1 A treće godine carovanja Osije sina Ilinog nad Izrailjem zacari se Jezekija sin Ahazov nad Judom. 2 Beše mu dvadeset i pet godina kad poče carovati, i carova dvadeset i devet godina u Jerusalimu. Materi mu beše ime Avija, kći Zaharijina. 3 I činjaše što je pravo pred Gospodom sasvim kao što je činio David, otac njegov. 4 On obori visine, i izlomi likove i iseče lugove, i razbi zmiju od bronze, koju beše načinio Mojsije, jer joj do tada kađahu sinovi Izrailjevi; i prozva je Neustan. 5 Uzdaše se u Gospoda Boga Izrailjevog, i ne bi takvog između svih careva Judinih posle njega ni pre njega. 6 Jer prionu za Gospoda, ne odstupi od Njega, nego drža zapovesti koje zapovedi Gospod Mojsiju. 7 I Gospod beše s njim; kuda god iđaše napredovaše; i odmetnu se od cara asirskog, te mu ne bi sluga. 8 On pobi Filisteje do Gaze i međe njene, od kule stražarske do grada ozidanog. 9 A četvrte godine carovanja Jezekijinog, a to je sedma godina carovanja Osije sina Ilinog nad Izrailjem, podiže se Salmanasar car asirski na Samariju, i opkoli je. 10 I posle tri godine uze je; šeste godine carovanja Jezekijinog, a devete godine carovanja Osijinog nad Izrailjem, bi uzeta Samarija. 11 I odvede car asirski Izrailjce u Asiriju i naseli ih u Alaju i u Avoru na vodi Gozanu i po gradovima midskim. 12 Jer ne slušaše glas Gospoda Boga svog i prestupaše zavet Njegov, sve što im je zapovedio Mojsije sluga Gospodnji, ne slušaše niti tvoriše. 13 A četrnaeste godine carovanja Jezekijinog podiže se Senahirim, car asirski na sve tvrde gradove Judine, i uze ih. 14 Tada Jezekija, car Judin posla u Lahis k caru asirskom i poruči mu: Zgrešio sam; vrati se od mene, šta god nametneš na me nosiću. A car asirski nametnu na Jezekiju, cara Judinog, trista talanata srebra i trideset talanata zlata. 15 I dade car Jezekija sve srebro što se nađe u domu Gospodnjem i u riznicama carskog dvora. 16 U to vreme car Jezekija raskopa vrata na crkvi Gospodnjoj i pragove koje sam beše okovao, i dade caru asirskom. 17 Ali car asirski posla Tartana i Ravsarisa i Ravsaka iz Lahisa k caru Jezekiji u Jerusalim s velikom vojskom; i oni se podigoše i dođoše u Jerusalim; i podigavši se i došavši stadoše kod jaza gornjeg jezera, koji je pokraj puta u polju beljarevom. 18 I stadoše vikati cara. Tada dođe k njima Elijakim, sin Helkijin, koji beše nad dvorom i Somna pisar i Joah sin Asafov, pametar. 19 I reče im Ravsak: Kažite caru Jezekiji: Ovako kaže veliki car, car asirski: Kakva je to uzdanica, u koju se uzdaš? 20 Ti veliš, ali su prazne reči, da imaš saveta i sile za rat. U šta se dakle uzdaš, te si se odmetnuo od mene? 21 Gle, uzdaš se u Misir, u štap od trske slomljene, na koji ako se ko nasloni, ući će mu u ruku i probošće je; takav je Faraon car misirski svima koji se uzdaju u nj. 22 Ako li mi kažete: Uzdamo se u Gospoda Boga svog; nije li to onaj čije je visine i oltare oborio Jezekija i zapovedio Judi i Jerusalimu: Pred ovim oltarom klanjajte se u Jerusalimu. 23 Hajde, zateci se mom gospodaru, caru asirskom; i daću ti dve hiljade konja, ako možeš dobaviti koji će jahati na njima. 24 Kako ćeš dakle odbiti i jednog vojvodu između najmanjih slugu gospodara mog? Ali se ti uzdaš u Misir za kola i konjike. 25 Svrh toga, eda li sam ja bez Gospoda došao na ovo mesto da ga zatrem? Gospod mi je rekao: Idi na tu zemlju, i zatri je. 26 Tada Elijakim, sin Helkijin i Somna i Joah rekoše Ravsaku: Govori slugama svojim sirski, jer razumemo, a nemoj nam govoriti judejski da sluša narod na zidu. 27 A Ravsak im reče: Eda li me je gospodar moj poslao ka gospodaru tvom ili k tebi da kažem ove reči? Nije li k tim ljudima, što sede na zidu, da jedu svoju nečist i da piju svoju mokraću s vama? 28 Tada stade Ravsak i povika glasno judejski, i reče govoreći: Čujte reč velikog cara, cara asirskog. 29 Ovako kaže car: Nemojte da vas vara Jezekija; jer vas ne može izbaviti iz moje ruke. 30 Nemojte da vas nagovori Jezekija da se pouzdate u Gospoda, govoreći: Gospod će nas izbaviti, i ovaj se grad neće dati u ruke caru asirskom. 31 Ne slušajte Jezekije; jer ovako kaže car asirski: Učinite mir sa mnom, i hodite k meni pa jedite svaki sa svog čokota i svaki sa svoje smokve, i pijte svaki iz svog studenca. 32 Dokle ne dođem i odnesem vas u zemlju kao što je vaša, u zemlju obilnu žitom i vinom, u zemlju obilnu hlebom i vinogradima, u zemlju obilnu maslinom i uljem i medom, pa ćete živeti i nećete izginuti. Ne slušajte Jezekije, jer vas vara govoreći: Gospod će nas izbaviti. 33 Je li koji između bogova drugih naroda izbavio svoju zemlju iz ruke cara asirskog? 34 Gde su bogovi ematski i arfadski? Gde su bogovi sefarvimski, enski i avski? Jesu li izbavili Samariju iz mojih ruku? 35 Koji su između svih bogova ovih zemalja izbavili zemlju svoju iz moje ruke? A Gospod će izbaviti Jerusalim iz moje ruke? 36 Ali narod ćutaše, i ne odgovoriše mu ni reči, jer car beše zapovedio i rekao: Ne odgovarajte mu. 37 Tada Elijakim, sin Helkijin, koji beše nad dvorom i Somna pisar i Joah sin Asafov, pametar, dođoše k Jezekiji razdrvši haljine, i kazaše mu reči Ravsakove.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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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