1 Hezekiah|strong="H2396" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4428" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" Hoshea|strong="H1954" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".
2 Hezekiah was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" 29 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Abi|strong="H0021", the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148".
3 Hezekiah did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477", just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" ancestor had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".
4 Hezekiah destroyed|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". He|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" memorial stones and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles. At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" snake|strong="H5175" made|strong="H6213" by|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872". This|strong="H1931" bronze|strong="H5178" snake|strong="H5175" was|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" “Nehushtan|strong="H5180".” Hezekiah broke|strong="H7665" this|strong="H1931" bronze|strong="H5178" snake|strong="H5175" into|strong="H1961" pieces|strong="H7665".
5 Hezekiah trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" Hezekiah among|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0310" or|strong="H3808" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310".
6 He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" very faithful to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853". He|strong="H0834" obeyed|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872".
7 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Hezekiah, so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H7919" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834".
8 Hezekiah defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0853" area|strong="H1366" around it|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" cities|strong="H5892"—from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" smallest town|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" largest city|strong="H5892".
9 King|strong="H4428" Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" fight against|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". His|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" surrounded the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H1931". This|strong="H1931" happened|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah. (This|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Hoshea|strong="H1954" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".)
10 At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3920" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141", Shalmaneser captured|strong="H3920" Samaria|strong="H8111". He|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3920" Samaria|strong="H8111" during the|strong="H3920" sixth year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah. (This|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" also|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3920" ninth|strong="H8672" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Hoshea|strong="H1954" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".)
11 The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1540" prisoners to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804". He|strong="H0853" made|strong="H1540" them|strong="H0853" live in|strong="H3478" Halah|strong="H2477", on|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Habor|strong="H2249" (the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4428" Gozan|strong="H1470"), and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Medes|strong="H4074".
12 This|strong="H0834" happened because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israelites did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". They|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". The|strong="H3605" Israelites would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Lord’s|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285", or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" taught them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213".
13 During|strong="H3605" Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" 14th year|strong="H8141" as|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" fight against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" strong cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". Sennacherib|strong="H5576" defeated them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605".
14 Then|strong="H0853" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" at|strong="H0413" Lachish|strong="H3923". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H2398" wrong|strong="H2398". Leave|strong="H7760" me|strong="H0413" alone, and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" pay|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" want.”
15 Hezekiah|strong="H2396" gave|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H0214".
16 That|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" when|strong="H0834" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" the|strong="H0853" gold that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3068" doorposts of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1964" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804".
17 The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3526" three most|strong="H4480" important officers with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" large|strong="H3515" army|strong="H2426" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0834" left|strong="H0935" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" aqueduct by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Upper|strong="H5945" Pool|strong="H1295", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" street that|strong="H0834" leads|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Laundryman’s Field|strong="H7704".
18 These|strong="H0834" men|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H4428" Eliakim|strong="H0471" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0413". Eliakim|strong="H0471" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" palace|strong="H1004" manager, Joah|strong="H3098" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" record keeper, and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" royal|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608".
19 The|strong="H0559" commander said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Tell|strong="H0559" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0559" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H0559":
20 If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" power|strong="H1369" and|strong="H1697" great battle|strong="H4421" plans|strong="H6098",” then|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" useless. Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588", who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" so|strong="H6258" much|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" willing to|strong="H0559" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"?
21 Are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" depending on|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H0935" help you|strong="H0834"? Egypt|strong="H4714" is|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H0935" broken walking stick|strong="H7070". If|strong="H2009" you|strong="H0834" lean|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" support|strong="H5564", it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0834" only|strong="H3605" hurt you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" make a|strong="H0935" hole in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709". Pharaoh|strong="H6547", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", cannot be|strong="H0376" trusted|strong="H0982" by|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" depends on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" help.
22 Maybe you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" help us|strong="H0413".” But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" know that|strong="H0834" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" destroyed the|strong="H0853" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" told|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", “You|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" worship|strong="H7812" only at|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" altar|strong="H4196" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".”
23 ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" still want to|strong="H5921" fight my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" make|strong="H5414" this|strong="H6258" agreement with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H0518" promise that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 2000 horses|strong="H5483" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3201" find|strong="H5414" enough men to|strong="H5921" ride|strong="H7392" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" battle.
24 But|strong="H5921" even|strong="H0853" then|strong="H0853" you|strong="H6440" couldn’t beat one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" lowest ranking officers|strong="H5650". So|strong="H7725" why|strong="H0349" do you|strong="H6440" still|strong="H7725" depend on|strong="H5921" Egypt’s|strong="H4714" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" horse soldiers|strong="H5650"?
25 ‘Now|strong="H6258", do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H0559" I|strong="H6258" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" country|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H5921" without|strong="H1107" the|strong="H0559" LORD’S|strong="H3068" help? No, the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" country|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H5921"!”’”
26 Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" commander, “Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" Aramaic|strong="H0762". We|strong="H0587" understand|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" language|strong="H3066". Don’t|strong="H0408" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" language|strong="H3066" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3066" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H0834" understand|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0834".”
27 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" commander said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" everyone|strong="H0376", not|strong="H3808" just|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0398" your|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113". I|strong="H1697" must|strong="H0853" also|strong="H0853" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" those|strong="H0428" people|strong="H0376" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346". When|strong="H1696" we|strong="H1697" surround your|strong="H5921" city, they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0376" suffer too|strong="H5921". Like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0376" become so|strong="H7971" hungry they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0376" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" waste and|strong="H0398" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" urine|strong="H7890"!”
28 Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" commander, shouting|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963" in|strong="H8085" Hebrew, gave|strong="H0559" this|strong="H1697" warning|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H7121" all|strong="H1697":
29 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559": Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" fool you|strong="H3588"! He|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027".
30 Don’t|strong="H0408" listen to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". Don’t|strong="H0408" believe him|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892".”
31 Don’t|strong="H0408" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396"! This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0376" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" here|strong="H3541" and|strong="H4428" show|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want peace|strong="H1293". Then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" all|strong="H0398" be|strong="H0408" free|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H0376" grapes from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" vines|strong="H1612", figs|strong="H8384" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" trees|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" well.
32 After|strong="H0413" some time|strong="H5704", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" like|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3068" own. In|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" new|strong="H8492" land|strong="H0776", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0776" plenty of|strong="H0776" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H3588" making bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0935" vineyards|strong="H3754" for|strong="H3588" producing wine|strong="H8492". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" choice to|strong="H0413" live|strong="H2421" instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0776" dying|strong="H4191".
33 Did|strong="H0376" any|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0376" nations|strong="H1471" save|strong="H5337" their|strong="H5337" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"?
34 When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" destroyed the|strong="H0853" cities of|strong="H0430" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H0430" Arpad|strong="H0774", where|strong="H0346" were|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430"? What|strong="H3588" about the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H0430" Ivvah|strong="H5755"? Were|strong="H3027" any|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" save|strong="H5337" Samaria|strong="H8111" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027"?
35 None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" these|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0834" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337"! So|strong="H0834" why|strong="H0834" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0834" think the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" save|strong="H5337" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337"?
36 But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1697" silent|strong="H2790". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" a|strong="H3588" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" commander, because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “Don’t|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853".”
37 Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" palace|strong="H1004" manager (Eliakim|strong="H0471" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518"), the|strong="H0834" royal secretary|strong="H5608" (Shebna|strong="H7644"), and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" record keeper (Joah|strong="H3098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623") went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396". Their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" were|strong="H0834" torn|strong="H7167" to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H5046" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" upset|strong="H1697". They|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" everything|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Assyrian commander had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0413".