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Sefer Melakhim and the Ancient Near East

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Melakhim I 14:21-27מלכים א׳ י״ד:כ״א-כ״ז

(21) And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. (22) And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; and they moved Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. (23) For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every leafy tree; (24) and there were also sodomites in the land; they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord drove out before the children of Israel. (25) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; (26) and he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all; and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (27) And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

(כא) וּרְחַבְעָם בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה מָלַךְ בִּיהוּדָה בֶּן אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה רְחַבְעָם בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר י"י לָשׂוּם אֶת שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַעֲמָה הָעַמֹּנִית. (כב) וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוּדָה הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָם בְּחַטֹּאתָם אֲשֶׁר חָטָאוּ. (כג) וַיִּבְנוּ גַם הֵמָּה לָהֶם בָּמוֹת וּמַצֵּבוֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִים עַל כׇּל גִּבְעָה גְבֹהָה וְתַחַת כׇּל עֵץ רַעֲנָן. (כד) וְגַם קָדֵשׁ הָיָה בָאָרֶץ עָשׂוּ כְּכֹל הַתּוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ י"י מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. (כה) וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַחֲמִישִׁית לַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם עָלָה [שִׁישַׁק] (שושק) מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם עַל יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (כו) וַיִּקַּח אֶת אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית י"י וְאֶת אוֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת הַכֹּל לָקָח וַיִּקַּח אֶת כׇּל מָגִנֵּי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה. (כז) וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם תַּחְתָּם מָגִנֵּי נְחֹשֶׁת וְהִפְקִיד עַל יַד שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים הַשֹּׁמְרִים פֶּתַח בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ.

Melakhim I 20:1, 26-43מלכים א׳ כ׳:א', כ"ו-מ"ג

(1) And Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it. (26) And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. (27) And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Arameans filled the country. (28) And a man of God came near and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the Lord: Because the Arameans have said: The Lord is a God of the hills, but he is not a God of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.' (29) And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Arameans a hundred thousand footmen in one day. (30) But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. (31) And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.' (32) So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said: 'Thy servant Ben-hadad saith: I pray thee, let me live.' And he said: 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.' (33) Now the men took it for a sign, and hastened to catch it fromhim; and they said: 'Thy brother Ben-hadad.' Then he said: 'Go ye, bring him.' Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into his chariot. (34) And [Ben-hadad] said unto him: 'The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.' 'And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant.' So he made a covenant with him, and let him go. (35) And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the Lord: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man refused to smite him. (36) Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not heartened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.' And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him. (37) Then he found another man, and said: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him. (38) So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. (39) And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said: 'Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said: Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. (40) And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.' (41) And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. (42) And he said unto him: 'Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.' (43) And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

(א) וּבֶן הֲדַד מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם קָבַץ אֶת כׇּל חֵילוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁנַיִם מֶלֶךְ אִתּוֹ וְסוּס וָרָכֶב וַיַּעַל וַיָּצַר עַל שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיִּלָּחֶם בָּהּ.... (כו) וַיְהִי לִתְשׁוּבַת הַשָּׁנָה וַיִּפְקֹד בֶּן הֲדַד אֶת אֲרָם וַיַּעַל אֲפֵקָה לַמִּלְחָמָה עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל. (כז) וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הׇתְפָּקְדוּ וְכׇלְכְּלוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ לִקְרָאתָם וַיַּחֲנוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגְדָּם כִּשְׁנֵי חֲשִׂפֵי עִזִּים וַאֲרָם מִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ. (כח) וַיִּגַּשׁ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר כֹּה אָמַר י"י יַעַן אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ אֲרָם אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים י"י וְלֹא אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים הוּא וְנָתַתִּי אֶת כׇּל הֶהָמוֹן הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה בְּיָדֶךָ וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי י"י. (כט) וַיַּחֲנוּ אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַתִּקְרַב הַמִּלְחָמָה וַיַּכּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת אֲרָם מֵאָה אֶלֶף רַגְלִי בְּיוֹם אֶחָד. (ל) וַיָּנֻסוּ הַנּוֹתָרִים אֲפֵקָה אֶל הָעִיר וַתִּפֹּל הַחוֹמָה עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף אִישׁ הַנּוֹתָרִים וּבֶן הֲדַד נָס וַיָּבֹא אֶל הָעִיר חֶדֶר בְּחָדֶר. (לא) וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו עֲבָדָיו הִנֵּה נָא שָׁמַעְנוּ כִּי מַלְכֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מַלְכֵי חֶסֶד הֵם נָשִׂימָה נָּא שַׂקִּים בְּמׇתְנֵינוּ וַחֲבָלִים בְּרֹאשֵׁנוּ וְנֵצֵא אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אוּלַי יְחַיֶּה אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ. (לב) וַיַּחְגְּרוּ שַׂקִּים בְּמׇתְנֵיהֶם וַחֲבָלִים בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדְּךָ בֶן הֲדַד אָמַר תְּחִי נָא נַפְשִׁי וַיֹּאמֶר הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי אָחִי הוּא. (לג) וְהָאֲנָשִׁים יְנַחֲשׁוּ וַיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּחְלְטוּ הֲמִמֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אָחִיךָ בֶן הֲדַד וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּאוּ קָחֻהוּ וַיֵּצֵא אֵלָיו בֶּן הֲדַד וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה. (לד) וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָקַח אָבִי מֵאֵת אָבִיךָ אָשִׁיב וְחֻצוֹת תָּשִׂים לְךָ בְדַמֶּשֶׂק כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׂם אָבִי בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן וַאֲנִי בַּבְּרִית אֲשַׁלְּחֶךָּ וַיִּכְרׇת לוֹ בְרִית וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ. (לה) וְאִישׁ אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים אָמַר אֶל רֵעֵהוּ בִּדְבַר י"י הַכֵּינִי נָא וַיְמָאֵן הָאִישׁ לְהַכֹּתוֹ. (לו) וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקוֹל י"י הִנְּךָ הוֹלֵךְ מֵאִתִּי וְהִכְּךָ הָאַרְיֵה וַיֵּלֶךְ מֵאֶצְלוֹ וַיִּמְצָאֵהוּ הָאַרְיֵה וַיַּכֵּהוּ. (לז) וַיִּמְצָא אִישׁ אַחֵר וַיֹּאמֶר הַכֵּינִי נָא וַיַּכֵּהוּ הָאִישׁ הַכֵּה וּפָצֹעַ. (לח) וַיֵּלֶךְ הַנָּבִיא וַיַּעֲמֹד לַמֶּלֶךְ עַל הַדָּרֶךְ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ בָּאֲפֵר עַל עֵינָיו. (לט) וַיְהִי הַמֶּלֶךְ עֹבֵר וְהוּא צָעַק אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר עַבְדְּךָ יָצָא בְקֶרֶב הַמִּלְחָמָה וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ סָר וַיָּבֵא אֵלַי אִישׁ וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמֹר אֶת הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה אִם הִפָּקֵד יִפָּקֵד וְהָיְתָה נַפְשְׁךָ תַּחַת נַפְשׁוֹ אוֹ כִכַּר כֶּסֶף תִּשְׁקוֹל. (מ) וַיְהִי עַבְדְּךָ עֹשֵׂה הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה וְהוּא אֵינֶנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל כֵּן מִשְׁפָּטֶךָ אַתָּה חָרָצְתָּ. (מא) וַיְמַהֵר וַיָּסַר אֶת הָאֲפֵר [מֵעֲלֵי] (מעל) עֵינָיו וַיַּכֵּר אֹתוֹ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵהַנְּבִיאִים הוּא. (מב) וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר י"י יַעַן שִׁלַּחְתָּ אֶת אִישׁ חֶרְמִי מִיָּד וְהָיְתָה נַפְשְׁךָ תַּחַת נַפְשׁוֹ וְעַמְּךָ תַּחַת עַמּוֹ. (מג) וַיֵּלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל בֵּיתוֹ סַר וְזָעֵף וַיָּבֹא שֹׁמְרוֹנָה.

