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2 Kings 18:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then  the royal spokesman said to them, ‘Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What are you relying on?  ,

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The royal spokesman said to them, ‘Tell Hezekiah: The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on?


the king exclaimed, ‘Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory? ’


‘Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: “Don’t let your God, on whom you rely,  deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.


Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of  Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah? ” ’


‘Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: “Don’t let your God, on whom you rely, deceive you  by promising that Jerusalem won’t be handed over to the king of Assyria.


Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God.” Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You are to worship at this altar”?


Suppose you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God.’ Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,  saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem’ ? ”


Then the king of Assyria sent the field marshal,  the chief of staff, and his royal spokesman, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem.  They advanced and came to Jerusalem, and  they took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer’s Field.


Look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff  that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.


Hezekiah relied on the Lord God of Israel;  not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.





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