Septuaginta, II Chronicles, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 32

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Καὶ μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ταύτην ἦλθεν Σενναχηρεὶμ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τὰς τειχήρεις, καὶ εἶπεν προκαταλαβέσθαι αὐτάς.

καὶ εἶδεν Ἐζεκίας ὅτι ἤκει Σενναχηρεὶμ καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ τοῦ πολεμῆσαι ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν δυνατῶν ἐμφράξαι τὰ ὕδατα τῶν πηγῶν ἃ ἦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως· καὶ συνεπίσχυσεν αὐτῷ.

καὶ συνήγαγεν λαὸν πολὺν καὶ ἐνέφραξεν τὰ ὕδατα τῶν πηγῶν καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν διορίζοντα διὰ τῆς πόλεως, λέγων Μὴ ἔλθῃ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ εὕρῃ ὕδωρ πολὺ καὶ κατισχύσῃ.

καὶ κατίσχυσεν Ἐζεκίας καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πᾶν τὸ τεῖχος τὸ κατεσκαμμένον καὶ πύργους καὶ ἔξω προτείχισμα ἄλλο, καὶ κατίσχυσεν τὸ ἀνάλημμα πόλεως Δαυείδ, καὶ κατεσκεύασεν ὅπλα πολλά.

καὶ ἔθετο ἄρχοντας τοῦ πολέμου ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν, καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν πλατεῖαν τῆς πύλης τῆς φάραγγος, καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ καρδίαν αὐτῶν λέγων

Ισχύσατε καὶ ἀνδρίζεσθε, μὴ πτοηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέως Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου παντὸς τοῦ ἔθνους τοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ· ὅτι μεθʼ ἡμῶν πλείονες ἢ μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

μετʼ αὐτοῦ βραχίονες σάρκινοι, μεθʼ ἡμῶν δὲ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, τοῦ σώζειν καὶ τοῦ πολεμεῖν τὸν πόλεμον ἡμῶν. καὶ κατεθάρσησεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις Ἐζεκίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα.

Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπέστειλεν Σεναχηρεὶμ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ, ¹³καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ Λαχεὶς καὶ πᾶσα ἡ στρατεία μετʼ αὐτοῦ, και ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς Ἐζεκίαν βασιλέα Ἰούδα καὶ πρὸς πάντα Ἰουδὰ τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ λέγων

Οὕτως λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων Ἐπὶ τί ὑμεῖς πεποίθατε; καθήσεσθε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ ;

οὐχὶ Ἐζεκίας ἀπατᾷ ὑμᾶς τοῦ παραδοῦναι ὑμᾶς εἰς θάνατον καὶ εἰς λιμὸν καὶ εἰς δίψαν, λέγων Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν σώσει ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως Ἀσσούρ;

οὗτός ἐστιν Ἐζεκίας ὅς περιεῖλεν τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἰούδᾳ καὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ λέγων Κατέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τούτου προσκυνήσετε καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ θυμιάσετε.

οὐ γνώσεσθε ὅ τι ἐποίησα ἐγὼ καὶ οἱ πατέρες μου πᾶσι τοῖς λαοῖς τῶν χωρῶν μὴ δυνάμενοι ἡδύναντο θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν πάσης τῆς γῆς σώσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτῶν ἐκ χειρός μου;

τίς ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν τούτων οὓς ἐξωλέθρευσαν οἱ πατέρες μου μὴ ἡδύναντο σῶσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτῶν ἐκ χειρός μου, ὅτι δυνήσεται ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν σώσαι ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρός μου;

νῦν μὴ ἀπατάτω ὑμᾶς Ἐζεκίας, και μὴ πεποιθέναι ὑμᾶς ποιείτω κατὰ ταῦτα, καὶ μὴ πιστεύετε αὐτῷ· ὅτι οὐ μὴ δύνηται ὁ θεὸς παντὸς ἔθνους καὶ βασιλείας τοῦ σῶσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρός μου καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς πατέρων μου, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ σώσει ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρός μου.

καὶ ἔτι ἐλάλησαν παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Κύριον θεὸν καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐζεκίαν παῖδα αὐτοῦ.