Melakhim I 22:1-4, 29-40מלכים א׳ כ״ב: א'-ד', כ"ט-מ'

(1) And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel. (2) And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. (3) And the king of Israel said unto his servants: 'Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Aram?' (4) And he said unto Jehoshaphat: 'Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead?' And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel: 'I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.' (29) So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. (30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. (31) Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying: 'Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.' (32) And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out. (33) And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. (34) And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.' (35) And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Arameans, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. (36) And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: 'Every man to his city, and every man to his country.' (37) So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. (38) And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; the harlots also washed themselves there; according unto the word of the Lord which He spoke. (39) Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (40) So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

(א) וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אֵין מִלְחָמָה בֵּין אֲרָם וּבֵין יִשְׂרָאֵל. (ב) וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית וַיֵּרֶד יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל. (ג) וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל עֲבָדָיו הַיְדַעְתֶּם כִּי לָנוּ רָמֹת גִּלְעָד וַאֲנַחְנוּ מַחְשִׁים מִקַּחַת אֹתָהּ מִיַּד מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם. (ד) וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל יְהוֹשָׁפָט הֲתֵלֵךְ אִתִּי לַמִּלְחָמָה רָמֹת גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָט אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּמוֹנִי כָמוֹךָ כְּעַמִּי כְעַמֶּךָ כְּסוּסַי כְּסוּסֶיךָ... (כט) וַיַּעַל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה רָמֹת גִּלְעָד. (ל) וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְהוֹשָׁפָט הִתְחַפֵּשׂ וָבֹא בַמִּלְחָמָה וְאַתָּה לְבַשׁ בְּגָדֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבוֹא בַּמִּלְחָמָה. (לא) וּמֶלֶךְ אֲרָם צִוָּה אֶת שָׂרֵי הָרֶכֶב אֲשֶׁר לוֹ שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁנַיִם לֵאמֹר לֹא תִּלָּחֲמוּ אֶת קָטֹן וְאֶת גָּדוֹל כִּי אִם אֶת מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַדּוֹ. (לב) וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת שָׂרֵי הָרֶכֶב אֶת יְהוֹשָׁפָט וְהֵמָּה אָמְרוּ אַךְ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא וַיָּסֻרוּ עָלָיו לְהִלָּחֵם וַיִּזְעַק יְהוֹשָׁפָט. (לג) וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת שָׂרֵי הָרֶכֶב כִּי לֹא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא וַיָּשׁוּבוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו. (לד) וְאִישׁ מָשַׁךְ בַּקֶּשֶׁת לְתֻמּוֹ וַיַּכֶּה אֶת מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּין הַדְּבָקִים וּבֵין הַשִּׁרְיָן וַיֹּאמֶר לְרַכָּבוֹ הֲפֹךְ יָדְךָ וְהוֹצִיאֵנִי מִן הַמַּחֲנֶה כִּי הׇחֳלֵיתִי. (לה) וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמִּלְחָמָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְהַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה מׇעֳמָד בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה נֹכַח אֲרָם וַיָּמׇת בָּעֶרֶב וַיִּצֶק דַּם הַמַּכָּה אֶל חֵיק הָרָכֶב. (לו) וַיַּעֲבֹר הָרִנָּה בַּמַּחֲנֶה כְּבֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֵאמֹר אִישׁ אֶל עִירוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶל אַרְצוֹ. (לז) וַיָּמׇת הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיָּבוֹא שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן. (לח) וַיִּשְׁטֹף אֶת הָרֶכֶב עַל בְּרֵכַת שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיָּלֹקּוּ הַכְּלָבִים אֶת דָּמוֹ וְהַזֹּנוֹת רָחָצוּ כִּדְבַר י"י אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר. (לט) וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי אַחְאָב וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וּבֵית הַשֵּׁן אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה וְכׇל הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה הֲלוֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. (מ) וַיִּשְׁכַּב אַחְאָב עִם אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו.

