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In the third year of Osee, son of Ela, king Achaz of Juda was succeeded by his son Ezechias. (2 Kings 18, 1)
This king was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted twenty-nine years. (2 Kings 18, 2)
In the Lord God of Israel he put all his trust; never was a king of Juda to rival him before or after; (2 Kings 18, 5)
What wonder if the Lord was with him, if he was well advised in all he did? Against the king of Assyria he rose in rebellion, and denied him tribute; (2 Kings 18, 7)
It was in the fourth year of Ezechias, and the seventh year after Osee son of Ela came to the throne of Israel, that Salmanasar, king of Assyria, marched on Samaria and laid siege to it. (2 Kings 18, 9)
Then, in the fourteenth year of Ezechias, the Assyrian king Sennacherib marched on the fortified cities of Juda and took them; (2 Kings 18, 13)
whereupon king Ezechias sent word to the king of Assyria, then at Lachis: I have been to blame; withdraw thy troops, and I will pay whatever ransom thou dost demand. So the king of Assyria imposed on Ezechias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and three hundred of gold. (2 Kings 18, 14)
broke up, too, the temple doors, with the golden plates he himself had nailed to them, and gave these to the king of Assyria. (2 Kings 18, 16)
After this the Assyrian king, who was still at Lachis, sent Tharthan, Rabsaris and Rabsaces at the head of a strong force to Jerusalem, where king Ezechias was. They marched up to the city, and halted by the aqueduct that fed the upper pool, on the way that brings you to the Fuller’s Field. (2 Kings 18, 17)
Their demand was to see the king, but they were met by Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the secretary, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder. (2 Kings 18, 18)
So Rabsaces bade them tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the great king, the king of Assyria. What confidence is this that makes thee so bold? (2 Kings 18, 19)
What, wilt thou rely on Egypt? That is to support thyself on a broken staff of cane, that will splinter and run into a man’s hand, if he presses on it, and pierce him through; such does Pharao, king of Egypt, prove himself to all those who rely on him. (2 Kings 18, 21)