καὶ βιβλίον ἔγραψεν ὀνειδίζειν τὸν κύριον θεὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἶπεν περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγων Ὡς θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς οὐκ ἐξείλαντο λαοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκ χειρός μου, οὕτως οὐ μὴ ἐξέληται ὁ θεὸς Ἐζεκίου λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρός μου.

καὶ ἐβόησεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Ἰουδαιστὶ ἐπὶ λαὸν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους τοῦ βοηθῆσαι αὐτοῖς καὶ κατασπάσαι, ὅπως προκαταλάβωνται τὴν πόλιν.

καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ θεὸν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ὡς καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς λαῶν τῆς γῆς, ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων.

καὶ προσηύξατο Ἐζεκίας ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ Ἰσαίας υἱὸς Ἀμὼς ὁ προφήτης περὶ τούτων, καὶ ἐβόησεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Κύριος ἄγγελον· ἐξέτριψεν πᾶν δυνατὸν καὶ πολεμιστὴν καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ στρατηγὸν ἐν ⁴⁵ τῇ παρεμβολῇ βασιλέως Ἀσσούρ· καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν μετὰ αἰσχύνης ⁶ προσώπου εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς οἶκον θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἐξελθόντων ἐκ κοιλίας αὐτοῦ κατέβαλον αὐτὸν ἐν ῥομφαία.

καὶ ἔσωσεν Κύριος Ἐζεκίαν καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐκ χειρὸς Σενναχηρεὶμ βασιλέως Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων, καὶ κατέπαυσεν αὐτοὺς κυκλόθεν.

καὶ πολλοὶ ἔφερον δῶρα τῷ κυρίῳ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ δόματα τῷ Ἐζεκίᾳ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα, καὶ ὑπερήρθη κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν μετὰ ταῦτα.

Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἠρρώστησεν Ἐζεκίας ἕως θανάτου, καὶ προσηύξατο πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ σημεῖον ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ.

καὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸ ἀνταπόδομα ὃ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἀπέδαωκεν Ἐζεκίας, ἀλλὰ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὀργὴ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰουδὰ καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

καὶ ἐταπεινώθη Ἐζεκίας ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕψους τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ. καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ὀργὴ θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἐζεκίου.

καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ Ἐζεκίᾳ πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα πολλὴ σφόδρα· καὶ θησαυροὺς ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου καὶ τοῦ λίθου τοῦ τιμίου, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἀρώματα καὶ ὁπλοθήκας καὶ εἰς σκεύη ἐπιθυμητά,

καὶ πόλεις εἰς τὰ γενήματα σίτου καὶ ἐλαίου καὶ οἴνου, καὶ φάτνας παντὸς κτήνους καὶ μάνδρας εἰς τὰ ποίμνια,

καὶ πόλεις ἃς ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποσκευὴν προβάτων καὶ βοῶν εἰς πλῆθος, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Κύριος ἀποσκευὴν πολλὴν σφόδρα.

αὐτὸς Ἐζεκίας ἐνέφραξεν τὴν ἔξοδον τοῦ ὕδατος Σειὼν τὸ ἄναω, καὶ κατηύθυνεν αὐτὰ κάτω πρὸς λίβα τῆς πόλεως Δαυείδ· καὶ εὐοδώθη Ἐζεκίας ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ.

καὶ οὕτως τοῖς πρεσβύταις τῶν ἀρχόντων ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος τοῖς ἀποσταλεῖσιν πρὸς αὐτὸν πυθέσθαι παρ αὐτοῦ τὸ τέρας ὃ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐγκατέλιπεν αὐτὸν Κύριος τοῦ πειράσαι αὐτόν, εἰδέναι τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα τῶν λόγων Ἐζεκίου καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐν τῇ προφητείᾳ Ἰσαίου υἱοῦ Ἀμὼς τοῦ προφήτου καὶ ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ.

καὶ ⁷⁹ ἐκοιμήθη Ἐζεκίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν ἀναβάσει τάφων υἱῶν Δαυείδ· καὶ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ πᾶς Ἰουδὰ καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ· και ἐβασίλευσεν Μανασσὴ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.

II Chronicles. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

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Παραλειπομένων Βʹ (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

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II Chronicles Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 32 focus

After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.

So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,

Be strong and of good courage, don’t be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles. The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him,) to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,

Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?

Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.

They cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.

Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he was come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.

Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

But Hezekiah didn’t render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Yahweh didn’t come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;

store-houses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of animals, and flocks in folds.

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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