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2 Reyes 18
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Ezequías rey de Judá

18 En el año tercero de Oseas, hijo de Ela, rey de Israel(A), comenzó a reinar Ezequías, hijo de Acaz, rey de Judá(B). 2 (C)Tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó veintinueve años en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre era Abi[a], hija de Zacarías. 3 Hizo lo recto ante los ojos del Señor(D), conforme a todo lo que su padre David había hecho. 4 Quitó los lugares altos(E), derribó los pilares sagrados y cortó la Asera[b]. También hizo pedazos la serpiente de bronce que Moisés había hecho(F), porque hasta aquellos días los israelitas le quemaban incienso; y la llamaban Nehustán[c].

5 Ezequías confió en el Señor, Dios de Israel(G). Después de él, no hubo ninguno como él entre todos los reyes de Judá, ni entre los que fueron antes de él(H), 6 porque se apegó al Señor; no se apartó de Él(I), sino que guardó los mandamientos que el Señor había ordenado a Moisés. 7 El Señor estaba con él; adondequiera que iba prosperaba(J). Se rebeló contra el rey de Asiria y no le sirvió(K). 8 Derrotó[d] a los filisteos hasta Gaza(L) y su territorio, desde las torres de atalaya hasta las ciudades fortificadas(M).

9 En el año cuarto del rey Ezequías, que era el año séptimo de Oseas, hijo de Ela, rey de Israel, Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, subió contra Samaria y la sitió(N), 10 y después de tres años la tomaron. En el año sexto de Ezequías, que era el año noveno de Oseas, rey de Israel, Samaria fue tomada(O). 11 Y el rey de Asiria llevó a Israel al destierro en Asiria, y los puso en Halah y en el Habor, río de Gozán, y en las ciudades de los medos(P), 12 porque no obedecieron la voz del Señor su Dios, sino que quebrantaron Su pacto, es decir, todo lo que Moisés, siervo del Señor, había ordenado; no escucharon, ni lo cumplieron(Q).

Invasión de Senaquerib

13 (R)En el año catorce del rey Ezequías, subió Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, contra todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá, y las tomó. 14 Entonces Ezequías, rey de Judá, envió a decir al rey de Asiria en Laquis: «He hecho lo malo(S). Retírate[e] de mí; lo que me impongas, aceptaré». Y el rey de Asiria impuso a Ezequías, rey de Judá, 10.2 toneladas de plata y una tonelada de oro. 15 Y Ezequías le dio toda la plata que se hallaba en la casa del Señor y en los tesoros de la casa del rey(T). 16 En aquel tiempo Ezequías quitó el oro de las puertas del templo del Señor, y de los postes de las puertas que el mismo Ezequías, rey de Judá, había revestido de oro, y lo entregó al rey de Asiria.

17 Desde Laquis el rey de Asiria envió a Jerusalén, al Tartán(U), al Rabsaris y al Rabsaces[f] con un gran ejército contra el rey Ezequías. Y subieron y llegaron a Jerusalén. Y cuando subieron, llegaron y se colocaron junto al acueducto del estanque superior que está en la calzada del campo del Batanero[g](V). 18 Llamaron al rey, y salió a ellos Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías(W), que era mayordomo, con el escriba Sebna(X) y el cronista Joa, hijo de Asaf.

19 Entonces el Rabsaces les dijo: «Digan ahora a Ezequías: “Así dice el gran rey, el rey de Asiria: ‘¿Qué confianza es esta que tú tienes(Y)? 20 Tú dices (pero solo son palabras vanas): “Tengo consejo y poder para la guerra”. Pero ahora, ¿en quién confías que te has rebelado contra mí(Z)? 21 Yo sé que tú confías en el báculo de esta caña quebrada, es decir, en Egipto(AA), en el cual, si un hombre se apoya, penetrará en su mano y la traspasará. Así es Faraón, rey de Egipto, para todos los que confían en él. 22 Pero si ustedes me dicen: “Nosotros confiamos en el Señor nuestro Dios”, ¿no es Él aquel cuyos lugares altos y cuyos altares Ezequías ha quitado(AB) y ha dicho a Judá y a Jerusalén: “Adorarán delante de este altar en Jerusalén”? 23 Ahora pues, te ruego que llegues a un acuerdo[h] con mi señor el rey de Asiria, y yo te daré 2,000 caballos, si por tu parte puedes poner jinetes sobre ellos. 24 ¿Cómo, pues, puedes rechazar a un oficial[i] de los menores de los siervos de mi señor, y confiar en Egipto para tener carros y hombres de a caballo? 25 ¿He subido ahora sin el consentimiento del Señor contra este lugar para destruirlo? El Señor me dijo: “Sube contra esta tierra y destrúyela”’”».

