Joshua 10:3New Messianic Version BibleFor what reason Adoni-Tzedek [My lord is Righteous] king of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] sent unto Hoham [Whom Yehovah impels] king of Hevron [Seat of Association], and unto Piram king of Yarmut [Heights], and unto Yafia [Shining] king of Lakhish [Invincible], and unto D’vir [Sanctuary] king of ‘Eglon [Calf-like], saying, See the chapter |
And the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) sent Tartan [general] and Rav-Saris [chief eunuch] and Rav-Shakeh [chief cupbearer] from Lakhish [Invincible] to king Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] with a great host against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]. And they went up and came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the Launderers’ Field.
And Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] sent to the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) to Lakhish [Invincible], saying, I have offended; return from me: that which youi put on me will I bear. And the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) appointed unto Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And Tzela [a rib], Eleph, and Y’vusi [Descendants of Y’vus (“hard trampled” or “the waterless hill”)], which [is] Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], Giv’at [Hill], [and] Kiryat [City]; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] according to their families.
As for the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] could not drive them out: but the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] dwell with the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto this day.
Therefore the five kings of the Emori [Highlanders], the king of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], the king of Hevron [Seat of Association], the king of Yarmut [Heights], the king of Lakhish [Invincible], the king of ‘Eglon [Calf-like], gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Giv’on [Hill City], and made war against it.
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-Tzedek [My lord is Righteous] king of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] had heard how Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] had taken ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins], and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Yericho [Its Moon] and her king, so he had done to ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins] and her king; and how the inhabitants of Giv’on [Hill City] had made peace with Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and were among them;
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hevron [Seat of Association]; where Achiman [My Brother is a Gift], Sheshai [Noble], and Talmai [Plowman], the children of Anak [Neck], [were]. (Now Hevron [Seat of Association] was built seven years before Tzo’an [Place of Departure] in Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].)
Sarah [Princess] died in Kiryat-Kiryat-Arba [City of Arba (fourth)] (Village of the Rich; Wealthy; long necked) the same [is] Hevron in the land of Kena’an (merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues) and Avraham [exalted father/Fly They Will] came to mourn for Sarah [Princess], and to weep for her.
When the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]’s army fought against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and against all the cities of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] that were left, against Lakhish [Invincible], and against ‘Azekah [Dug Over]: for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].