2 Kings · Catholic Public Domain Version
2 Kings 18 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 In the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, reigned as king of Judah.
1 EN el tercer año de Oseas hijo de Ela rey de Israel, comenzó á reinar Ezechîas hijo de Achâz rey de Judá.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 Cuando comenzó á reinar era de veinticinco años, y reinó en Jerusalem veintinueve años. El nombre de su madre [fué] Abi hija de Zachârías.
3 And he did what was good before the Lord, in accord with all that his father David had done.
3 Hizo lo recto en ojos de Jehová, conforme á todas las cosas que había hecho David su padre.
4 He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.
4 El quitó los altos, y quebró las imágenes, y taló los bosques, é hizo pedazos la serpiente de bronce que había hecho Moisés, porque hasta entonces le quemaban perfumes los hijos de Israel; y llamóle por nombre Nehustán.
5 He hoped in the Lord, the God of Israel. And after him, there was no one similar to him, among all the kings of Judah, nor even among any of those who were before him.
5 En Jehová Dios de Israel puso su esperanza: después ni antes de él no hubo otro como él en todos los reyes de Judá.
6 And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.
6 Porque se llegó á Jehová, y no se apartó de él, sino que guardó los mandamientos que Jehová prescribió á Moisés.
7 Therefore, the Lord was also with him. And he conducted himself wisely in all the things to which he went forth. Also, he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve him.
7 Y Jehová fué con él; y en todas las cosas á que salía prosperaba. El se rebeló contra el rey de Asiria, y no le sirvió.
8 He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
8 Hirió también á los Filisteos hasta Gaza y sus términos, desde las torres de las atalayas hasta la ciudad fortalecida.
9 In the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended to Samaria, and he fought against it,
9 En el cuarto año del rey Ezechîas, que era el año séptimo de Oseas hijo de Ela rey de Israel, subió Salmanasar rey de los Asirios contra Samaria, y cercóla.
10 and he seized it. For after three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
10 Y tomáronla al cabo de tres años; [esto es], en el sexto año de Ezechîas, el cual era el año nono de Oseas rey de Israel, fué Samaria tomada.
11 And the king of the Assyrians took away Israel into Assyria. And he located them in Halah and in Habor, at the rivers of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
11 Y el rey de Asiria traspuso á Israel á Asiria, y púsolos en Hala, y en Habor, junto al río de Gozán, y en las ciudades de los Medos:
12 For they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant. All that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed, they would neither hear, nor do.
12 Por cuanto no habían atendido la voz de Jehová su Dios, antes habían quebrantado su pacto; y todas las cosas que Moisés siervo de Jehová había mandado, ni las habían escuchado, ni puesto por obra.
13 In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up to all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them.
13 Y á los catorce años del rey Ezechîas, subió Sennachêrib rey de Asiria contra todas las ciudades fuertes de Judá, y tomólas.
14 Then Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians at Lachish, saying: “I have offended. Withdraw from me, and all that you will impose upon me, I will bear.” And so the king of the Assyrians levied a tax upon Hezekiah, the king of Judah, of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
14 Entonces Ezechîas rey de Judá envió á decir al rey de Asiria en Lachîs: Yo he pecado: vuélvete de mí, y llevaré todo lo que me impusieres. Y el rey de Asiria impuso á Ezechîas rey de Judá trescientos talentos de plata, y treinta talentos de oro.
15 And Hezekiah gave all the silver that had been found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king.
15 Dió por tanto Ezechîas toda la plata que fué hallada en la casa de Jehová, y en los tesoros de la casa real.
16 At that time, Hezekiah broke apart the doors of the temple of the Lord, with the plates of gold which he had affixed to them. And he gave these to the king of the Assyrians.
16 Entonces descompuso Ezechîas las puertas del templo de Jehová, y los quiciales que el [mismo] rey Ezechîas había cubierto [de oro], y diólo al rey de Asiria.
