³¹ Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me ^[a]by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own ^(A)vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

²⁵ And Judah and Israel ^(A)dwelt^[a] safely, ^(B)each man under his vine and his fig tree, ^(C)from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

Prosperity and Wisdom of Solomon’s Reign

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as numerous ^(A)as the sand by the sea in multitude, ^(B)eating and drinking and rejoicing.

¹¹ Please, take ^(A)my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt ^(B)graciously with me, and because I have ^[a]enough.” ^(C)So he urged him, and he took it.

²⁰ and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will ^(A)appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”