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希西迦做犹大王

18 以拉的儿子以色列王何细亚执政第三年，犹大王亚哈斯的儿子希西迦登基。 2 他二十五岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政二十九年。他母亲叫亚比雅[a]，是撒迦利雅的女儿。 3 希西迦效法他祖先大卫，做耶和华视为正的事。 4 他拆除丘坛，砸碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像，打碎摩西造的铜蛇，因为当时以色列人仍向铜蛇烧香，称之为尼忽士旦[b]。 5 希西迦信靠以色列的上帝耶和华，在他前后的犹大诸王没有一个可与他相比。 6 他对耶和华忠心不渝，遵守耶和华颁给摩西的诫命。 7 耶和华与他同在，他凡事顺利。他反抗亚述王的统治，不再臣服于他。 8 他击败非利士人，从他们的瞭望塔和坚城，一直打到迦萨及其四境。

9 希西迦执政第四年，即以拉的儿子以色列王何细亚执政第七年，亚述王撒缦以色起兵攻打撒玛利亚城，将城包围。 10 三年之后，就是希西迦执政第六年，以色列王何细亚执政第九年，撒玛利亚失陷。 11 亚述王把以色列人掳到亚述，将他们安置在哈腊、歌散的哈博河一带以及玛代人的城邑里。 12 这都是因为以色列人没有听从他们的上帝耶和华，违背了祂的约，不遵行祂仆人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亚述人攻打耶路撒冷

13 希西迦王执政第十四年，亚述王西拿基立起兵攻取了犹大所有的坚城。 14 希西迦王差遣使者去拉吉见亚述王说：“我知罪了，求你退兵！我愿意满足你的任何要求。”亚述王向希西迦索要十吨银子和一吨金子。 15 希西迦将耶和华殿里和王宫库房里的所有银子都给了他， 16 又刮下他包在耶和华殿门和门柱上的金子，一并送去。 17 但亚述王派他的元帅、都统和将军从拉吉率领大军到耶路撒冷见希西迦。到了耶路撒冷后，他们驻扎在上池的水沟旁、通往漂布场的路上。 18 他们要求见王。希勒迦的儿子宫廷总管以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和亚萨的儿子史官约亚出来见他们。 19 亚述的将军说：“你们去告诉希西迦，伟大的亚述王说，‘你凭什么这样自信呢？ 20 你所谓的战略和军力不过是空话。你究竟倚靠谁，竟敢背叛我？ 21 看啊，你所倚靠的埃及只不过是一根破裂的芦苇，谁倚靠它，谁的手就会被刺伤。倚靠埃及王法老的下场都是这样。’ 22 也许你会说，‘我们倚靠我们的上帝耶和华。’希西迦不是拆除了祂的庙宇和祭坛，又吩咐犹大和耶路撒冷的人要在耶路撒冷的祭坛前敬拜祂吗？ 23 来，跟我主人亚述王打个赌，你若能找到两千骑士，我就给你两千匹马！ 24 你们即使依靠埃及的战车和骑兵，又怎能打败我主人的一个最小的将领呢？ 25 更何况我来攻打、毁灭这地方不正是耶和华的意思吗？耶和华吩咐我攻打、毁灭这地方。”

26 以利亚敬、舍伯那和约亚对亚述的将军说：“求你用亚兰语跟仆人们说话，我们都听得懂。求你不要用希伯来语跟我们说话，免得城墙上的人听见。” 27 亚述的将军却说：“难道我主人派我来只对你们和你们的王说这些话吗？不也是对城墙上的人说吗？他们和你们一样都要吃自己的粪，喝自己的尿。” 28 于是，他站着用希伯来语大喊：“你们要听伟大的亚述王的话。 29 王说，‘你们不要被希西迦欺骗，他不能从我手中救你们。 30 不要听希西迦的话去倚靠耶和华，说什么耶和华必拯救你们，这城必不会落在亚述王手中。’ 31 不要听希西迦的话。亚述王说，‘你们要跟我讲和，出来归顺我，你们就可以吃自己葡萄树和无花果树的果子，喝自己井里的水。 32 以后我会来领你们到一个地方，那里和这里一样有五谷和新酒、饼和葡萄园。你们就可以存活，不至于死。希西迦说耶和华会拯救你们，不要听信他的话。 33 有哪个国家的神明曾经从亚述王手中救他的国家吗？ 34 哈马、亚珥拔的神明在哪里呢？西法瓦音、希拿和以瓦的神明又在哪里呢？他们从我手中救出撒玛利亚了吗？ 35 这些国家的神明哪个从我手中救了自己的国家呢？难道耶和华能从我手中救耶路撒冷吗？’” 36 民众默不作声，因为希西迦曾吩咐他们不要答话。 37 总管以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和史官约亚都撕裂衣服，去向希西迦禀告亚述的将军说的话。