Melakhim II 3:4-27מלכים ב׳ ג׳:ד׳-כ״ז

(4) Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams. (5) But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. (6) And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel. (7) And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying: 'The king of Moab hath rebelled against me; wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle?' And he said: 'I will go up; I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.' (8) And he said: 'Which way shall we go up?' And he answered: 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.' (9) So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. (10) And the king of Israel said: 'Alas! for the Lord hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.' (11) But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?' And one of the king ofIsrael's servants answered and said: 'Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.' (12) And Jehoshaphat said: 'The word of the Lord is with him.' So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. (13) And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the Lord hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.' (14) And Elisha said: 'As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. (15) But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. (16) And he said: 'Thus saith the Lord: Make this valley full of trenches. (17) For thus saith the Lord: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water; and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. (18) And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. (19) And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.' (20) And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of making the offering, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. (21) Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border. (22) And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as blood; (23) and they said: 'This is blood: the kings have surely fought together, and they have smitten each man his fellow; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.' (24) And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they smote the land, even Moab, mightily. (25) And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees; until there was left only Kir-hareseth with the stones of the wall thereof; so the slingers encompassed it, and smote it. (26) And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. (27) Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

(ד) וּמֵישַׁע מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב הָיָה נֹקֵד וְהֵשִׁיב לְמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאָה אֶלֶף כָּרִים וּמֵאָה אֶלֶף אֵילִים צָמֶר. (ה) וַיְהִי כְּמוֹת אַחְאָב וַיִּפְשַׁע מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב בְּמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל. (ו) וַיֵּצֵא הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹרָם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מִשֹּׁמְרוֹן וַיִּפְקֹד אֶת כׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל. (ז) וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב פָּשַׁע בִּי הֲתֵלֵךְ אִתִּי אֶל מוֹאָב לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶעֱלֶה כָּמוֹנִי כָמוֹךָ כְּעַמִּי כְעַמֶּךָ כְּסוּסַי כְּסוּסֶיךָ. (ח) וַיֹּאמֶר אֵי זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ נַעֲלֶה וַיֹּאמֶר דֶּרֶךְ מִדְבַּר אֱדוֹם. (ט) וַיֵּלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וּמֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם וַיָּסֹבּוּ דֶּרֶךְ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְלֹא הָיָה מַיִם לַמַּחֲנֶה וְלַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלֵיהֶם. (י) וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲהָהּ כִּי קָרָא י"י לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה לָתֵת אוֹתָם בְּיַד מוֹאָב. (יא) וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָט הַאֵין פֹּה נָבִיא לַי"י וְנִדְרְשָׁה אֶת י"י מֵאוֹתוֹ וַיַּעַן אֶחָד מֵעַבְדֵי מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר פֹּה אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן שָׁפָט אֲשֶׁר יָצַק מַיִם עַל יְדֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ. (יב) וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָט יֵשׁ אוֹתוֹ דְּבַר י"י וַיֵּרְדוּ אֵלָיו מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוֹשָׁפָט וּמֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם. (יג) וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלִישָׁע אֶל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַה לִּי וָלָךְ לֵךְ אֶל נְבִיאֵי אָבִיךָ וְאֶל נְבִיאֵי אִמֶּךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַל כִּי קָרָא י"י לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה לָתֵת אוֹתָם בְּיַד מוֹאָב. (יד) וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלִישָׁע חַי י"י צְבָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו כִּי לוּלֵי פְּנֵי יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֲנִי נֹשֵׂא אִם אַבִּיט אֵלֶיךָ וְאִם אֶרְאֶךָּ. (טו) וְעַתָּה קְחוּ לִי מְנַגֵּן וְהָיָה כְּנַגֵּן הַמְנַגֵּן וַתְּהִי עָלָיו יַד י"י. (טז) וַיֹּאמֶר כֹּה אָמַר י"י עָשֹׂה הַנַּחַל הַזֶּה גֵּבִים גֵּבִים. (יז) כִּי כֹה אָמַר י"י לֹא תִרְאוּ רוּחַ וְלֹא תִרְאוּ גֶשֶׁם וְהַנַּחַל הַהוּא יִמָּלֵא מָיִם וּשְׁתִיתֶם אַתֶּם וּמִקְנֵיכֶם וּבְהֶמְתְּכֶם. (יח) וְנָקַל זֹאת בְּעֵינֵי י"י וְנָתַן אֶת מוֹאָב בְּיֶדְכֶם. (יט) וְהִכִּיתֶם כׇּל עִיר מִבְצָר וְכׇל עִיר מִבְחוֹר וְכׇל עֵץ טוֹב תַּפִּילוּ וְכׇל מַעְיְנֵי מַיִם תִּסְתֹּמוּ וְכֹל הַחֶלְקָה הַטּוֹבָה תַּכְאִבוּ בָּאֲבָנִים. (כ) וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר כַּעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה וְהִנֵּה מַיִם בָּאִים מִדֶּרֶךְ אֱדוֹם וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֶת הַמָּיִם. (כא) וְכׇל מוֹאָב שָׁמְעוּ כִּי עָלוּ הַמְּלָכִים לְהִלָּחֶם בָּם וַיִּצָּעֲקוּ מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמַעְלָה וַיַּעַמְדוּ עַל הַגְּבוּל. (כב) וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ זָרְחָה עַל הַמָּיִם וַיִּרְאוּ מוֹאָב מִנֶּגֶד אֶת הַמַּיִם אֲדֻמִּים כַּדָּם. (כג) וַיֹּאמְרוּ דָּם זֶה הׇחֳרֵב נֶחֶרְבוּ הַמְּלָכִים וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ וְעַתָּה לַשָּׁלָל מוֹאָב. (כד) וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּקֻמוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּכּוּ אֶת מוֹאָב וַיָּנֻסוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם [וַיַּכּוּ] (ויבו) בָהּ וְהַכּוֹת אֶת מוֹאָב. (כה) וְהֶעָרִים יַהֲרֹסוּ וְכׇל חֶלְקָה טוֹבָה יַשְׁלִיכוּ אִישׁ אַבְנוֹ וּמִלְאוּהָ וְכׇל מַעְיַן מַיִם יִסְתֹּמוּ וְכׇל עֵץ טוֹב יַפִּילוּ עַד הִשְׁאִיר אֲבָנֶיהָ בַּקִּיר חֲרָשֶׂת וַיָּסֹבּוּ הַקַּלָּעִים וַיַּכּוּהָ. (כו) וַיַּרְא מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב כִּי חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ הַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּקַּח אוֹתוֹ שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב לְהַבְקִיעַ אֶל מֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם וְלֹא יָכֹלוּ. (כז) וַיִּקַּח אֶת בְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עֹלָה עַל הַחֹמָה וַיְהִי קֶצֶף גָּדוֹל עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּסְעוּ מֵעָלָיו וַיָּשֻׁבוּ לָאָרֶץ.

