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OET (OET-RV)So King Hizkiyah of Yehudah sent messengers to the Assyrian king at Lakish, saying, “I apologise for my mistake. Stop attacking me andI’ll give you whatever you demand of us.” Then the Assyrian king demanded a tribute of ten tonnes of gold and ten tonnes of silver.
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrTrAnd Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.
ULTAnd Hezekiah the king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria, to Lachish, saying, “I have sinned. Return from against me. Whatever you give to me, I will lift.” And the king of Assyria put on Hezekiah the king of Judah 300 rounds of silver and 30 rounds of gold.
USTKing Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in the city of Lachish, saying, “What I have done was wrong. Please tell your soldiers to stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him 10,000 kilograms (or about ten metric tons) of silver and 1,000 kilograms (about one metric ton) of gold.
BSBSo Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver[fn] and thirty talents of gold.[fn]
18:14300 talents is approximately 11.3 tons or 10.3 metric tons of silver.
18:1430 talents is approximately 1.13 tons or 1.03 metric tons of gold.
WEBBEHezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Withdraw from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents[fn] of gold.
18:14A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
NETKing Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
LSVand Hezekiah king of Judah sends to the king of Asshur at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which you put on me I bear”; and the king of Asshur lays on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold,
FBVSo Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent a message to the king of Assyria who was at Lachish, saying, “I've made a terrible mistake! Please retreat and leave me alone, and I'll pay you whatever you want!” The king of Assyria demanded Hezekiah, king of Judah, pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
T4TKing Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please tell your soldiers to stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him ◄ten tons/9,000 kg.► of silver and ◄one ton/900 kg.► of gold.
BBEAnd Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
JPSAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
ASVAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
DRAThen Ezechias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying: I have offended, depart from me: and all that thou shalt put upon me, I will bear. And the king of the Assyrians put a tax upon Ezechias king of Juda, of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.
YLTand Hezekiah king of Judah sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish, saying, 'I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;' and the king of Asshur layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold,
DrbyAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: I will bear what thou layest upon me. And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
RVAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (And Hezekiah king of Yudah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou/you puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Yudah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. )
SLTAnd Hezekiah king of Judah will send to the king of Assur to Lachish, saying, I sinned; turn back from me: what thou givest upon me I will bear. And the king of Assur will put upon Hezekiah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.
WbstrAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
KJB-1769And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (And Hezekiah king of Yudah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou/you puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Yudah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. )
KJB-1611And Hezekiah king of Iudah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I haue offended, returne from me: that which thou puttest on me, wil I beare. And the king of Assyria appointed vnto Hezekiah king of Iudah, three hundred talents of siluer, and thirtie talents of gold. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
GnvaThen Hezekiah King of Iudah sent vnto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I haue offended: depart from me, and what thou layest vpon me, I wil beare it. And the King of Asshur appoynted vnto Hezekiah King of Iudah three hudreth talents of siluer, and thirty talets of golde. (Then Hezekiah King of Yudah sent unto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I have offended: depart from me, and what thou/you layest upon me, I will bear it. And the King of Asshur appointed unto Hezekiah King of Yudah three hundredth talents of silver, and thirty talets of gold. )
ClVgTunc misit Ezechias rex Juda nuntios ad regem Assyriorum in Lachis, dicens: Peccavi: recede a me, et omne quod imposueris mihi, feram. Indixit itaque rex Assyriorum Ezechiæ regi Judæ trecenta talenta argenti, et triginta talenta auri. (Then he_sent Ezechias king Yuda messengers to the_king Assyriorum in/into/on Lachis, saying: Peccavi: recede from me, and everything that imposueris to_me, feram. Indixit therefore king Assyriorum Ezechiæ to_rule Yudætrecenta talents silver, and triginta talents auri. )
18:14Lachish lay southwest of Jerusalem, not far from the Philistine border. • I have done wrong (literally I have sinned). Hezekiah’s message to Sennacherib was in well-chosen diplomatic language. • Sennacherib claimed that in addition to the eleven tons of silver and one ton of gold, he received from Hezekiah many jewels and rich treasures as well as Hezekiah’s own daughter, the women of his harem, and his male and female singers.
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda to/towards king ʼAshshūr Lachish,at to=say done_wrong withdraw from,against,me DOM which/who impose on,me bear and=he/it_assigned king ʼAshshūr on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda three hundreds talents_of silver and=thirty talents_of gold )
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda to/towards king ʼAshshūr Lachish,at to=say done_wrong withdraw from,against,me DOM which/who impose on,me bear and=he/it_assigned king ʼAshshūr on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda three hundreds talents_of silver and=thirty talents_of gold )
This expression assumes that “me” represents the kingdom of Hezekiah. Alternate translation: “Take your army out of my territory”
(Occurrence 0) Whatever you put on me I will bear
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda to/towards king ʼAshshūr Lachish,at to=say done_wrong withdraw from,against,me DOM which/who impose on,me bear and=he/it_assigned king ʼAshshūr on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda three hundreds talents_of silver and=thirty talents_of gold )
Alternate translation: “I will pay you whatever you demand of me”
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda to/towards king ʼAshshūr Lachish,at to=say done_wrong withdraw from,against,me DOM which/who impose on,me bear and=he/it_assigned king ʼAshshūr on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Ḩizqiyyāh king Yehuda three hundreds talents_of silver and=thirty talents_of gold )
This is the name of type of weight that was used for money. One talent weighted about 33 kilograms.
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).
