 messengers4397 again7725 unto Hezekiah,2396 saying,559 cr 10 Thus shall ye speak559 to Hezekiah2396 king4428 of Judah,3063 saying,559 Let not thy God430 in whom thou trustest982 deceive5377 thee, saying,559 Jerusalem3389 shall not be given5414 into the hand3027 of the king4428 of Assyria.804 cr 11 Behold, thou hast heard8085 what the kings4428 of Assyria804 have done6213 to all lands,776 by destroying{Hebrew devoting them.} them utterly:2763 and shalt thou be delivered?5337 cr 12 Have the gods430 of the nations1471 delivered5337 them, which my fathers1 have destroyed,7843 Gozan,1470 and Haran,2771 and Rezeph,7530 and the children1121 of Eden5729 that were in Telassar?8515 cr 13 Where is the king4428 of Hamath,2574 and the king4428 of Arpad,774 and the king4428 of the city5892 of Sepharvaim,5617 of Hena,2012 and Ivvah?5755 cr

2 Kings 19:14 And Hezekiah2396 received3947 the letter5612 from the hand3027 of the messengers,4397 and read7121 it; and Hezekiah2396 went up5927 unto the house1004 of Jehovah,3068 and spread6566 it before6440 Jehovah.3068 cr 15 And Hezekiah2396 prayed6419 before6440 Jehovah,3068 and said,559 O Jehovah,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 that sittest3427{Or, art enthroned} above the cherubim,3742 thou art the God,430 even thou alone, of all the kingdoms4467 of the earth;776 thou hast made6213 heaven8064 and earth.776 cr 16 Incline5186 thine ear,241 O Jehovah,3068 and hear;8085 open6491 thine eyes,5869 O Jehovah,3068 and see;7200 and hear8085 the words1697 of Sennacherib,5576 wherewith he hath sent7971 him to defy2778 the living2416 God.430 cr 17 Of a truth,551 Jehovah,3068 the kings4428 of Assyria804 have laid waste2717 the nations1471 and their lands,776 cr 18 and have cast5414 their gods430 into the fire;784 for they were no gods,430 but the work4639 of men's120 hands,3027 wood6086 and stone;68 therefore they have destroyed them.6 cr 19 Now therefore, O Jehovah3068 our God,430 save3467 thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand,3027 that all the kingdoms4467 of the earth776 may know3045 that thou Jehovah3068 art God alone.430 cr

2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah3470 the son1121 of Amoz531 sent7971 to Hezekiah,2396 saying,559 Thus saith559 Jehovah,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 Whereas thou hast prayed6419 to me against Sennacherib5576 king4428 of Assyria,804 I have heard thee.8085 cr 21 This is the word1697 that Jehovah3068 hath spoken1696 concerning him: The virgin1330 daughter1323 of Zion6726 hath despised959 thee and laughed thee to scorn;3932 the daughter1323 of Jerusalem3389 hath shaken5128 her head7218 at{Hebrew after.} thee.310 cr 22 Whom hast thou defied2778 and blasphemed?1442 and against whom hast thou exalted7311 thy voice6963 and lifted up5375 thine eyes5869 on high?4791 even against the Holy6918 One of Israel.3478 cr 23 By3027 thy messengers4397 thou hast defied2778 the Lord,136 and hast said,559 With the multitude7230{According to another reading, driving.} of my chariots7393 am I come up5927 to the height4791 of the mountains,2022 to the innermost parts3411 of Lebanon;3844 and I will cut down3772 the tall6967 cedars730 thereof, and the choice4004 fir-trees1265{Or, cypress} thereof; and I will enter935 into his farthest7093 lodging-place,4411 the forest3293 of his fruitful field.3760 cr 24 I have digged6979 and drunk8354 strange2114 waters,4325 and with the sole3709 of my feet6471 will I dry2717 up all the rivers2975 of Egypt.4693{Or, defence. Hebrew Mazor.} cr

2 Kings 19:25 Hast thou not heard8085 how I have done6213 it long ago,7350 and formed3335 it of ancient6924 times?3117 now have I brought935 it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste7582 fortified1219 cities5892 into ruinous5327 heaps.1530 cr 26 Therefore their inhabitants3427 were of small7116 power,3027 they were dismayed2865 and confounded;954 they were as the grass6212 of the field,7704 and as the green3419 herb,1877 as the grass2682 on the housetops,1406 and as grain blasted7711 before6440 it is grown up.7054 cr 27 But I know3045 thy sitting3427 down, and thy going out,3318 and thy coming in,935 and thy raging against me.7264 cr 28 Because of thy raging7264 against me, and because thine{Or, thy careless ease} arrogancy7600 is come up5927 into mine ears,241 therefore will I put7760 my hook2397 in thy nose,639 and my bridle4964 in thy lips,8193 and I will turn thee back7725 by the way1870 by which thou camest.935 cr

2 Kings 19:29 And this shall be the sign226 unto thee: ye shall eat398 this year8141 that which groweth5599 of itself, and in the second8145 year8141 that which springeth7823 of the same; and in the third7992 year8141 sow2232 ye, and reap,7114 and plant5193 vineyards,3754 and eat398 the fruit thereof.6529 cr 30 And the{Hebrew the escaped of the house of Judah that remain.} remnant7604 that is escaped6413 of the house1004 of Judah3063 shall again3254 take root8328 downward,4295 and bear6213 fruit6529 upward.4605 cr 31 For out3318 of Jerusalem3389 shall go forth3318 a remnant,7611 and out of mount2022 Zion6726 they that shall escape:6413 the zeal7068 of Jehovah3068{According to another reading, Jehovah of hosts: and so in Isa. 37:32} shall perform this.6213 cr 32 Therefore thus saith559 Jehovah3068 concerning the king4428 of Assyria,804 He shall not come935 unto this city,5892 nor shoot3384 an arrow2671 there, neither shall he come before6923 it with shield,4043 nor cast8210 up a mound against it.5550 cr 33 By the way1870 that he came,935 by the same shall he return,7725 and he shall not come935 unto this city,5892 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 34 For I will defend1598 this city5892 to save3467 it, for mine own sake, and for my servant5650 David's sake.1732 cr

2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night,3915 that the angel4397 of Jehovah3068 went forth,3318 and smote5221 in the camp4264 of the Assyrians804 a hundred3967 fourscore8084 and five2568 thousand:505 and when men arose early7925 in the morning,1242 behold, these were all dead4191 bodies.6297 cr 36 So Sennacherib5576 king4428 of Assyria804 departed,5265 and went3212 and returned,7725 and dwelt3427 at Nineveh.5210 cr 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping7812 in the house1004 of Nisroch5268 his god,430 that Adrammelech152{According to another reading, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (and so in Isa. 37:38)} and Sharezer8272 1121 smote5221 him with the sword:2719 and they escaped4422 into the land776 of Ararat.780 And Esar-haddon634 his son1121 reigned in his stead.4427 cr