逐节对照
- New Living Translation - “Then the Lord will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
- 新标点和合本 - 耶和华必使亚述王攻击你的日子临到你和你的百姓,并你的父家,自从以法莲离开犹大以来,未曾有这样的日子。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 耶和华必使亚述王临到你和你的百姓,并你的父家,自从以法莲脱离犹大的时候,未曾有过这样的日子。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 耶和华必使亚述王临到你和你的百姓,并你的父家,自从以法莲脱离犹大的时候,未曾有过这样的日子。
- 当代译本 - “之后,耶和华必让亚述王来攻击你、你的人民和你全家,这是自以法莲与犹大分裂以来从未有过的日子。
- 圣经新译本 - “耶和华必使灾难的日子临到你和你的人民,以及你的父家,自从以法莲脱离犹大以来,未曾有过这样的日子,就是亚述王的入侵。”
- 中文标准译本 - 耶和华必使亚述王攻击 的日子临到你、你的子民和你的父家;这是自从以法莲脱离犹大以来未曾有过的日子。
- 现代标点和合本 - 耶和华必使亚述王攻击你的日子临到你和你的百姓并你的父家,自从以法莲离开犹大以来,未曾有这样的日子。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 耶和华必使亚述王攻击你的日子临到你和你的百姓并你的父家。自从以法莲离开犹大以来,未曾有这样的日子。
- New International Version - The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.”
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord will also bring the king of Assyria against you. And he will bring him against your people and the whole royal family. That will be a time of trouble. It will be unlike any since the people of Ephraim broke away from Judah.”
- English Standard Version - The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”
- Christian Standard Bible - The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah: He will bring the king of Assyria.”
- New American Standard Bible - The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah—the days of the king of Assyria.”
- New King James Version - The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”
- Amplified Bible - The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim (the ten northern tribes) separated from Judah—[He will call for] the king of Assyria.”
- American Standard Version - Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah-even the king of Assyria.
- King James Version - The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
- New English Translation - The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria!”
- World English Bible - Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
- 新標點和合本 - 耶和華必使亞述王攻擊你的日子臨到你和你的百姓,並你的父家,自從以法蓮離開猶大以來,未曾有這樣的日子。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 耶和華必使亞述王臨到你和你的百姓,並你的父家,自從以法蓮脫離猶大的時候,未曾有過這樣的日子。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 耶和華必使亞述王臨到你和你的百姓,並你的父家,自從以法蓮脫離猶大的時候,未曾有過這樣的日子。
- 當代譯本 - 「之後,耶和華必讓亞述王來攻擊你、你的人民和你全家,這是自以法蓮與猶大分裂以來從未有過的日子。
- 聖經新譯本 - “耶和華必使災難的日子臨到你和你的人民,以及你的父家,自從以法蓮脫離猶大以來,未曾有過這樣的日子,就是亞述王的入侵。”
- 呂振中譯本 - 永恆主必使 患難的 日子臨到你和你的人民、以及你父的家,就是自從 以法蓮 脫離 猶大 以來、未曾有過這樣日子的—— 亞述 王之侵犯。』
- 中文標準譯本 - 耶和華必使亞述王攻擊 的日子臨到你、你的子民和你的父家;這是自從以法蓮脫離猶大以來未曾有過的日子。
- 現代標點和合本 - 耶和華必使亞述王攻擊你的日子臨到你和你的百姓並你的父家,自從以法蓮離開猶大以來,未曾有這樣的日子。
- 文理和合譯本 - 耶和華必使患難之日臨爾、與爾民眾、及爾父家、自以法蓮叛離猶大、未有若此者、即亞述王為禍也、○
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華將使亞述王降災於汝、及爾國家、自以法蓮叛猶大國、迄今未有若是之甚、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主必使降災之日、臨爾與爾民及爾父家、自 以法蓮 叛 猶大 以來、未有若是之日、即使 亞述 王至而攻爾、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »El Señor hará venir sobre ti, sobre tu pueblo y sobre la dinastía de tu padre días como no se conocieron desde que Efraín se separó de Judá, pues hará venir al rey de Asiria».
- 현대인의 성경 - “그러나 이스라엘이 유다로부터 분리된 이후 지금까지 겪어 보지 못한 가장 무서운 재난을 여호와께서 너희에게 내리실 것이니 그것은 앗시리아 왕이 너희를 침략하는 일이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Но Господь наведет на тебя, на твой народ и на дом твоего отца такие дни, каких не бывало с тех пор, как Ефрем отделился от Иуды , – Он наведет царя Ассирии.
