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BrLXXκαὶ πόλεις ἃς ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀποσκευὴν προβάτων καὶ βοῶν εἰς πλῆθος, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Κύριος ἀποσκευὴν πολλὴν σφόδρα. (kai poleis has ōkodomaʸsen autōi, kai aposkeuaʸn probatōn kai boōn eis plaʸthos, hoti edōken autōi Kurios aposkeuaʸn pollaʸn sfodra. )
BrTrand cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.
ULTAnd cities he made for himself and livestock of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave to him very much property.[fn]
Instead of cities, some modern versions have donkeys, and some other modern versions leave out the word entirely.
USTThey built cities and acquired for the king great many flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, because God had enabled him to become very rich.
BSBHe made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
RVMoreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him very much substance.
WbstrMoreover, he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance in great abundance.
KJB-1769Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. (Moreover/What's_more he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. )
KJB-1611Moreouer, hee prouided him cities, and possessions of flockes & heards in abundance: for God had giuen him substance very much. (Moreover/What's_more, he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and heards in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.)
BshpsAnd he made him cities, & had of sheepe and oxen great aboundaunce: For God had geuen him substaunce exceeding much. (And he made him cities, and had of sheep and oxen great aboundaunce: For God had given him substance exceeding much.)
GnvaAnd he made him cities, and had possession of sheepe and oxen in abundance: for God had giuen him substance exceeding much. (And he made him cities, and had possession of sheep and oxen in abundance: for God had given him substance exceeding much. )
Cvdland buylded him cities, and had many catell of shepe and oxen: for God gaue him very moch good. (and builded/built him cities, and had many cattle of sheep and oxen: for God gave him very much good.)
Wycland fooldis to scheep, and sixe citees. For he hadde vnnoumbrable flockis of scheep and of grete beestis; for the Lord hadde youe to hym ful myche catel. (and fooldis to sheep, and six cities. For he had unnoumbrable flocks of sheep and of great beasts/animals; for the Lord had given to him full much cattle.)
LuthUnd bauete ihm Städte und hatte Vieh an Schafen und Rindern die Menge; denn GOtt gab ihm sehr groß Gut. (And bauete him cities and had Vieh at Schafen and cattle the Menge; because God gave him very large Gut.)
ClVget urbes ædificavit sibi: habebat quippe greges ovium et armentorum innumerabiles, eo quod dedisset ei Dominus substantiam multam nimis. (and urbes ædificavit sibi: had quippe flocks ovium and armentorum innumerabiles, eo that dedisset to_him Master substantiam multam nimis. )
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).
