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OET by section 2KI 19:8

2KI 19:8–19:19 ©

The threatening again of Asirya

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19:8 The threatening again of Asirya

(Isa. 37:8-20)

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8And_returned [the]_Rab- shaqeh and_found DOM the_king of_Assyria fighting on Libnah if/because he_had_heard if/because_that he_had_set_out out_of_Lachish.
9And_he/it_listened concerning Tirhakah the_king of_Cush[fn] to_say there he_has_come_out to_fight against_you and_again and_sent messengers to Ḩizqiyyāh to_say.
10Thus say to Ḩizqiyyāh the_king of_Yəhūdāh to_say not deceive_you god_your whom you [are]_trusting in/on/over_him/it to_say not it_will_be_given Yərūshālayim in/on/at/with_hand of_the_king of_Assyria.
11Here you you_have_heard DOM [that]_which they_have_done the_kings of_Assyria to/from_all/each/any/every the_lands by_destroying_completely_them and_you(ms) will_you_be_delivered.
12The_deliver DOM_them the_gods the_nations which they_destroyed predecessors_my DOM Gozan and_DOM Ḩārān and_Rezeph and_the_sons of_ˊĒden who in/on/at/with_Telassar.
13Where_he the_king of_Hamath and_king of_Arpad and_king of_Lair Sepharvaim Hena and_Ivvah.
14And_he/it_took Ḩizqiyyāh DOM the_letter from_hand the_messengers and_read_it and_he/it_ascended the_house of_Yahweh and_spread_out_it Ḩizqiyyāh to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Yahweh.
15and_prayed Ḩizqiyyāh to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Yahweh and_said Oh_Yahweh the_god of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) [who]_sits the_cherubims you he the_ʼₑlhīmv by_-self_you to_all/each/any/every the_kingdoms the_earth/land you you_made DOM the_heavens and_DOM the_earth/land.
16Incline Oh_Yahweh ear_your and_hear open Oh_Yahweh eyes_your and_see and_hear DOM the_words of_Sennacherib which sent_him to_mock [the]_god living.
17Truly Oh_Yahweh they_have_made_desolate the_kings of_Assyria DOM the_nations and_DOM lands_their.
18And_hurled DOM gods_their in/on/at/with_fire if/because not [were]_gods they if/because (if) [the]_work of_[the]_hands of_humankind wood and_stone and_destroyed_them.
19And_now Oh_Yahweh god_our save_us please from_hand_his and_know all the_kingdoms the_earth/land if/because_that you Oh_Yahweh [are]_god by_yourself_you.

19:9 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.


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Sennacherib Attacks Judah

Isaiah 36-37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32

The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).

2KI 19:8–19:19 ©

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