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2 Kings 19:1
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And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into
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| 2 Kings 19:2 |
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And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,
unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. |
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| 2 Kings 19:3 |
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah,
This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children
are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. |
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| 2 Kings 19:4 |
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It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the
words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the
living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore
lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. |
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| 2 Kings 19:5 |
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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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| 2 Kings 19:6 |
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And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say
to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast
heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. |
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| 2 Kings 19:7 |
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Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall
hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by
the sword in his own land. |
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| 2 Kings 19:8 |
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So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of
Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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| 2 Kings 19:9 |
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And 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, |
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| 2 Kings 19:10 |
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Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,
saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem
shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. |
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| 2 Kings 19:11 |
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria
have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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| 2 Kings 19:12 |
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Have the gods of the nations delivered them,
which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children
of Eden that were in Telassar? |
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| 2 Kings 19:13 |
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Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? |
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| 2 Kings 19:14 |
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And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand
of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah,
and spread it before Jehovah. |
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| 2 Kings 19:15 |
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And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said,
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
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| 2 Kings 19:16 |
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Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open
thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he
hath sent him to defy the living God. |
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| 2 Kings 19:17 |
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Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have
laid waste the nations and their lands, |
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| 2 Kings 19:18 |
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and have cast their gods into the fire; for
they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they
have destroyed them. |
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| 2 Kings 19:19 |
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Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou
us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that thou Jehovah art God alone. |
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| 2 Kings 19:20 |
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah,
saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee. |
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| 2 Kings 19:21 |
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This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning
him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. |
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| 2 Kings 19:22 |
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Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against
whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against
the Holy One of Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 19:23 |
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By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord,
and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of
the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall
cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest
lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field. |
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| 2 Kings 19:24 |
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I have digged and drunk strange waters, and
with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. |
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| 2 Kings 19:25 |
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Hast thou not heard how I have done it long
ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should
be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. |
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| 2 Kings 19:26 |
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Therefore their inhabitants were of small power,
they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as
the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it
is grown up. |
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| 2 Kings 19:27 |
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But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out,
and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. |
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| 2 Kings 19:28 |
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Because of thy raging against me, and because
thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy
nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which
thou camest. |
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| 2 Kings 19:29 |
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And this shall be the sign unto thee: Ye shall
eat this year that which groweth of itself, 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 fruit thereof. |
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| 2 Kings 19:30 |
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And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. |
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| 2 Kings 19:31 |
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For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant,
and out of mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of Jehovah shall perform
this. |
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| 2 Kings 19:32 |
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Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the
king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither
shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. |
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| 2 Kings 19:33 |
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By the way that he came, by the same shall he
return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. |
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| 2 Kings 19:34 |
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For I will defend this city to save it, for
mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. |
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| 2 Kings 19:35 |
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And it came to pass that night, that the angel
of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore
and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were
all dead bodies. |
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| 2 Kings 19:36 |
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. |
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| 2 Kings 19:37 |
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in
the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned
in his stead. |
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