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II Kings
Chapter 18
1
Now it came to pass
in
the third year of Hoshea son of Elah
king
of Israel,
that
Hezekiah the son of Ahaz
king
of Judah began to reign.
2
Twenty and five years old
was
he when he began to reign;
and
he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.
His
mother's name also was Abi,
the
daughter of Zachariah.
3
And he did that which was right
in
the sight of Jehovah/God,
according
to all that David his father did.
4
He removed the high places,
and
broke the images,
and
cut down the groves,
and
broke in pieces
the
brazen serpent that Moses had made . . .
for
unto those days the children of Israel
did
burn incense to it
and
he called it Nehushtan.
5
He trusted in Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel;
so
that after him was none like him
among
all the kings of Judah,
nor
any that were before him.
6
For he clave to Jehovah/God,
and
departed not from following him,
but
kept his commandments,
which
Jehovah/God commanded Moses.
7
And Jehovah/God was with him;
and
he prospered whithersoever he went forth
and
he rebelled against the king of Assyria,
and
served him not.
8
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza,
and
the borders thereof,
from
the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9
And it came to pass
in
the fourth year of king Hezekiah,
which
was the seventh year of Hoshea
son
of Elah king of Israel,
that
Shalmaneser king of Assyria
came
up against Samaria,
and
besieged it.
10
And at the end of three years
they
took it . . .
even
in the sixth year of Hezekiah,
that
is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,
Samaria
was taken.
11
And the king of Assyria
did
carry away Israel unto Assyria,
and
put them in Halah and in Habor
by
the river of Gozan,
and
in the cities of the Medes . . . 12
because
they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah/God
their
'Elohiym/Godhead,
but
transgressed his covenant,
and
all that Moses the servant of Jehovah/God commanded,
and
would not hear them, nor do them.
13
Now in the fourteenth year
of
king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria
come
up against all the fenced cities of Judah,
and
took them.
14
And Hezekiah king of Judah
sent
to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying,
I
have offended; return from me
that
which you put 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.
15
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver
that
was found in the house of Jehovah/God,
and
in the treasures of the king's house.
16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold
from
the doors of the temple of Jehovah/God,
and
from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and
gave it to the king of Assyria.
{Parallel
Passage with Isaiah Chapter 38:2}
17~~And
the king of Assyria
sent
Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
from
Lachish to king Hezekiah
with
a great army against Jerusalem.
And they went up and came to Jerusalem.
And
when they were come up,
they
came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which
is in the highway of the fuller's field.
{Note: This was where the people did their laundry outside the walls of the city - and, from here the people in the walled city can see the 3 leaders of the state department and the acoustics are good - but the men on the wall had been studying doctrine under Isaiah the last year or more.}
18~~And
when they had called to the king,
there
came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who
was over the household
{Eliakim is the head of the Jewish State Department for Hezekiah},
and
Shebna the scribe,
{Isaiah 22:15:20 Isaiah tells us Shebna was the former State
Department head but he had been fired because he was a cluck
and he was proud, stupid and vain - yet here he still is}
and
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder
{Third leader of the State Department - he was responsible for all
important government records}.
19~~And
Rabshakeh said unto them,
"Speak
you now to Hezekiah,
'Thus
said the great king, the king of Assyria,
{implying that Hezekiah is just a punk - just a boy}
What
confidence is this wherein you trust?' "
{on what are you depending?? - say you on the wall - What are
you trusting in? 1st will Egypt whom they just defeated; 2nd will
be the Lord; 3rd then 'that national guard because the Jewish
army has been defeated also}
20~~You
think mere words are strategy and power for war?
{referring to Isaiah's bible doctrine teaching the last year}
Now
on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?' "
{speaking for Sennacherib}
21~~Now,
behold, you trust upon the staff of this bruised reed,
even
upon Egypt,
{they leaned on the crutch of Egypt and that crutch was snapped
by Assyria at the battle of Al-tee-ka (sp)}
on
which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it.
So is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all who trust on him.
22~~But
if you say unto me,
'We
trust in Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead.
Is
not that He, Whose high places and Whose altars
Hezekiah
have taken away,
and
have said to Judah and Jerusalem,
you
shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
{Note: When Hezekiah came to the throne he threw away all the 'false idols'. Only Jehovah could be worshiped in Israel. The Rabshakeh is mixed up and thinks that the gods in which he believes are the only 'things' that could help them.}
23~~Now
therefore 'make a bet', please/'I pray you',
to
my master the king of Assyria,
and
I will give you two thousand horses . . .
if
you be able on your part to set riders upon them.