Footnotes

  1. 18:2 “亚比雅”此处的希伯来文为亚比，是亚比雅的变体。
  2. 18:4 “尼忽士旦”可能是“蛇”和“铜”的组合词。
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列王紀下 18
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希西迦做猶大王

18 以拉的兒子以色列王何細亞執政第三年，猶大王亞哈斯的兒子希西迦登基。 2 他二十五歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政二十九年。他母親叫亞比雅[a]，是撒迦利雅的女兒。 3 希西迦效法他祖先大衛，做耶和華視為正的事。 4 他拆除邱壇，砸碎神柱，砍倒亞舍拉神像，打碎摩西造的銅蛇，因為當時以色列人仍向銅蛇燒香，稱之為尼忽士旦[b]。 5 希西迦信靠以色列的上帝耶和華，在他前後的猶大諸王沒有一個可與他相比。 6 他對耶和華忠心不渝，遵守耶和華頒給摩西的誡命。 7 耶和華與他同在，他凡事順利。他反抗亞述王的統治，不再臣服於他。 8 他擊敗非利士人，從他們的瞭望塔和堅城，一直打到迦薩及其四境。

9 希西迦執政第四年，即以拉的兒子以色列王何細亞執政第七年，亞述王撒縵以色起兵攻打撒瑪利亞城，將城包圍。 10 三年之後，就是希西迦執政第六年，以色列王何細亞執政第九年，撒瑪利亞失陷。 11 亞述王把以色列人擄到亞述，將他們安置在哈臘、歌散的哈博河一帶以及瑪代人的城邑裡。 12 這都是因為以色列人沒有聽從他們的上帝耶和華，違背了祂的約，不遵行祂僕人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亞述人攻打耶路撒冷

13 希西迦王執政第十四年，亞述王西拿基立起兵攻取了猶大所有的堅城。 14 希西迦王差遣使者去拉吉見亞述王說：「我知罪了，求你退兵！我願意滿足你的任何要求。」亞述王向希西迦索要十噸銀子和一噸金子。 15 希西迦將耶和華殿裡和王宮庫房裡的所有銀子都給了他， 16 又刮下他包在耶和華殿門和門柱上的金子，一併送去。 17 但亞述王派他的元帥、都統和將軍從拉吉率領大軍到耶路撒冷見希西迦。到了耶路撒冷後，他們駐紮在上池的水溝旁、通往漂布場的路上。 18 他們要求見王。希勒迦的兒子宮廷總管以利亞敬、書記舍伯那和亞薩的兒子史官約亞出來見他們。 19 亞述的將軍說：「你們去告訴希西迦，偉大的亞述王說，『你憑什麼這樣自信呢？ 20 你所謂的戰略和軍力不過是空話。你究竟倚靠誰，竟敢背叛我？ 21 看啊，你所倚靠的埃及只不過是一根破裂的蘆葦，誰倚靠它，誰的手就會被刺傷。倚靠埃及王法老的下場都是這樣。』 22 也許你會說，『我們倚靠我們的上帝耶和華。』希西迦不是拆除了祂的廟宇和祭壇，又吩咐猶大和耶路撒冷的人要在耶路撒冷的祭壇前敬拜祂嗎？ 23 來，跟我主人亞述王打個賭，你若能找到兩千騎士，我就給你兩千匹馬！ 24 你們即使依靠埃及的戰車和騎兵，又怎能打敗我主人的一個最小的將領呢？ 25 更何況我來攻打、毀滅這地方不正是耶和華的意思嗎？耶和華吩咐我攻打、毀滅這地方。」

26 以利亞敬、舍伯那和約亞對亞述的將軍說：「求你用亞蘭語跟僕人們說話，我們都聽得懂。求你不要用希伯來語跟我們說話，免得城牆上的人聽見。」 27 亞述的將軍卻說：「難道我主人派我來只對你們和你們的王說這些話嗎？不也是對城牆上的人說嗎？他們和你們一樣都要吃自己的糞，喝自己的尿。」 28 於是，他站著用希伯來語大喊：「你們要聽偉大的亞述王的話。 29 王說，『你們不要被希西迦欺騙，他不能從我手中救你們。 30 不要聽希西迦的話去倚靠耶和華，說什麼耶和華必拯救你們，這城必不會落在亞述王手中。』 31 不要聽希西迦的話。亞述王說，『你們要跟我講和，出來歸順我，你們就可以吃自己葡萄樹和無花果樹的果子，喝自己井裡的水。 32 以後我會來領你們到一個地方，那裡和這裡一樣有五穀和新酒、餅和葡萄園。你們就可以存活，不至於死。希西迦說耶和華會拯救你們，不要聽信他的話。 33 有哪個國家的神明曾經從亞述王手中救他的國家嗎？ 34 哈馬、亞珥拔的神明在哪裡呢？西法瓦音、希拿和以瓦的神明又在哪裡呢？他們從我手中救出撒瑪利亞了嗎？ 35 這些國家的神明哪個從我手中救了自己的國家呢？難道耶和華能從我手中救耶路撒冷嗎？』」 36 民眾默不作聲，因為希西迦曾吩咐他們不要答話。 37 總管以利亞敬、書記舍伯那和史官約亞都撕裂衣服，去向希西迦稟告亞述的將軍說的話。

