Hezekiah sendeth to Isaiah.

Before CHRIST about 710.

d cli. 19. 13.

e ch. 17. 24, Ava.

f Dan. 3. 15.

5 Is. 33. 7.

a Is. 37. 1, &c.

b Luke 3. 4, called Esaias.

Or, provocation.

c2 Sain. 16. 12.

dl. 18, 35.

e Ps, 50. 21.

† Heb. fund.

fIs. 37, 6, &c.

II. KINGS.

35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

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

Sennacherib's blasphemous letter.

Thus saith the LORD, Be not
afraid of the words which thou
hast heard, with which the
servants of the king of Assyria
have blasphemed me.

7 Behold, I will send ha blast
upon him, and he shall hear a
rumour, and shall return to his
own land; and I will cause him
to fall by the sword in his own
land.

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

of ing,

Before CHRIST about 710.

5 ch. 18. 17.

hver. 35, 36,

37.
Jer. 51. 1.

i ch. 18. 14. 710.

23. 27.

9 And when he heard say_of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Be-See 1 Sam. 37 Then came Eliakim the son hold, he is come out to fight of Hilkiah, which was over the against thee; he sent messenhousehold, and Shebna thegers again unto Hezekiah, sayscribe, and Joah the son Asaph the recorder, to Heze- 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, kiah king of Judah, saying, Let and told him the words of Rab- not thy God in whom thou 1 ch. 18.5. shakeh. trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

CHAPTER XIX.
1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to
pray for them. 6 Isaiah comforteth them.
8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirha-
kah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Heze-
kiah. 14 Hezekiah's prayer, 20 Isaiah's
prophecy of the pride and destruction of
Sennacherib, and the good of Zion. 35 An
angel slayeth the Assyrians. 36 Senna-
cherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.
ND came to pass, when

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

12 m Have the gods of the na

Aking Hackiah heard it, that tions delivered them which my

he rent his clothes, and covered
himself with sackcloth, and went
into the house of the LORD.
2 And he sent Eliakim, which
was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and the
elders of the priests, covered
with sackcloth, to bIsaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.

3 And they said unto him, Thus
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day
of trouble, and of rebuke, and
blasphemy: for the children
are come to the birth, and there
is not strength to bring forth.

m ch. 18.33.

14 PAnd Hezekiah received PIs. 37. 14, the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, 4 which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: topen, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, "which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings

T

T

Before of Assyria have destroyed the CHRIST nations and their lands,

710.

† Heb.
given.
Ps. 115. 4.
Jer. 10. 3.

y Ps. 83. 18.

*1s. 37. 21, &c.

a Ps. 65.2.

b Lam. 2. 13.

Job 16. 4. Ps. 22. 7, 8. Lam. 2. 15.

d Ps. 71. 22. 1s. 5. 24. Jer. 51. 5.

† Heb. By

e ch. 18. 17. fPs. 20. 7.

18 And have t cast their gods
into the fire: for they were no
gods, but the work of men's
hands, wood and stone: there-
fore they have destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O LORD our
God, I beseech thee, save thou
us out of his hand, y that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know
that thou art the LORD God, even
thou only.

20 Then Isaiah the son of
Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,
Thus saith the LORD God of Is-
rael, That which thou hast
prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria a I have heard.
21 This is the word that the
LORD hath spoken concerning
him; The virgin the daughter
of Zion hath despised thee, and
laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem chath
shaken her head at thee.

22 Whom hast thou reproached
and blasphemed? and against
whom hast thou exalted thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes
on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.

23 te By thy messengers thou the hand of hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees tallness, &c. thereof, and the choice fir trees

↑ Heb. the

1 Or, the forest and his fruitful field.

Is. 10. 18.

Or, fenced. Or, Hast thou not heard how

Thave made

it long ago,

and formed

it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruin ous heaps?

B Is. 45. 7. b Is. 10. 5

† Heb. short of hand.

thereof: and I will enter into the
lodgings of his borders, and into
Il the forest of his Carmel.

24 I have digged and drunk
strange waters, and with the sole
of my feet have I dried up all the
rivers of besieged places.

Before CHRIST 710.

The Assyrian army destroyed. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine cars, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back m by the way by which thou camest.

1 Job 41. 2.
Ez. 29. 4. &
38. 4.
Amos 4.2.
m ver. 33, 36,
37.

30 And the remnant that is 2 Chr. 32.22, escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: Pthe zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

t Heb. the

escaping.

P1s. 9.7.