Melakhim II 8:28-29מלכים ב׳ ח׳:כ״ח-כ״ט

(28) And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram. (29) And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

(כח) וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶת יוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב לַמִּלְחָמָה עִם חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד וַיַּכּוּ אֲרַמִּים אֶת יוֹרָם. (כט) וַיָּשׇׁב יוֹרָם הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִתְרַפֵּא בְיִזְרְעֶאל מִן הַמַּכִּים אֲשֶׁר יַכֻּהוּ אֲרַמִּים בָּרָמָה בְּהִלָּחֲמוֹ אֶת חֲזָהאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַאֲחַזְיָהוּ בֶן יְהוֹרָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה יָרַד לִרְאוֹת אֶת יוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב בְּיִזְרְעֶאל כִּי חֹלֶה הוּא.

Melakhim II 9:14-16מלכים ב׳ ט׳:י״ד-ט״ז

(14) So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.—Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram; (15) but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Aram.—And Jehu said: 'If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.' (16) So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

(יד) וַיִּתְקַשֵּׁר יֵהוּא בֶּן יְהוֹשָׁפָט בֶּן נִמְשִׁי אֶל יוֹרָם וְיוֹרָם הָיָה שֹׁמֵר בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד הוּא וְכׇל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִפְּנֵי חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם. (טו) וַיָּשׇׁב יְהוֹרָם הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִתְרַפֵּא בְיִזְרְעֶאל מִן הַמַּכִּים אֲשֶׁר יַכֻּהוּ אֲרַמִּים בְּהִלָּחֲמוֹ אֶת חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַיֹּאמֶר יֵהוּא אִם יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם אַל יֵצֵא פָלִיט מִן הָעִיר לָלֶכֶת [לְהַגִּיד] (לגיד) בְּיִזְרְעֶאל. (טז) וַיִּרְכַּב יֵהוּא וַיֵּלֶךְ יִזְרְעֶאלָה כִּי יוֹרָם שֹׁכֵב שָׁמָּה וַאֲחַזְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה יָרַד לִרְאוֹת אֶת יוֹרָם.

Melakhim II 15:19-20מלכים ב׳ ט״ו:י״ט-כ׳

(19) There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. (20) And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

(יט) בָּא פוּל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל הָאָרֶץ וַיִּתֵּן מְנַחֵם לְפוּל אֶלֶף כִּכַּר כָּסֶף לִהְיוֹת יָדָיו אִתּוֹ לְהַחֲזִיק הַמַּמְלָכָה בְּיָדוֹ. (כ) וַיֹּצֵא מְנַחֵם אֶת הַכֶּסֶף עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל כׇּל גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל לָתֵת לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף לְאִישׁ אֶחָד וַיָּשָׁב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְלֹא עָמַד שָׁם בָּאָרֶץ.

Melakhim II 15:29-30מלכים ב׳ ט״ו:כ״ט-ל׳

(29) In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. (30) And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

(כט) בִּימֵי פֶּקַח מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּקַּח אֶת עִיּוֹן וְאֶת אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה וְאֶת יָנוֹחַ וְאֶת קֶדֶשׁ וְאֶת חָצוֹר וְאֶת הַגִּלְעָד וְאֶת הַגָּלִילָה כֹּל אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי וַיַּגְלֵם אַשּׁוּרָה. (ל) וַיִּקְשׇׁר קֶשֶׁר הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה עַל פֶּקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְיוֹתָם בֶּן עֻזִּיָּה.

Melakhim II 16:5-9מלכים ב׳ ט״ז:ה׳-ט׳

(5) Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. (6) At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath to Aram, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Edomites came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day. (7) So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying: 'I am thy servant and thy son; come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.' (8) And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (9) And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

(ה) אָז יַעֲלֶה רְצִין מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וּפֶקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיָּצֻרוּ עַל אָחָז וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִלָּחֵם. (ו) בָּעֵת הַהִיא הֵשִׁיב רְצִין מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם אֶת אֵילַת לַאֲרָם וַיְנַשֵּׁל אֶת הַיְּהוּדִים מֵאֵילוֹת [וַאֲדֹמִים] (וארמים) בָּאוּ אֵילַת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה. (ז) וַיִּשְׁלַח אָחָז מַלְאָכִים אֶל תִּגְלַת פְּלֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ וּבִנְךָ אָנִי עֲלֵה וְהוֹשִׁעֵנִי מִכַּף מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וּמִכַּף מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַקּוֹמִים עָלָי. (ח) וַיִּקַּח אָחָז אֶת הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת הַזָּהָב הַנִּמְצָא בֵּית י"י וּבְאֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַח לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר שֹׁחַד. (ט) וַיִּשְׁמַע אֵלָיו מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיַּעַל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶל דַּמֶּשֶׂק וַיִּתְפְּשֶׂהָ וַיַּגְלֶהָ קִירָה וְאֶת רְצִין הֵמִית.

Melakhim II 17:1-6מלכים ב׳ י״ז:א׳-ו׳

(1) In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him. (3) Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents. (4) And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. (5) Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. (6) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

(א) בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה בְשֹׁמְרוֹן עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים. (ב) וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י רַק לֹא כְּמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנָיו. (ג) עָלָיו עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיְהִי לוֹ הוֹשֵׁעַ עֶבֶד וַיָּשֶׁב לוֹ מִנְחָה. (ד) וַיִּמְצָא מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ קֶשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל סוֹא מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם וְלֹא הֶעֱלָה מִנְחָה לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר כְּשָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה וַיַּעַצְרֵהוּ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ בֵּית כֶּלֶא. (ה) וַיַּעַל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר בְּכׇל הָאָרֶץ וַיַּעַל שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיָּצַר עָלֶיהָ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים. (ו) בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ לָכַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֶּגֶל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַשּׁוּרָה וַיֹּשֶׁב אוֹתָם בַּחְלַח וּבְחָבוֹר נְהַר גּוֹזָן וְעָרֵי מָדָי.

