BRAGADAYJAH 1112
Shalmaneser sends troops against Hezekiah
Notwithstanding that King Hezekiah stripped Jerusalem of all gold and
silver and sent it to Shalmaneser king of Assyria, he sent a large host
consisting of Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah
and they came up and surrounded Jerusalem. And they called to king Hezekiah and
he sent out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah who was over the household,
together with Jonah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder And
Rabshakeh said to them, “Speak ye to Hezekiah and say to him that the king
says, what is the confidence in which you trust? You say you have counsel and
strength for this war; so then tell me on whom do you trust that you rebel
against me? It is clear that you trust on the staff of a bruised reed, even
Egypt upon whom if a man leans it would pierce his hand. Is the king of Egypt
able to uphold you against me? If you
say you trust in the Lord your God, is he not the one whose high places and
altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and Jerusalem you shall
worship before this altar in Jerusalem? Now therefore give pledges to my Lord
the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if you are
even able to set riders upon them. How will you in any event be able to face
even one captain of the host of my Masters servants even if you put your trust
in Egypt.?”
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