1 Kings 11. 12, 13.

52 Chr. 32.21. Is. 37. 36.

34 For I will defend this city, 9 ch. 20. 6. to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that "Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons

25 Hast thou not heard long
ago how I have done it, and of
ancient times that I have formed
it? now have I brought it to
pass, that thou shouldest be to
lay waste fenced cities into ruin-smote him with the sword: and
ous heaps.
they escaped into the land of
† Armenia. And y Esar-haddon
his son reigned in his stead.

26 Therefore their inhabitants
were t of small power, they were
dismayed and confounded; they
were as the grass of the field, and
as the green herb, as the grass
on the housetops, and as corn
blasted before it be grown up.
27 But I know thy labode, and
1Or, sitting. thy going out, and thy coming
in, and thy rage against me.

i Ps. 129. 6.

k Ps. 139. 1, &c.

Hezekiah's sickness and prayer.

Before CHRIST 713.

a 2 Chr. 32. 24, &c.

IN a those days was Hezekiah bad heard that Hezekiah had

sick unto

And the been sick. prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, 1s. 38. 1, &c. Thus saith the LORD, † Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

† Heb.
Give charge
concerning
thine house,
2 Sam. 17.23.

b Neh. 13. 22.
© Gen. 17. 1.
1 Kings 3, 6.

↑ Heb. with a great weeping.

1 Or, city.

& 10. 1.

ch. 19, 20. Ps. 65. 2.

Before CHRIST 712.

31.

Or, spicery.

Or, jewels.
Heb

13 And Hezekiah hearkened n unto them, and shewed them all "Chr.32.27, the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious 2 Then he turned his face to the ointment, and all the house of wall, and prayed unto the LORD, his tarmour, and all that was saying, found in his treasures: there 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, bre- was nothing in his house, nor member now how I have walk-in all his dominion, that İlezeed before thee in truth and with kiah shewed them not. a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept tsore.

4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah d1 Sam. 9. 16. the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen fthy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

f Ps. 39. 12. & 56, 8.

5 ch. 19. 34.

hIs. 38. 21.

6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 And Hezekiah said unto iSee Judg. 6. Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

17, 37, 3). 1. 7. 11, 14. & 35. 22.

k See Is. 38. 7,8.

12, 11.

9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

11 And Isaiah the prophet cried 1See Josh. 10. unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the † dial of Ahaz.

vessels.

15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things ver. 13. that are in mine house have they seen there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

25. 13.

Jer. 27. 21. 22. & 52. 17.

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, Pshall Pel.24. 13. & be carried unto Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

ch. 18. 4.

d1 Kings 16. Deut. 4. 19.

32, 33.

€

Amon's wicked reign.

ever heareth of it, both his ears
shall tingle.

13 And I will stretch over Jeru-
salem the line of Samaria, and
the plummet of the house of
Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusa-
lem as a man wipeth a dish,
twiping it, and turning it upside
down.

3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his fa- 14 And I will forsake the remther had destroyed; and he rear-nant of mine inheritance, and ed up altars for Baal, and made a deliver them into the hand of grove, das did Ahab king of Is- their enemies; and they shall rael; and worshipped all the become a prey and a spoil to all host of heaven, and served them. 4 And the built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the 82 Sam.7.13. LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

& 17.3.
ch. 17. 16.

f Jer. 32. 34.

1 Kings 8. 29. & 9.3.

h Lev. 18. 21.
& 20. 2.
ch. 16, 3, &
17. 17.

31.

i Lev. 19. 26, Deut. 18. 10,

11.

ch. 17. 17.

k2 Sam. 7.13. Kings 8. 29.

& 9.3. ch. 23. 27. Ps. 132. 13, 14.

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

their enemies;

15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

Before CHRIST about 698.

3.11. See Is. 34.

Jer. 19. 3.

11. Lam. 2. 8.

Anios 7.7,8. † Heb. he

wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof.

mouth to mouth.

16 Moreover Manasseh shed ch. 24. 4. innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from Heb. from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

6 h And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed itimes, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 20 And he did that which was 9 But they hearkened not: and evil in the sight of the LORD, Prov. 29.12. Manasseh seduced them to doy as his father Manasseh did. more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Chr. 33. 11

19.

643.

18 And Manasseh slept with "2 Chr. 33.20. his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 Amon was twenty and 2 Chr. 33. 21 two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

-23.

y ver. 2, &c.

1 Kings 11. 33.

22 And he z forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew Chr. 33. 24, the king in his own house.

24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the peoIple of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

25 Now the rest of the acts of

25.

641.

II. KINGS. Hilkiah findeth a book of the law. Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?