Melakhim II 18:13-37מלכים ב׳ י״ח:י״ג-ל״ז

(13) Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. (14) And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyriaappointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (15) And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. (16) At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the door-posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. (17) And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers' field. (18) And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (19) And Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Say ye now to Hezekiah: Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? (20) Sayest thou that a mere word of the lips is counsel and strength for the war? Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? (21) Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. (22) But if ye say unto me: We trust in the Lord our God; is not that He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem: Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? (23) Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (24) How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my masters servants? and yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen! (25) Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said unto me: Go up against this land, destroy it.' (26) Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Aramean language; for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.' (27) But Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?' (28) Then Rab-shakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying: 'Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. (29) Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand; (30) neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. (31) Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; (32) until I come and take you away to aland like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. (33) Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (34) Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? (35) Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?' (36) But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.' (37) Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

(יג) וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּה עָלָה סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל כׇּל עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת וַיִּתְפְּשֵׂם. (יד) וַיִּשְׁלַח חִזְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לָכִישָׁה לֵאמֹר חָטָאתִי שׁוּב מֵעָלַי אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּן עָלַי אֶשָּׂא וַיָּשֶׂם מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל חִזְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת כִּכַּר כֶּסֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁים כִּכַּר זָהָב. (טו) וַיִּתֵּן חִזְקִיָּה אֶת כׇּל הַכֶּסֶף הַנִּמְצָא בֵית י"י וּבְאֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ. (טז) בָּעֵת הַהִיא קִצַּץ חִזְקִיָּה אֶת דַּלְתוֹת הֵיכַל י"י וְאֶת הָאֹמְנוֹת אֲשֶׁר צִפָּה חִזְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּתְּנֵם לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (יז) וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת תַּרְתָּן וְאֶת רַב סָרִיס וְאֶת רַבְשָׁקֵה מִן לָכִישׁ אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּחֵיל כָּבֵד יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ בִּתְעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּמְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כֹבֵס. (יח) וַיִּקְרְאוּ אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּצֵא אֲלֵהֶם אֶלְיָקִים בֶּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ אֲשֶׁר עַל הַבָּיִת וְשֶׁבְנָה הַסֹּפֵר וְיוֹאָח בֶּן אָסָף הַמַּזְכִּיר. (יט) וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם רַבְשָׁקֵה אִמְרוּ נָא אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ כֹּה אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר מָה הַבִּטָּחוֹן הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּטָחְתָּ. (כ) אָמַרְתָּ אַךְ דְּבַר שְׂפָתַיִם עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה לַמִּלְחָמָה עַתָּה עַל מִי בָטַחְתָּ כִּי מָרַדְתָּ בִּי. (כא) עַתָּה הִנֵּה בָטַחְתָּ לְּךָ עַל מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ הַזֶּה עַל מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יִסָּמֵךְ אִישׁ עָלָיו וּבָא בְכַפּוֹ וּנְקָבָהּ כֵּן פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לְכׇל הַבֹּטְחִים עָלָיו. (כב) וְכִי תֹאמְרוּן אֵלַי אֶל י"י אֱלֹהֵינוּ בָּטָחְנוּ הֲלוֹא הוּא אֲשֶׁר הֵסִיר חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת בָּמֹתָיו וְאֶת מִזְבְּחֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לִיהוּדָה וְלִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַזֶּה תִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (כג) וְעַתָּה הִתְעָרֶב נָא אֶת אֲדֹנִי אֶת מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אַלְפַּיִם סוּסִים אִם תּוּכַל לָתֶת לְךָ רֹכְבִים עֲלֵיהֶם. (כד) וְאֵיךְ תָּשִׁיב אֵת פְּנֵי פַחַת אַחַד עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנִי הַקְּטַנִּים וַתִּבְטַח לְךָ עַל מִצְרַיִם לְרֶכֶב וּלְפָרָשִׁים. (כה) עַתָּה הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵי י"י עָלִיתִי עַל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה לְהַשְׁחִתוֹ י"י אָמַר אֵלַי עֲלֵה עַל הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ. (כו) וַיֹּאמֶר אֶלְיָקִים בֶּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ וְשֶׁבְנָה וְיוֹאָח אֶל רַבְשָׁקֵה דַּבֶּר נָא אֶל עֲבָדֶיךָ אֲרָמִית כִּי שֹׁמְעִים אֲנָחְנוּ וְאַל תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ יְהוּדִית בְּאׇזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל הַחֹמָה. (כז) וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם רַבְשָׁקֵה הַעַל אֲדֹנֶיךָ וְאֵלֶיךָ שְׁלָחַנִי אֲדֹנִי לְדַבֵּר אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הֲלֹא עַל הָאֲנָשִׁים הַיֹּשְׁבִים עַל הַחֹמָה לֶאֱכֹל אֶת [צוֹאָתָם] (חריהם) וְלִשְׁתּוֹת אֶת [מֵימֵי רַגְלֵיהֶם] (שניהם) עִמָּכֶם. (כח) וַיַּעֲמֹד רַבְשָׁקֵה וַיִּקְרָא בְקוֹל גָּדוֹל יְהוּדִית וַיְדַבֵּר וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (כט) כֹּה אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אַל יַשִּׁא לָכֶם חִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי לֹא יוּכַל לְהַצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדוֹ. (ל) וְאַל יַבְטַח אֶתְכֶם חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל י"י לֵאמֹר הַצֵּל יַצִּילֵנוּ י"י וְלֹא תִנָּתֵן אֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאת בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (לא) אַל תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי כֹה אָמַר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עֲשׂוּ אִתִּי בְרָכָה וּצְאוּ אֵלַי וְאִכְלוּ אִישׁ גַּפְנוֹ וְאִישׁ תְּאֵנָתוֹ וּשְׁתוּ אִישׁ מֵי בֹרוֹ. (לב) עַד בֹּאִי וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּאַרְצְכֶם אֶרֶץ דָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ אֶרֶץ לֶחֶם וּכְרָמִים אֶרֶץ זֵית יִצְהָר וּדְבַשׁ וִחְיוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְאַל תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי יַסִּית אֶתְכֶם לֵאמֹר י"י יַצִּילֵנוּ. (לג) הַהַצֵּל הִצִּילוּ אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם אִישׁ אֶת אַרְצוֹ מִיַּד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (לד) אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֵי חֲמָת וְאַרְפָּד אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֵי סְפַרְוַיִם הֵנַע וְעִוָּה כִּי הִצִּילוּ אֶת שֹׁמְרוֹן מִיָּדִי. (לה) מִי בְּכׇל אֱלֹהֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר הִצִּילוּ אֶת אַרְצָם מִיָּדִי כִּי יַצִּיל י"י אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם מִיָּדִי. (לו) וְהֶחֱרִישׁוּ הָעָם וְלֹא עָנוּ אֹתוֹ דָּבָר כִּי מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הִיא לֵאמֹר לֹא תַעֲנֻהוּ. (לז) וַיָּבֹא אֶלְיָקִים בֶּן חִלְקִיָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל הַבַּיִת וְשֶׁבְנָא הַסֹּפֵר וְיוֹאָח בֶּן אָסָף הַמַּזְכִּיר אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ קְרוּעֵי בְגָדִים וַיַּגִּדוּ לוֹ דִּבְרֵי רַבְשָׁקֵה.