- Восточный перевод - Но Вечный наведёт на тебя, на твой народ и на дом твоего отца такие ужасные дни, каких не бывало с тех пор, как Ефраим отделился от Иудеи , – Он наведёт царя Ассирии.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но Вечный наведёт на тебя, на твой народ и на дом твоего отца такие ужасные дни, каких не бывало с тех пор, как Ефраим отделился от Иудеи , – Он наведёт царя Ассирии.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но Вечный наведёт на тебя, на твой народ и на дом твоего отца такие ужасные дни, каких не бывало с тех пор, как Ефраим отделился от Иудеи , – Он наведёт царя Ассирии.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’Eternel fera survenir contre toi et ton peuple, contre ta dynastie, des jours comme jamais il n’y en a eu de tels depuis l’époque où Ephraïm s’est coupé de Juda : ce sera l’effet du roi d’Assyrie.
- リビングバイブル - しかし安心はできません。やがて、あなたとあなたの民とあなたの父の家に、恐ろしいのろいが下ります。ソロモンの王国がイスラエルとユダに分かれて以来、一度もなかった恐怖が襲います。アッシリヤの大王が大軍を率いて押し寄せるのです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - O Senhor trará o rei da Assíria sobre você e sobre o seu povo e sobre a descendência de seu pai. Serão dias como nunca houve, desde que Efraim se separou de Judá”.
- Hoffnung für alle - »Aber auch für dich, deine Familie und dein Volk wird der Herr schlimme Zeiten anbrechen lassen. Sie werden schrecklicher sein als alles, was geschehen ist, seit sich Israel von Juda trennte. Das Unglück kommt in Gestalt des Königs von Assyrien.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Rồi Chúa Hằng Hữu sẽ giáng trên vua, đất nước vua, và gia đình vua tai họa khủng khiếp nhất kể từ ngày Ít-ra-ên tách khỏi Giu-đa. Ngài sẽ sai vua A-sy-ri đem quân đến!”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจะทรงนำกษัตริย์อัสซีเรียมายังท่านและมายังเหล่าประชากรและวงศ์วานบิดาของท่านในช่วงเวลาที่ไม่มีเวลาใดเหมือน นับตั้งแต่เอฟราอิมแยกไปจากยูดาห์”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจะทำให้พวกท่าน ชนชาติของท่าน และตระกูลของท่านประสบกับเวลาที่จะเผชิญกับกษัตริย์แห่งอัสซีเรีย เลวร้ายอย่างที่ไม่เคยมีมาก่อน นับตั้งแต่วันที่เอฟราอิมแยกไปจากยูดาห์”
交叉引用
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 - After Hezekiah had faithfully carried out this work, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified towns, giving orders for his army to break through their walls.
- 2 Chronicles 32:2 - When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib also intended to attack Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 32:3 - he consulted with his officials and military advisers, and they decided to stop the flow of the springs outside the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 - They organized a huge work crew to stop the flow of the springs, cutting off the brook that ran through the fields. For they said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come here and find plenty of water?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 - Then Hezekiah worked hard at repairing all the broken sections of the wall, erecting towers, and constructing a second wall outside the first. He also reinforced the supporting terraces in the City of David and manufactured large numbers of weapons and shields.
- 2 Chronicles 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate. Then Hezekiah encouraged them by saying:
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria or his mighty army, for there is a power far greater on our side!
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 - He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah’s words greatly encouraged the people.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 - While King Sennacherib of Assyria was still besieging the town of Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah and all the people in the city:
- 2 Chronicles 32:10 - “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem?
- 2 Chronicles 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 - Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the Lord’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.
- 2 Chronicles 32:13 - “Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations able to rescue their people from my power?
- 2 Chronicles 32:14 - Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:16 - And Sennacherib’s officers further mocked the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah, heaping insult upon insult.
- 2 Chronicles 32:17 - The king also sent letters scorning the Lord, the God of Israel. He wrote, “Just as the gods of all the other nations failed to rescue their people from my power, so the God of Hezekiah will also fail.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:18 - The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 - These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.
- 2 Chronicles 32:20 - Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 32:21 - And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 - That is how the Lord rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the others who threatened them. So there was peace throughout the land.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23 - From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among all the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the Lord arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.
- 2 Chronicles 32:24 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill. He prayed to the Lord, who healed him and gave him a miraculous sign.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 - But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 32:26 - Then Hezekiah humbled himself and repented of his pride, as did the people of Jerusalem. So the Lord’s anger did not fall on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27 - Hezekiah was very wealthy and highly honored. He built special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.
- 2 Chronicles 32:28 - He also constructed many storehouses for his grain, new wine, and olive oil; and he made many stalls for his cattle and pens for his flocks of sheep and goats.