17 Then the king of the Assyrians sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh, from Lachish, to king Hezekiah, with a powerful hand, to Jerusalem. And when they had ascended, they arrived in Jerusalem, and they stood beside the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is along the way of the fuller’s field.
17 Después el rey de Asiria envió al rey Ezechîas, desde Lachîs contra Jerusalem, á Thartán y á Rabsaris y á Rabsaces, con un grande ejército: y subieron, y vinieron á Jerusalem. Y habiendo subido, vinieron y pararon junto al conducto del estanque de arriba, que es en el camino de la heredad del batanero.
18 And they called for the king. But there went out to them Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records.
18 Llamaron luego al rey, y salió á ellos Eliacim hijo de Hilcías, que era mayordomo, y Sebna escriba, y Joah hijo de Asaph, canciller.
19 And Rabshakeh said to them: “Speak to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith, in which you strive?
19 Y díjoles Rabsaces: Decid ahora á Ezechîas: Así dice el gran rey de Asiria: ¿Qué confianza es esta en que tú estás?
20 Perhaps, you have taken counsel, so that you would prepare yourself for battle. In whom do you trust, so that you would dare to rebel?
20 Dices, (por cierto palabras de labios): Consejo [tengo] y esfuerzo para la guerra. Mas ¿en qué confías, que te has rebelado contra mí?
21 Do you hope in Egypt, that staff of a broken reed, which, if a man would lean upon it, breaking, it would pierce his hand? Such is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who would trust in him.
21 He aquí tú confías ahora en este bordón de caña cascada, en Egipto, en el que si alguno se apoyare, entrarále por la mano, y se le pasará. Tal es Faraón rey de Egipto, para todos los que en él confían.
22 But if you say to me: ‘We have faith in the Lord, our God.’ Is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away? And did he not instruct Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You shall adore before this altar in Jerusalem?’
22 Y si me decís: Nosotros confiamos en Jehová nuestro Dios: ¿no es aquél cuyos altos y altares ha quitado Ezechîas, y ha dicho á Judá y á Jerusalem: Delante de este altar adoraréis en Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore, cross over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, and we will see if you even have enough riders for them.
23 Por tanto, ahora yo te ruego que des rehenes á mi señor, el rey de Asiria, y yo te daré dos mil caballos, si tú pudieres dar jinetes para ellos.
24 So how can you resist one prince from the least of my lord’s servants? Do you have faith in Egypt because of the chariots and horsemen?
24 ¿Cómo pues harás volver el rostro de un capitán el menor de los siervos de mi señor, aunque estés confiado en Egipto por sus carros y su gente de á caballo?
25 Is it not by the will of the Lord that I have chosen to ascend to this place, so that I may destroy it? The Lord said to me: ‘Ascend to this land, and destroy it.’ ”
25 Además, ¿he venido yo ahora sin Jehová á este lugar, para destruirlo? Jehová me ha dicho: Sube á esta tierra, y destrúyela.
26 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh: “We beseech you, that you may speak to us, your servants, in Syriac. For we understand that language to some extent. And do not speak to us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”
26 Entonces dijo Eliacim hijo de Hilcías, y Sebna y Joah, á Rabsaces: Ruégote que hables á tus siervos siriaco, porque nosotros lo entendemos, y no hables con nosotros judaico á oídos del pueblo que está sobre el muro.
27 And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?”
27 Y Rabsaces les dijo: ¿Hame enviado mi señor á ti y á tu señor para decir estas palabras, y no antes á los hombres que están sobre el muro, para comer su estiércol, y beber el agua de sus pies con vosotros?
28 And so, Rabshakeh stood up, and he exclaimed in a great voice, in the Jews’ language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
28 Paróse luego Rabsaces, y clamó á gran voz en judaico, y habló, diciendo: Oid la palabra del gran rey, el rey de Asiria.
29 Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah lead you astray. For he will not be able to rescue you from my hand.
29 Así ha dicho el rey: No os engañe Ezechîas, porque no os podrá librar de mi mano.
30 And do not let him give you faith in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us, and this city will not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.’