26 Entonces Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías, Sebna y Joa dijeron al Rabsaces: «Le rogamos que hable a sus siervos en arameo(AC), porque nosotros lo entendemos[j], y no nos hable en la lengua de Judá[k] a oídos del pueblo que está sobre la muralla». 27 Pero el Rabsaces les dijo: «¿Acaso me ha enviado mi señor para hablar estas palabras solo a tu señor y a ti, y no a los hombres que están sentados en la muralla, condenados a comer sus propios excrementos y beber su propia orina con ustedes?». 28 El Rabsaces se puso en pie, gritó a gran voz en la lengua de Judá, y dijo: «Escuchen la palabra del gran rey, el rey de Asiria. 29 Así dice el rey: “Que no los engañe Ezequías, porque él no los podrá librar de mi[l] mano(AD); 30 ni que Ezequías les haga confiar en el Señor, diciendo: ‘Ciertamente el Señor nos librará, y esta ciudad no será entregada en manos del rey de Asiria’. 31 No escuchen a Ezequías, porque así dice el rey de Asiria: ‘Hagan la paz conmigo[m] y salgan a mí, y coma cada uno de su vid y cada uno de su higuera, y beba(AE) cada cual de las aguas de su cisterna, 32 hasta que yo venga y los lleve a una tierra como la tierra de ustedes, tierra de grano y de vino nuevo, tierra de pan y de viñas, tierra de olivos y de miel, para que vivan y no mueran(AF)’.

Pero no escuchen a Ezequías porque los engaña, diciendo: ‘El Señor nos librará’. 33 ¿Acaso alguno de los dioses de las naciones ha librado su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria(AG)? 34 ¿Dónde están los dioses de Hamat y de Arfad(AH)? ¿Dónde están los dioses de Sefarvaim, de Hena y de Iva(AI)? ¿Cuándo han librado ellos a Samaria de mi mano(AJ)? 35 ¿Quiénes de entre todos los dioses de estas tierras han librado su tierra de mi mano(AK), para que el Señor libre a Jerusalén de mi mano?”». 36 Pero el pueblo se quedó callado y no le respondió palabra alguna, porque la orden del rey era: «No le respondan». 37 Entonces Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías(AL), mayordomo de la casa real, el escriba Sebna y el cronista Joa, hijo de Asaf, fueron a Ezequías con sus vestidos rasgados(AM), y le relataron las palabras del Rabsaces.

Footnotes

  1. 18:2 En 2Crón. 29:1, Abías.
  2. 18:4 I.e. deidad femenina.
  3. 18:4 I.e. pedazo de bronce.
  4. 18:8 Lit. Hirió.
  5. 18:14 Lit. Vuelve.
  6. 18:17 I.e. oficiales de alto rango.
  7. 18:17 O Lavandero.
  8. 18:23 Lit. intercambies promesas.
  9. 18:24 O gobernador.
  10. 18:26 Lit. oímos.
  11. 18:26 Lit. en judío; i.e. en hebreo, y así en el vers. 28.
  12. 18:29 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb. su.
  13. 18:31 Lit. Hagan conmigo una bendición.
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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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18 4 Hezekiah king of Judah putteth down the brazen serpent, and destroyeth the idols, 7 and prospereth. 11 Israel is carried away captive. 30 The blasphemy of Sennacherib.

1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah king of Israel, (A)Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

2 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi the daughter of Zechariah,

3 And he did [a]uprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

4 He took away the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the (B)brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it, and he called it [b]Nehushtan.

5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, neither were there any such before him.