{Note: Sarcasm - we have a lot of extra horses - we have 2000 extra and if you can get 2000 men who can ride them, we will provide the horses for them to ride! Meaning we know you do not have 2000 military men left in the city.}
24~~How
then will you turn away the face of one captain
of
the least of my master's servants,
and
put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
{Note: Means it would be better to put their faith in a corporal in the Assyrian army then a general of the Egyptian army . . . and he is right! Haha But, BOTH are wrong.}
25a~~Am
I now come up without Jehovah/God
against
this place to destroy it?
{Note: He knows there is a strong movement toward some 'Jehovah' that he does not know. He is now trying to use propaganda against this 'god' - as he has done against others with false gods. He is saying HE is on god's side. Their success PROVES god is on their side!}
25b~~Jehovah/God
said to me,
Go
up against this land, and destroy it.
{Note: The Rabshakeh says God LEAD them to defeat Jerusalem. But this will not mislead those with doctrine in their souls! So, this is a lie. It was their so-called god who supported their campaign. He is taking Truth and distorting it - propaganda warfare continues.}
{Crackup
of Jewish State Department - 3 Frightened Men}
26~~Then
said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
and
Shebna, and Joah {Jewish State Department},
unto
Rabshakeh, "Speak, please/'I pray you',
to
your servants in the Aramaic language
{the trade language of the day}.
For
we understand it and talk not with us in the Jews' language
in
the ears of the people that are on the wall.
{Note: The State Department mentally transfer their own 'cowardness' to the people on the wall. But in reality, the people on the wall are strong believers and are relaxed.}
{The
People Who Sit Upon the Wall - Mature Believers taught by Isaiah}
{Thesis
- Rattling of the Saber}
27~~But
Rabshakeh said,
'Has
my master sent me to your master
and
to you to speak these words?
{must be shaking his head - Oh no}
Not
to them, but to the men who sit upon the wall,
that
they may eat their own dung,
and
drink their own piss with you?
{Idiom meaning to die horribly and miserably under a siege of a city}
{Note: The state department is full of cowards and non-doctrinal people. They are defeated already. The Rabshakeh is talking to the hold-outs - the men with doctrine in their souls sitting on the walls and jeering at them and their huge army.}
{Verses
28-31: Antithesis - Promise of Good Times under their Rule}
28~~Then
the Rabshakeh stood,
and
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said,
"Hear
you the words {dabar} of the great king, the king of Assyria."
29~~Thus
said the king,
"Let
not Hezekiah deceive you . . .
for
he shall not be able to deliver you.
30~~Neither
let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah/God, saying,
'Jehovah/God
will surely deliver us.
This city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
31~~'Hear,
listen and obey' {shama`} not to Hezekiah . . .
for
thus said the king of Assyria,
'Make
an agreement with me by a present,
and
come out to me.
{idiom meaning 'Give up'}
And
eat you every one of his vine,
and
every one of his fig tree,
and
drink you every one the waters of his own cistern.
{this contrasts with eating dung and drinking piss}
{Deportation
Policy Declared because it is Well Understood}
32a~~Until
I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a
land of corn and wine,
a
land of bread and vineyards,
a
land of oil olive and of honey,
that
you may live, and not die.
{Note: The Jews know that in the past captives were taken to terrible places. The Rabshakeh is lying about what their fate will be when he conquers them to weaken their resolve.}
{Attempt
to Undermine the Authority of Hezekiah}
32b~~And
listen not unto Hezekiah,
when
he persuades you, saying, 'Jehovah/God will deliver us.'
33~~Have
any of the gods/'elohiym of the nations delivered at all
his
land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34~~Where are the gods/'elohiym of Hamath, and of Arpad?
Where are the gods/'elohiym of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
35~~Who
are they among all the gods/'elohiym of the countries,
that
have delivered their country out of my hand,
that
Jehovah/God should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
36~~But
the people held their peace,
and
answered him not a word . . .
for
the king's commandment was, saying, 'Answer him not.'
{Note: These spiritual men are leaving it in the hands of the Lord. There place is to trust in the Lord and to respect the authority of Hezekiah. So they held together as a national entity.}
37~~Then
came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who
was over the household,
and
Shebna the scribe,
and
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
to
Hezekiah with their clothes torn/rent,
and
told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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