Footnotes

  1. 18·2 「亞比雅」此處的希伯來文為亞比，是亞比雅的變體。
  2. 18·4 「尼忽士旦」可能是「蛇」和「銅」的組合詞。
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Hezekiah King of Judah(A)(B)(C)

18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah(D) son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.(E) His mother’s name was Abijah[a] daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right(F) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(G) had done. 4 He removed(H) the high places,(I) smashed the sacred stones(J) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(K) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[b])

5 Hezekiah trusted(L) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast(M) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7 And the Lord was with him; he was successful(N) in whatever he undertook. He rebelled(O) against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8 From watchtower to fortified city,(P) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

9 In King Hezekiah’s fourth year,(Q) which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. 11 The king(R) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.(S) 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant(T)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.(U) They neither listened to the commands(V) nor carried them out.

13 In the fourteenth year(W) of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah(X) and captured them. 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish:(Y) “I have done wrong.(Z) Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[c] of silver and thirty talents[d] of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave(AA) him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

16 At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors(AB) and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(AC)(AD)

17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander,(AE) his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool,(AF) on the road to the Washerman’s Field. 18 They called for the king; and Eliakim(AG) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna(AH) the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.

19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

“‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence(AI) of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(AJ) that splintered reed of a staff,(AK) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 22 But if you say to me, “We are depending on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?

23 “‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 24 How can you repulse one officer(AL) of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[e]? 25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord?(AM) The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(AN) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(AO) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

31 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree(AP) and drink water from your own cistern,(AQ) 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life(AR) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ 33 Has the god(AS) of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath(AT) and Arpad?(AU) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(AV)

36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

37 Then Eliakim(AW) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,(AX) and told him what the field commander had said.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
  2. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
  3. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
  4. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
  5. 2 Kings 18:24 Or charioteers
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Hezekiah Reigns in Judah(A)

18 Now it came to pass in the third year of (B)Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that (C)Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (D)Abi[a] the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.

4 (E)He removed the [b]high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the [c]wooden image and broke in pieces the (F)bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it [d]Nehushtan. 5 He (G)trusted in the Lord God of Israel, (H)so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 6 For he (I)held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. 7 The Lord (J)was with him; he (K)prospered wherever he went. And he (L)rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8 (M)He [e]subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, (N)from watchtower to fortified city.

9 Now (O)it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, (P)the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 (Q)Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them (R)in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they (S)did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.

13 And (T)in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay.” And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah (U)gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house. 16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave [f]it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord(V)

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the [g]Tartan, the [h]Rabsaris, and the [i]Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the (W)aqueduct from the upper pool, (X)which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field. 18 And when they had called to the king, (Y)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the [j]scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them. 19 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: (Z)“What confidence is this in which you trust? 20 You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are [k]mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 21 (AA)Now look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He (AB)whose [l]high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?” ’ 23 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them! 24 How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 25 Have I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ”

26 (AC)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in (AD)Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in [m]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?”

28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in [n]Hebrew, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 Thus says the king: (AE)‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you from his hand; 30 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’ 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me [o]by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own (AF)vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern; 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, (AG)a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” 33 (AH)Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of (AI)Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and (AJ)Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, (AK)that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”

36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.” 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah (AL)with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:2 Abijah, 2 Chr. 29:1ff.
  2. 2 Kings 18:4 Places for pagan worship
  3. 2 Kings 18:4 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
  4. 2 Kings 18:4 Lit. Bronze Thing, also similar to Heb. nahash, serpent
  5. 2 Kings 18:8 Lit. struck
  6. 2 Kings 18:16 Lit. them
  7. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Commander in Chief
  8. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief Officer
  9. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor
  10. 2 Kings 18:18 secretary
  11. 2 Kings 18:20 Lit. a word of the lips
  12. 2 Kings 18:22 Places for pagan worship
  13. 2 Kings 18:26 Lit. Judean
  14. 2 Kings 18:28 Lit. Judean
  15. 2 Kings 18:31 By paying tribute
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