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et factum est in quartodecimo anno regis Ezechiae ascenditSennacherib rex Assyriorum super omnes civitates Iuda munitaset cepit eas

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et misit rex Assyriorum Rabsacen de Lachis in Hierusalem adregem Ezechiam in manu gravi et stetit in aquaeductu piscinaesuperioris in via agri Fullonis

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et egressus est ad eum Eliachim filius Helciae qui eratsuper domum et Sobna scriba et Ioae filius Asaph a commentariis

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et dixit ad eos Rabsaces dicite Ezechiae haec dicit rexmagnus rex Assyriorum quae est ista fiducia qua confidis

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aut quo consilio vel fortitudine rebellare disponis superquem habes fiduciam quia recessisti a me

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ecce confidis super baculum harundineum confractum istumsuper Aegyptum cui si innisus fuerit homo intrabit in manu eiuset perforabit eam sic Pharao rex Aegypti omnibus qui confiduntin eo

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quod si responderis mihi in Domino Deo nostro confidimusnonne ipse est cuius abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria etdixit Iudae et Hierusalem coram altari isto adorabitis

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et nunc trade te domino meo regi Assyriorum et dabo tibiduo milia equorum nec poteris ex te praebere ascensores eorum

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et quomodo sustinebis faciem iudicis unius loci ex servisdomini mei minoribus quod si confidis in Aegypto in quadriga etin equitibus

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et nunc numquid sine Domino ascendi ad terram istam utdisperderem eam Dominus dixit ad me ascende super terram istamet disperde eam

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et dixit Eliachim et Sobna et Ioae ad Rabsacen loquere adservos tuos syra lingua intellegimus enim ne loquaris ad nosiudaice in auribus populi qui est super murum

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et dixit ad eos Rabsaces numquid ad dominum tuum et ad temisit me dominus meus ut loquerer omnia verba ista et nonpotius ad viros qui sedent in muro ut comedant stercora sua etbibant urinam pedum suorum vobiscum

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et stetit Rabsaces et clamavit voce magna iudaice et dixitaudite verba regis magni regis Assyriorum

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haec dicit rex non seducat vos Ezechias quia non poteriteruere vos

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et non vobis tribuat fiduciam Ezechias super Domino dicenseruens liberabit nos Dominus non dabitur civitas ista in manuregis Assyriorum

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nolite audire Ezechiam haec enim dicit rex Assyriorumfacite mecum benedictionem et egredimini ad me et comediteunusquisque vineam suam et unusquisque ficum suam et bibiteunusquisque aquam cisternae suae

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donec veniam et tollam vos ad terram quae est ut terravestra terram frumenti et vini terram panum et vinearum

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ne conturbet vos Ezechias dicens Dominus liberabit nosnumquid liberaverunt dii gentium unusquisque terram suam demanu regis Assyriorum

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ubi est deus Emath et Arfad ubi est deus Seffarvaimnumquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea

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quis est ex omnibus diis terrarum istarum qui erueritterram suam de manu mea ut eruat Dominus Hierusalem de manu mea

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et siluerunt et non responderunt ei verbum mandaverat enimrex dicens ne respondeatis ei

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et ingressus est Eliachim filius Helciae qui erat superdomum et Sobna scriba et Ioae filius Asaph a commentariis adEzechiam scissis vestibus et nuntiaverunt ei verba Rabsacis

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036:001
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

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Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

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But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

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Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

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Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

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Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

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Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

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Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

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Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

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But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

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Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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