- 2 Chronicles 32:29 - He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 - He blocked up the upper spring of Gihon and brought the water down through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And so he succeeded in everything he did.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 - However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
- 2 Chronicles 32:32 - The rest of the events in Hezekiah’s reign and his acts of devotion are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 32:33 - When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the upper area of the royal cemetery, and all Judah and Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became the next king.
- 2 Chronicles 28:19 - The Lord was humbling Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah, for he had encouraged his people to sin and had been utterly unfaithful to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 28:20 - So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:21 - Ahaz took valuable items from the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured it, and he bound Jehoiakim in bronze chains and led him away to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the treasures from the Temple of the Lord, and he placed them in his palace in Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 - The rest of the events in Jehoiakim’s reign, including all the evil things he did and everything found against him, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Then his son Jehoiachin became the next king.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 - In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the Lord were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 - But Zedekiah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and he refused to humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah spoke to him directly from the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God’s name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14 - Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 - But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 - So the Lord brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 - The king took home to Babylon all the articles, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the Lord’s Temple and from the palace of the king and his officials.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 - Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 - The few who survived were taken as exiles to Babylon, and they became servants to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 - So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
- Isaiah 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
- Isaiah 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
- Isaiah 36:3 - These are the officials who went out to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian.
- Isaiah 36:4 - Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
- Isaiah 36:5 - Do you think that mere words can substitute for military skill and strength? Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against me?
- Isaiah 36:6 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!
- Isaiah 36:7 - “But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the Lord our God!’ But isn’t he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn’t Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?
- Isaiah 36:8 - “I’ll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!
- Isaiah 36:9 - With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master’s troops, even with the help of Egypt’s chariots and charioteers?
- Isaiah 36:10 - What’s more, do you think we have invaded your land without the Lord’s direction? The Lord himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!’”
- Isaiah 36:11 - Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don’t speak in Hebrew, for the people on the wall will hear.”
- Isaiah 36:12 - But Sennacherib’s chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”
- Isaiah 36:13 - Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall, “Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria!
- Isaiah 36:14 - This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you.
- Isaiah 36:15 - Don’t let him fool you into trusting in the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!’
- Isaiah 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
- Isaiah 36:17 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards.
- Isaiah 36:18 - “Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The Lord will rescue us!’ Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:19 - What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
- Isaiah 36:20 - What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the Lord can rescue Jerusalem from me?”
- Isaiah 36:21 - But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, “Do not answer him.”
- Isaiah 36:22 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian, went back to Hezekiah. They tore their clothes in despair, and they went in to see the king and told him what the Assyrian chief of staff had said.
- Nehemiah 9:32 - “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded, “Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Back to your homes, O Israel! Look out for your own house, O David!” So all the people of Israel returned home.
- 2 Chronicles 10:17 - But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 10:19 - And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.
- 1 Kings 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded, “Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Back to your homes, O Israel! Look out for your own house, O David!” So the people of Israel returned home.
- 1 Kings 12:17 - But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
- 1 Kings 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 12:19 - And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.
- 2 Kings 18:1 - Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel.
- 2 Kings 18:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
- 2 Kings 18:3 - He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done.
- 2 Kings 18:4 - He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 18:5 - Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time.
- 2 Kings 18:6 - He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses.
- 2 Kings 18:7 - So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.
- 2 Kings 18:8 - He also conquered the Philistines as far distant as Gaza and its territory, from their smallest outpost to their largest walled city.
- 2 Kings 18:9 - During the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel, King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked the city of Samaria and began a siege against it.
- 2 Kings 18:10 - Three years later, during the sixth year of King Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel, Samaria fell.
- 2 Kings 18:11 - At that time the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and placed them in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:12 - For they refused to listen to the Lord their God and obey him. Instead, they violated his covenant—all the laws that Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded them to obey.
- 2 Kings 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
- 2 Kings 18:14 - King Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. I will pay whatever tribute money you demand if you will only withdraw.” The king of Assyria then demanded a settlement of more than eleven tons of silver and one ton of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:15 - To gather this amount, King Hezekiah used all the silver stored in the Temple of the Lord and in the palace treasury.
- 2 Kings 18:16 - Hezekiah even stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s Temple and from the doorposts he had overlaid with gold, and he gave it all to the Assyrian king.
- 2 Kings 18:17 - Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
- 2 Kings 18:18 - They summoned King Hezekiah, but the king sent these officials to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian.
- 2 Kings 18:19 - Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
- Isaiah 10:5 - “What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.
- Isaiah 10:6 - I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
- Isaiah 8:7 - Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
- Isaiah 8:8 - and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.