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XIXβασιλεὺς Ἑζεκίας, καὶ διέρρξεν τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτοῦ καὶ περιεβάλετο
σάκκον, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἐλιακεὶμ τὸν οἰκονόμον καὶ Σόμναν τὸν γραμματέα καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν ἱερέων περιβεβλημένους σάκκους πρὸς Ἠσαίαν τὸν προφήτην
υἱὸν Ἀμώς,

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Τάδε λέγει Ἑζεκίας Ἡμέρα θλίψεως καὶ ἐλεγμοῦ καὶ παροργισμοῦ ἡ ἡμέρα αὔτη, ὄτι ἦλθον
υἱοὶ ἔως ὠδίνων, καὶ ἰσχὺς οὐκ ἔστιν τῇ τικτούςῃ.

εἴ πως ¹² εἰσακούσεται Κύριος ὁ θεός σου πάντας τοὺς λόγους Ῥαψάκου, ὅν ἀτέστειλεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ ὀνειδίζειν θεὸν ζῶντα καὶ βλασφημεῖν ἐν λόγοις οἷς ἤκουσεν Κύριος ὁ θεός σου, καὶ λήμψῃ προσευχὴν περὶ τοῦ λήμματος τοῦ εὐρισκομένου.

καὶ ἦλθον οἱ παῖες τοῦ βασιλέως Ἑζεκόυ τρὸς Ἠσαίαν,

καὶ

εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἠσαίας Τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων ὧν ἤκουσας, ὧν ἐβλασφ΄μσαν τὰ παικάρια βασιλεως Ἀσσυρίων.

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμι ἐν αὐτῷ πωεῦμα,
καὶ ἀκούσεται ἀγγείαν καὶ ἀποστραφήσεται εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ· καὶ καταβαλῶ αὐτὸν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ ἐν τῇ υῇ αὐτοῦ.

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
Ῥαψάκης, καὶ εὗρεν τὸν βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων πολεμοῦντα ἐπὶ Λομνά, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἀπῆρεν ὰπὸ Λαχείς.

καὶ ἤκουσεν περὶ Θαρὰ
ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς Ἑζεκίαν λέγων

Μὴ
ἐπαιρέτω σε ὁ θεός σου, ἐφ’ ᾧ σὺ πέποιθας ἐν αὐτῷ λέγων Οὑ μὴ παραδοθῇ Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων.

ἰδοὺ
σὺ ἤκουσας πάωτα ὅσα ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων πάσαις ταῖς γαῖς, τοῦ ἀναθεματίασαι αὐτάς· καὶ σὺ ῥυσθὴσῃ;

μὴ ἐξείλαντο
αὐτοὺς οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ; οὐ διέφθειραν οἱ πατέρες μου τὴν τε Γωζὰν καὶ τὴν Χαρρὰν καὶ Ῥάφεις καὶ υἱοὺς Ἔδεμ τοὺς ἐν Θαε- σθέν;

ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς Μὰθ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀρφάθ; καὶ ποῦ
Σεφφαρουάιν, Ἁνὲς καὶ Οὐδού;

καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἑζεκίας τὰ βιβλία ἐκ
χειρὸς τῶν ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτά· καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς οἶκον κυρίου καὶ ἀνέπτυξεν ἀυτὰ Ἑζεκίας ἐναντίον Κυρίου,

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριε
ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν χερουβείν, σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μένος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς, σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανόν καὶ τὴν γῆν.

κλῖνον, Κύριε, τὸ οὖς σου καὶ ἄκουσου· ἄνοικον, Κύριε,
τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἴδε, καὶ ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους Σενναχηρεὶμ οὕς ἀπέστειλεν ὀνειδίζειν θεὸν ζῶντα.

ὅτι ἀληθείᾳ, Κύριε, ἠρή-
³⁴
μωσαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων τὰ ἔθνη,

καὶ ἔδωκαν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν ⁵ εἰς τὸ πῦρ, ὅτι οὐ θεοί εἰσιν ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, ξύλα
καὶ λίθος, καὶ ἀπώλεσαν αὐτούς.

καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὀ θεὸς ἡμῶν, σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνώσονται πῶσαι αἱ βασιλεῖαι τῆς
γῆς ὅτι σὺ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς μόνος.

Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἠσαίας υἱὸς Ἀμὼς πρὸς Ἑζεκίαν λέγων Τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων θεὸς Ἰσραήλ Ἅ προσηύξω πρὸς μὲ περὶ Σενναχηρεὶμ
βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων ἤκουσα.

οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν ἐλάλησεν Κύριος ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν Ἐξουδένηςέν σε καὶ ἐμυκτήριςέν σε παρθένος θυγάτηρ Σειών· ἐπὶ σοὶ κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς ἐκίνησεν θυγάτηρ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

τίνα ὠνείδισας καὶ ἐβλασφήμησας; καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ὕψωσας φωνὴν καὶ ἦρας εἰς ὕψος τοὺς ὀφθαλμόύς σου; εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων σου ὠνείδισας κύριόν σου καὶ εἶπας Ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἁρμάτων μου ἐγὼ ἀναβήσομαι εἰς ὕψος ὁρέων, μηροὺς τοῦ Λιβάνου· καὶ ἔκοψα τὸ μέγεθος τῆς κέδρου αὐτοῦ, τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ κυπαρίσσων αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς μέσον δρυμοῦ καὶ Καρμήλου.

ἐγὼ ἔψυξα καὶ ἔπιον ὕδατα ἀλλότρια, καὶ ἐξηρήμωσα τῷ ἴχνει τοῦ ποδός μου παντας ποταμοὺς περιοχῆς.

ἔπλασα αὐτήν, συνήγαγον αὐτήν· καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ἐπάρσεις ἀπὸ οἰκεσιῶν μαχίμων, πόλεις ὁχυράς.

καὶ οἱ ῤνοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς ἠσθένησαν τῇ χειρί, ἔπταισαν καὶ κατῃσχύνθησαν· ἐγένοντο χόρτος ἀγροῦ ἢ χλωρὰ βοτάνη,

⁶⁸

χλόη δωμάτων καὶ πάτημα ἀπέναντι έστηκότος.

καὶ τὴν καθέδραν σου καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου καὶ τὴν εἴσοδόν σ

εγνων,

καὶ τὸν θυμόν σου ἐπ' ἐμέ.

τὸ ὀργισθηναι σε επ εμε,

καὶ τὸ στρῆνός σου ἀνέβη ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν

καὶ θήσω τὰ ἄγκιστρά μου ἐν το

καὶ ἀποστρέψω σε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ

τουτο σοι το

φάγε τοῦτον τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν αυτοματα,

καὶ τῷ ἔτει τῷ δευτέρῳ τὰ άνατε

καὶ ἔτει τρίτῳ σπορὰ καὶ ἄμητος κα

καὶ φάγεσθε τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν·

καὶ προσθήσει τὸν διασεσωσμένον οἴκου Ἰούδα τὸ ὑπολειφθὲν

ῥίζαν κάτω,

καὶ ποιήσει καρπὸν ἄνω.

ὄτι ἐξ Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐξελεύσεται

καὶ ἀνασωζόμενος ἐξ ὄρους

ὁ ζῆλος Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων ποιήσει τοῦτο·

οὐχ οὕτως. τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων

Οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν πὁλιν ταύτην,

καὶ οὐ τοξεύσει ἐκεῖ βέλος,

καὶ οὐ προφθάσει αὐτὸν θυρεός, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκχέῃ πρὸς

τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἦλθεν, ἐν αὐτῇ ἀποστραφήσεται·

καὶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται, λέγει Κύριος.

καὶ ὑπερασπιῶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης

δι’ ἐμὲ καὶ διὰ Δαυεὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν

Καὶ ἐγένετο νυκτὸς καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄγγελος Κυρίου καὶ ἐπάταξεν
ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ἑκατὸν ὀγδοή καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωί, καὶ ἰδοὺ σώματα νεκρά.

καὶ
ρίων, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν Νινευή.

καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ προσκυνοῦντος ἐν
⁹¹⁰ οἴκῳ ’Eσδρὰχ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἀδραμέλεχ καὶ Σαράσαρ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ B ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν ἐν μαχαφᾳ· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσώθησαν εἰς γῆν Ἀραράθ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀσορδὰν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

II Kings. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete. Germany. 2015.

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Βασιλειῶν Δʹ (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 1: Genesis-IV Kings. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901.)

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II Kings Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 19 focus

It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.

He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?

Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.

Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [you].

This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.

Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.

The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh shall perform this.

Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.

It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

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