30 Y no os haga Ezechîas confiar en Jehová, diciendo: De cierto nos librará Jehová, y esta ciudad no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria.
31 Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of the Assyrians: Do with me what is for your own good, and come out to me. And each one of you will eat from his own vine, and from his own fig tree. And you shall drink water from your own wells,
31 No oigáis á Ezechîas, porque así dice el rey de Asiria: Haced conmigo paz, y salid á mí, y cada uno comerá de su vid, y de su higuera, y cada uno beberá las aguas de su pozo;
32 until I arrive and transfer you into a land, similar to your own land, a fruitful and fertile land of wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives and oil and honey. And you will live, and not die. Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah, who deceives you, saying: ‘The Lord will free us.’
32 Hasta que yo venga, y os lleve á una tierra como la vuestra, tierra de grano y de vino, tierra de pan y de viñas, tierra de olivas, de aceite, y de miel; y viviréis, y no moriréis. No oigáis á Ezechîas, porque os engaña cuando dice: Jehová nos librará.
33 Have any of the gods of the nations freed their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
33 ¿[Acaso] alguno de los dioses de las gentes ha librado su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria?
34 Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and of Avva? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?
34 ¿Dónde está el dios de Hamath, y de Arphad? ¿dónde el dios de Sepharvaim, de Hena, y de Hiva? ¿pudieron éstos librar á Samaria de mi mano?
35 Which ones among all the gods of the lands have rescued their region from my hand, so that the Lord would be able to rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”
35 ¿Qué dios de todos los dioses de las provincias ha librado á su provincia de mi mano, para que libre Jehová de mi mano á Jerusalem?
36 But the people were silent, and they did not respond at all to him. For indeed, they had received an instruction from the king that they should not respond to him.
36 Y el pueblo calló, que no le respondieron palabra: porque había mandamiento del rey, el cual había dicho: No le respondáis.
37 And Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records, went to Hezekiah with their garments torn. And they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.
37 Entonces Eliacim hijo de Hilcías, que era mayordomo, y Sebna el escriba, y Joah hijo de Asaph, canciller, vinieron á Ezechîas, rotos sus vestidos, y recitáronle las palabras de Rabsaces.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abi
Daughter of Zechariah and mother of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Chronicles 29:1
Asaph
Named as the father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 36:3
Elah
Named as the father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 18:1
Eliakim
Son of Hilkiah and palace administrator, who with Shebnah and Joah met the Rabshakeh and carried his words to Hezekiah with torn clothes.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Kings 18:37
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Hilkiah
Named as the father of Eliakim, Hezekiah's palace administrator.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Kings 18:37
Joah
Son of Asaph and recorder, who with Eliakim and Shebnah met the Rabshakeh.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Kings 18:37
Rabshakeh
The Assyrian official who, with a great army from Lachish, taunted Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem in Hebrew and urged them not to trust the LORD.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 18:28
Sennacherib
King of Assyria who captured Judah's fortified cities in Hezekiah's fourteenth year, sent the Rabshakeh against Jerusalem, lost 185,000 men to the angel of the LORD, and was…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 19:20