Melakhim II 19מלכים ב׳ י״ט

(1) And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. (2) And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. (3) And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. (4) It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.' (5) So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. (6) And Isaiah said unto them: 'Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. (7) Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.' (8) So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. (9) And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'Behold, he is come out to fight against thee'; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying: (10) 'Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God in whom thou trustest beguile thee, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. (11) Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? (12) 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? (13) Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?' (14) And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. (15) And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: 'O Lord, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the God,even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth. (16) Incline Thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open Thine eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God. (17) Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, (18) 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. (19) Now therefore, O Lord our God, save Thou us, I beseech Thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou art the Lord God, even Thou only.' (20) Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee. (21) This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion Hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Hath shaken her head at thee. (22) Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice? Yea, thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high, Even against the Holy One of Israel! (23) By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, And hast 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 have cut down the tall cedars thereof, And the choice cypresses thereof; And I have entered into his farthest lodge, The forest of his fruitful field. (24) I have digged and drunk Strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up All the rivers of Egypt. (25) Hast thou not heard? Long ago I made it, In ancient times I fashioned it; Now have I brought it to pass, Yea, it is done; that fortified cities Should be laid waste into ruinous heaps. (26) 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 corn blasted before it is grown up. (27) But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against Me. (28) Because of thy raging against Me, And for that thy tumult is come up into Mine ears, Therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I will turn thee back by the way By which thou camest. (29) And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. (30) And the remnant that is escaped of the house ofJudah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (31) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this. (32) Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it. (33) By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the Lord. (34) For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.' (35) And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (36) So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. (37) And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

(א) וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ וַיִּקְרַע אֶת בְּגָדָיו וַיִּתְכַּס בַּשָּׂק וַיָּבֹא בֵּית י"י. (ב) וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת אֶלְיָקִים אֲשֶׁר עַל הַבַּיִת וְשֶׁבְנָא הַסֹּפֵר וְאֵת זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים מִתְכַּסִּים בַּשַּׂקִּים אֶל יְשַׁעְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא בֶּן אָמוֹץ. (ג) וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יוֹם צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה. (ד) אוּלַי יִשְׁמַע י"י אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵת כׇּל דִּבְרֵי רַבְשָׁקֵה אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֲדֹנָיו לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חַי וְהוֹכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע י"י אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְנָשָׂאתָ תְפִלָּה בְּעַד הַשְּׁאֵרִית הַנִּמְצָאָה. (ה) וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל יְשַׁעְיָהוּ. (ו) וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל אֲדֹנֵיכֶם כֹּה אָמַר י"י אַל תִּירָא מִפְּנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר גִּדְּפוּ נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֹתִי. (ז) הִנְנִי נֹתֵן בּוֹ רוּחַ וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה וְשָׁב לְאַרְצוֹ וְהִפַּלְתִּיו בַּחֶרֶב בְּאַרְצוֹ. (ח) וַיָּשָׁב רַבְשָׁקֵה וַיִּמְצָא אֶת מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר נִלְחָם עַל לִבְנָה כִּי שָׁמַע כִּי נָסַע מִלָּכִישׁ. (ט) וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶל תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה יָצָא לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר. (י) כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר אַל יַשִּׁאֲךָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּטֵחַ בּוֹ לֵאמֹר לֹא תִנָּתֵן יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (יא) הִנֵּה אַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לְכׇל הָאֲרָצוֹת לְהַחֲרִימָם וְאַתָּה תִּנָּצֵל. (יב) הַהִצִּילוּ אֹתָם אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר שִׁחֲתוּ אֲבוֹתַי אֶת גּוֹזָן וְאֶת חָרָן וְרֶצֶף וּבְנֵי עֶדֶן אֲשֶׁר בִּתְלַאשָּׂר. (יג) אַיּוֹ מֶלֶךְ חֲמָת וּמֶלֶךְ אַרְפָּד וּמֶלֶךְ לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם הֵנַע וְעִוָּה. (יד) וַיִּקַּח חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת הַסְּפָרִים מִיַּד הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיִּקְרָאֵם וַיַּעַל בֵּית י"י וַיִּפְרְשֵׂהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי י"י. (טו) וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי י"י וַיֹּאמַר י"י אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים אַתָּה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדְּךָ לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ. (טז) הַטֵּה י"י אׇזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע פְּקַח י"י עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה וּשְׁמַע אֵת דִּבְרֵי סַנְחֵרִיב אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חָי. (יז) אׇמְנָם י"י הֶחֱרִיבוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר אֶת הַגּוֹיִם וְאֶת אַרְצָם. (יח) וְנָתְנוּ אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בָּאֵשׁ כִּי לֹא אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה כִּי אִם מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם עֵץ וָאֶבֶן וַיְאַבְּדוּם. (יט) וְעַתָּה י"י אֱלֹהֵינוּ הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ נָא מִיָּדוֹ וְיֵדְעוּ כׇּל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ כִּי אַתָּה י"י אֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּךָ. (כ) וַיִּשְׁלַח יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן אָמוֹץ אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר י"י אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתָּ אֵלַי אֶל סַנְחֵרִב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר שָׁמָעְתִּי. (כא) זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר י"י עָלָיו בָּזָה לְךָ לָעֲגָה לְךָ בְּתוּלַת בַּת צִיּוֹן אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה בַּת יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (כב) אֶת מִי חֵרַפְתָּ וְגִדַּפְתָּ וְעַל מִי הֲרִימוֹתָ קּוֹל וַתִּשָּׂא מָרוֹם עֵינֶיךָ עַל קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל. (כג) בְּיַד מַלְאָכֶיךָ חֵרַפְתָּ אֲדֹנָי וַתֹּאמֶר [בְּרֹב] (ברכב) רִכְבִּי אֲנִי עָלִיתִי מְרוֹם הָרִים יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנוֹן וְאֶכְרֹת קוֹמַת אֲרָזָיו מִבְחוֹר בְּרֹשָׁיו וְאָבוֹאָה מְלוֹן קִצֹּה יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֹ. (כד) אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מַיִם זָרִים וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף פְּעָמַי כֹּל יְאֹרֵי מָצוֹר. (כה) הֲלֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ לְמֵרָחוֹק אֹתָהּ עָשִׂיתִי לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם וִיצַרְתִּיהָ עַתָּה הֲבֵיאתִיהָ וּתְהִי לַהְשׁוֹת גַּלִּים נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת. (כו) וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶן קִצְרֵי יָד חַתּוּ וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ הָיוּ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא חֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת וּשְׁדֵפָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה. (כז) וְשִׁבְתְּךָ וְצֵאתְךָ וּבֹאֲךָ יָדָעְתִּי וְאֵת הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלָי. (כח) יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאׇזְנָי וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בָּאתָ בָּהּ. (כט) וְזֶה לְּךָ הָאוֹת אָכוֹל הַשָּׁנָה סָפִיחַ וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית סָחִישׁ וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית זִרְעוּ וְקִצְרוּ וְנִטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְאִכְלוּ פִרְיָם. (ל) וְיָסְפָה פְּלֵיטַת בֵּית יְהוּדָה הַנִּשְׁאָרָה שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה וְעָשָׂה פְרִי לְמָעְלָה. (לא) כִּי מִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם תֵּצֵא שְׁאֵרִית וּפְלֵיטָה מֵהַר צִיּוֹן קִנְאַת י"י [צְבָאוֹת] תַּעֲשֶׂה זֹּאת. (לב) לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר י"י אֶל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לֹא יָבֹא אֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְלֹא יוֹרֶה שָׁם חֵץ וְלֹא יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן וְלֹא יִשְׁפֹּךְ עָלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה. (לג) בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יָבֹא בָּהּ יָשׁוּב וְאֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא יָבֹא נְאֻם י"י. (לד) וְגַנּוֹתִי אֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי. (לה) וַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ י"י וַיַּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר מֵאָה שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אָלֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה כֻלָּם פְּגָרִים מֵתִים. (לו) וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשׇׁב סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנִינְוֵה. (לז) וַיְהִי הוּא מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה בֵּית נִסְרֹךְ אֱלֹהָיו וְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶצֶר [בָּנָיו] הִכֻּהוּ בַחֶרֶב וְהֵמָּה נִמְלְטוּ אֶרֶץ אֲרָרָט וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֵסַר חַדֹּן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו.