6 For he clave to the Lord and departed not from him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

7 So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all things which he took in hand, also he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza, and the coasts thereof, [c]from the watchtower unto the defensed city.

9 (C)And in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, (which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel) Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

10 And after three years they took it, even in the sixth year of Hezekiah: that is, (D)the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel was Samaria taken.

11 Then the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

12 Because they would not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant: that is, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, and would neither obey nor do them.

13 (E)Moreover, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the strong cities of Judah, and took them.

14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent unto the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, [d]I have offended: depart from me, and what thou layest upon me, I will bear it. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

15 Therefore Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

16 At the same season did Hezekiah pull off the plates of the doors of the Temple of the Lord, and the pillars (which the said Hezekiah king of Judah had covered over) and gave them to the king of Assyria.

17 ¶ And the king of Assyria sent [e]Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up, and came to Jerusalem, and when they were come up, they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is by the path of the fuller’s field,

18 And called to the king. Then came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the [f]recorder.

19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great king, even the great king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

20 Thou thinkest, Surely I have [g]eloquence, [h]but counsel and strength are for the war. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staff of reed, to wit, on [i]Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God, is not that he whose high places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath [j]taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 Now therefore give [k]hostages to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders upon them.

24 For how canst thou despise any captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

25 Am I now come up without the [l]Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah said unto Rabshakeh, Speak I pray thee, to thy servants in the [m]Aramites’ language, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jews’ tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.

27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink [n]their own piss with you?

28 So Rabshakeh stood, and spake, saying, Hear the words of the great king, of the king of Assyria.

29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you [o]out of mine hand.

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given over into the hand of the king of Assyria.

31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [p]appointment with me, and come out to me, that every man may eat of his own vine, and every man of his own fig tree, and drink every man of the water of his own well,

32 Till [q]I come, and bring you to a land like your own land, even a land of wheat and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive’s oil, and honey, that ye may live and not die: and obey not Hezekiah, for he deceiveth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.

33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? how have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

35 Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that have delivered their land out of mine hand, that the [r]Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

36 But the people held their peace, and answered not him a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer ye him not.

37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:3 Although they of Judah were given to idolatry and impiety, as they of Israel were, yet God for his promise sake was merciful unto the throne of David, and yet by his judgment toward the other, provoked to repentance.
  2. 2 Kings 18:4 That is, a piece of Brass: thus he calleth the serpent by contempt, which notwithstanding was set up by the word of God, and miracles were wrought by it: yet when it was abused to idolatry this good king destroyed it, not thinking it worthy to be called a serpent, but a piece of brass.
  3. 2 Kings 18:8 Read 2 Kings 17:9.
  4. 2 Kings 18:14 As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that none should glory in himself.
  5. 2 Kings 18:17 After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the tribute appointed by the king of the Assyrians, he sent his captains and army against him.
  6. 2 Kings 18:18 Or, writer of Chronicles, or secretary.
  7. 2 Kings 18:20 Hebrew, talk of the lips.
  8. 2 Kings 18:20 Thou thinkest that words will serve to persuade thy people, or to move my master.
  9. 2 Kings 18:21 Egypt shall not only not be able to succor thee, but shall be an hurt unto thee.
  10. 2 Kings 18:22 Thus the idolaters think that God’s religion is destroyed, when superstition and idolatry are reformed.
  11. 2 Kings 18:23 Meaning, that it was best for him to yield to the king of Assyria, because his power was so small that he had not men to furnish two thousand horses.
  12. 2 Kings 18:25 The wicked always in their prosperity flatter themselves, that God doth favor them. Thus he speaketh to fear Hezekiah that by resisting him he should resist God.
  13. 2 Kings 18:26 Or, Syrians.
  14. 2 Kings 18:27 Hebrew, the water of their feet.
  15. 2 Kings 18:29 Or, by his hand.
  16. 2 Kings 18:31 Hebrew, blessing: meaning the conditions of peace.
  17. 2 Kings 18:32 He maketh himself so sure, that he will not grant them truce, except they render themselves to him to be led away captives.
  18. 2 Kings 18:35 This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God did most sharply punish it.
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