Shalmaneser
King of Assyria who attacked Hoshea, made him a vassal, and besieged Samaria for three years until it fell.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 18:9
Shebnah
The scribe who with Eliakim and Joah met the Rabshakeh and was sent with the leading priests to the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah 22:15 rebukes Shebna as steward over the palace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:2
Zechariah
Named as the father of Abi, the mother of King Hezekiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Chronicles 29:1
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 28:27–29:1; 1 Chronicles 3:13; Matthew 1:9–10; 2 Kings 16:20–17:1; 2 Kings 15:30
- 2 2 Chronicles 29:1–2
- 3 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Kings 22:2; 1 Kings 15:11; Deuteronomy 6:18; Job 33:27
- 4 2 Chronicles 31:1; Numbers 21:8–9; 2 Kings 18:22; Judges 6:28; 1 Kings 15:12–14
- 5 2 Kings 23:25; 2 Kings 19:10; Matthew 27:43; Ephesians 1:12; Psalm 84:12
- 6 Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 23:8; John 14:15; Acts 11:23; John 15:14
- 7 Genesis 39:2–3; Romans 8:31; Psalm 60:12; 2 Kings 16:7; Matthew 28:20
- 8 2 Kings 17:9; Isaiah 14:29; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 26:10
- 9 Hosea 10:14; 2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 17:3–23
- 10 Amos 6:7; Micah 6:16; Micah 1:6–9; Amos 3:11–4:3; Amos 9:1–4
- 11 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Kings 17:6; Isaiah 37:12; Isaiah 7:8; Hosea 9:3
- 12 Psalm 107:17; Nehemiah 9:26–27; Jeremiah 7:23; Nehemiah 9:17; Micah 3:4
- 13 Isaiah 36:1–22; Hosea 12:1–2; Isaiah 7:17–25; 2 Chronicles 32:1–23; Isaiah 10:5
- 14 2 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 29:25; Luke 14:32; 1 Kings 20:4
- 15 2 Kings 16:8; 1 Kings 15:18–19; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 16:2; 1 Kings 15:15
- 16 2 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Kings 6:31–35
- 17 Isaiah 7:3; 2 Kings 20:20; Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 36:2; Isaiah 22:9–11
- 18 2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 22:15–24; 2 Chronicles 34:8; Isaiah 36:3; 2 Samuel 20:24
- 19 Isaiah 36:4; Isaiah 10:8–14; 2 Kings 19:10; 2 Kings 18:29–30; 2 Chronicles 32:10–11
- 20 Proverbs 21:30–31
- 21 Isaiah 30:7; Ezekiel 29:6–7; Isaiah 30:2–3; 2 Kings 17:4; Isaiah 36:6
- 22 2 Chronicles 31:1; Daniel 3:15; Isaiah 36:7; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 18:4–5
- 23 1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:18; Isaiah 36:8–9; Isaiah 10:13–14; 1 Samuel 17:44
- 24 Isaiah 10:8; Daniel 2:37–38; Isaiah 36:9; Deuteronomy 17:16; Jeremiah 37:7
- 25 2 Kings 19:6; 2 Kings 19:22–37; Amos 3:6; 2 Chronicles 35:21; John 19:10–11
- 26 Ezra 4:7; Daniel 2:4; Isaiah 36:11–12; 2 Kings 18:18
- 27 2 Kings 6:25; Ezekiel 4:15; Psalm 73:8; Deuteronomy 28:53–57; Lamentations 4:5
- 28 Isaiah 36:13–18; 2 Chronicles 32:18; Ezekiel 29:3; Isaiah 10:8–13; Ezra 7:12
- 29 2 Chronicles 32:15; 2 Chronicles 32:11; John 19:10–11; Daniel 3:15–17; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- 30 Matthew 27:43; 2 Kings 19:10; Luke 23:35; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 22:7–8
- 31 1 Kings 4:25; 1 Kings 4:20; Zechariah 3:10; Proverbs 18:16; Genesis 32:20
- 32 Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Exodus 3:8; Deuteronomy 11:12; 2 Kings 17:23; Numbers 13:26–27
- 33 Isaiah 10:10–11; 2 Chronicles 32:14–17; 2 Kings 19:17–18; 2 Chronicles 32:19; Isaiah 36:18–20
- 34 Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 49:23; Isaiah 37:18–19; Numbers 13:21; 2 Kings 17:6
- 35 Daniel 3:15; Isaiah 37:23–29; Psalm 2:1–2; Job 15:25–26; Isaiah 10:15
- 36 Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4; Psalm 39:1; Psalm 38:13–14; Amos 5:13
- 37 Genesis 37:29; Jeremiah 36:24; 2 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 36:21–22; 2 Kings 5:7
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