Melakhim II 23:28-37מלכים ב׳ כ״ג:כ״ח-ל״ז

(28) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (29) In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. (30) And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. (31) Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (32) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. (33) And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a fine of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. (34) And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there. (35) And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh. (36) Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; andhe reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (37) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

(כח) וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה. (כט) בְּיָמָיו עָלָה פַרְעֹה נְכֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם עַל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל נְהַר פְּרָת וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְמִיתֵהוּ בִּמְגִדּוֹ כִּרְאֹתוֹ אֹתוֹ. (ל) וַיַּרְכִּבֻהוּ עֲבָדָיו מֵת מִמְּגִדּוֹ וַיְבִאֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בִּקְבֻרָתוֹ וַיִּקַּח עַם הָאָרֶץ אֶת יְהוֹאָחָז בֶּן יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ אֹתוֹ וַיַּמְלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ תַּחַת אָבִיו. (לא) בֶּן עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנָה יְהוֹאָחָז בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ חֲמוּטַל בַּת יִרְמְיָהוּ מִלִּבְנָה. (לב) וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו. (לג) וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ פַרְעֹה נְכֹה בְרִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ חֲמָת [מִמְּלֹךְ] (במלך) בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וַיִּתֶּן עֹנֶשׁ עַל הָאָרֶץ מֵאָה כִכַּר כֶּסֶף וְכִכַּר זָהָב. (לד) וַיַּמְלֵךְ פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה אֶת אֶלְיָקִים בֶּן יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ תַּחַת יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ אָבִיו וַיַּסֵּב אֶת שְׁמוֹ יְהוֹיָקִים וְאֶת יְהוֹאָחָז לָקַח וַיָּבֹא מִצְרַיִם וַיָּמׇת שָׁם. (לה) וְהַכֶּסֶף וְהַזָּהָב נָתַן יְהוֹיָקִים לְפַרְעֹה אַךְ הֶעֱרִיךְ אֶת הָאָרֶץ לָתֵת אֶת הַכֶּסֶף עַל פִּי פַרְעֹה אִישׁ כְּעֶרְכּוֹ נָגַשׂ אֶת הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת הַזָּהָב אֶת עַם הָאָרֶץ לָתֵת לְפַרְעֹה נְכֹה. (לו) בֶּן עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יְהוֹיָקִים בְּמׇלְכוֹ וְאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ [זְבוּדָּה] (זבידה) בַת פְּדָיָה מִן רוּמָה. (לז) וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו.

Melakhim II 24:1-17מלכים ב׳ כ״ד:א׳-י״ז

(1) And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2) So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (3) On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (4) Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden—now the Chaldeans were against the city round about—and the king went by the way of the Arabah. (5) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. (6) Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon. (8) Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. (9) And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house, burnt he with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about. (11) And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive. (12) But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. (13) And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. (14) And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. (15) And the fire-pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. (16) The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. (17) The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

(א) בְּיָמָיו עָלָה נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיְהִי לוֹ יְהוֹיָקִים עֶבֶד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וַיָּשׇׁב וַיִּמְרׇד בּוֹ. (ב) וַיְשַׁלַּח י"י בּוֹ אֶת גְּדוּדֵי כַשְׂדִּים וְאֶת גְּדוּדֵי אֲרָם וְאֵת גְּדוּדֵי מוֹאָב וְאֵת גְּדוּדֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֹן וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בִּיהוּדָה לְהַאֲבִידוֹ כִּדְבַר י"י אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים. (ג) אַךְ עַל פִּי י"י הָיְתָה בִּיהוּדָה לְהָסִיר מֵעַל פָּנָיו בְּחַטֹּאת מְנַשֶּׁה כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. (ד) וְגַם דַּם הַנָּקִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁפָךְ וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם דָּם נָקִי וְלֹא אָבָה י"י לִסְלֹחַ. (ה) וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יְהוֹיָקִים וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה. (ו) וַיִּשְׁכַּב יְהוֹיָקִים עִם אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּמְלֹךְ יְהוֹיָכִין בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו. (ז) וְלֹא הֹסִיף עוֹד מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לָצֵאת מֵאַרְצוֹ כִּי לָקַח מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל מִנַּחַל מִצְרַיִם עַד נְהַר פְּרָת כֹּל אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה לְמֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם. (ח) בֶּן שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה יְהוֹיָכִין בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּא בַת אֶלְנָתָן מִירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (ט) וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אָבִיו. (י) בָּעֵת הַהִיא [עָלוּ] (עלה) עַבְדֵי נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וַתָּבֹא הָעִיר בַּמָּצוֹר. (יא) וַיָּבֹא נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל עַל הָעִיר וַעֲבָדָיו צָרִים עָלֶיהָ. (יב) וַיֵּצֵא יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה עַל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל הוּא וְאִמּוֹ וַעֲבָדָיו וְשָׂרָיו וְסָרִיסָיו וַיִּקַּח אֹתוֹ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת שְׁמֹנֶה לְמׇלְכוֹ. (יג) וַיּוֹצֵא מִשָּׁם אֶת כׇּל אוֹצְרוֹת בֵּית י"י וְאוֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְקַצֵּץ אֶת כׇּל כְּלֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהֵיכַל י"י כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר י"י. (יד) וְהִגְלָה אֶת כׇּל יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם וְאֶת כׇּל הַשָּׂרִים וְאֵת כׇּל גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל [עֲשֶׂרֶת] (עשרה) אֲלָפִים גּוֹלֶה וְכׇל הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר לֹא נִשְׁאַר זוּלַת דַּלַּת עַם הָאָרֶץ. (טו) וַיֶּגֶל אֶת יְהוֹיָכִין בָּבֶלָה וְאֶת אֵם הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת נְשֵׁי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת סָרִיסָיו וְאֵת [אֵילֵי] (אולי) הָאָרֶץ הוֹלִיךְ גּוֹלָה מִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם בָּבֶלָה. (טז) וְאֵת כׇּל אַנְשֵׁי הַחַיִל שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וְהֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר אֶלֶף הַכֹּל גִּבּוֹרִים עֹשֵׂי מִלְחָמָה וַיְבִיאֵם מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל גּוֹלָה בָּבֶלָה. (יז) וַיַּמְלֵךְ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל אֶת מַתַּנְיָה דֹדוֹ תַּחְתָּיו וַיַּסֵּב אֶת שְׁמוֹ צִדְקִיָּהוּ.

Yeshayahu 7:1-9ישעיהו ז׳:א׳-ט׳

(1) And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it; but could not prevail against it. (2) And it was told the house of David, saying: 'Aram is confederate with Ephraim.' And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind. (3) Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: 'Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers' field; (4) and say unto him: Keep calm, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah. (5) Because Aram hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim also, and the son of Remaliah, saying: (6) Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel; (7) thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. (8) For the head of Aram is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin; And within threescore and five years Shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people; (9) And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not have faith, surely ye shall not be established.'

(א) וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אָחָז בֶּן יוֹתָם בֶּן עֻזִּיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה עָלָה רְצִין מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וּפֶקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לַמִּלְחָמָה עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יָכֹל לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ. (ב) וַיֻּגַּד לְבֵית דָּוִד לֵאמֹר נָחָה אֲרָם עַל אֶפְרָיִם וַיָּנַע לְבָבוֹ וּלְבַב עַמּוֹ כְּנוֹעַ עֲצֵי יַעַר מִפְּנֵי רוּחַ. (ג) וַיֹּאמֶר י"י אֶל יְשַׁעְיָהוּ צֵא נָא לִקְרַאת אָחָז אַתָּה וּשְׁאָר יָשׁוּב בְּנֶךָ אֶל קְצֵה תְּעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה אֶל מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵס. (ד) וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו הִשָּׁמֵר וְהַשְׁקֵט אַל תִּירָא וּלְבָבְךָ אַל יֵרַךְ מִשְּׁנֵי זַנְבוֹת הָאוּדִים הָעֲשֵׁנִים הָאֵלֶּה בׇּחֳרִי אַף רְצִין וַאֲרָם וּבֶן רְמַלְיָהוּ. (ה) יַעַן כִּי יָעַץ עָלֶיךָ אֲרָם רָעָה אֶפְרַיִם וּבֶן רְמַלְיָהוּ לֵאמֹר. (ו) נַעֲלֶה בִיהוּדָה וּנְקִיצֶנָּה וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה אֵלֵינוּ וְנַמְלִיךְ מֶלֶךְ בְּתוֹכָהּ אֵת בֶּן טָבְאַל. (ז) כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱ־הֹוִה לֹא תָקוּם וְלֹא תִהְיֶה. (ח) כִּי רֹאשׁ אֲרָם דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְרֹאשׁ דַּמֶּשֶׂק רְצִין וּבְעוֹד שִׁשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יֵחַת אֶפְרַיִם מֵעָם. (ט) וְרֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם שֹׁמְרוֹן וְרֹאשׁ שֹׁמְרוֹן בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ אִם לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ כִּי לֹא תֵאָמֵנוּ.

Yeshayahu 8:4-13ישעיהו ח׳:ד׳-י״ג

(4) For before the child shall have knowledge to cry: My father, and: My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.' (5) And the Lord spoke unto me yet again, saying: (6) Forasmuch as this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son; (7) Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them The waters of the River, mighty and many, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And he shall come up over all his channels, And go over all his banks; (8) And he shall sweep through Judah Overflowing as he passeth through He shall reach even to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (9) Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and ye shall be broken in pieces; And give ear, all ye of far countries; Gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. (10) Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; Speak the word, and it shall not stand; For God is with us. (11) For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: (12) 'Say ye not: A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people do say: A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor account it dreadful. (13) The Lord of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

(ד) כִּי בְּטֶרֶם יֵדַע הַנַּעַר קְרֹא אָבִי וְאִמִּי יִשָּׂא אֶת חֵיל דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְאֵת שְׁלַל שֹׁמְרוֹן לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (ה) וַיֹּסֶף י"י דַּבֵּר אֵלַי עוֹד לֵאמֹר. (ו) יַעַן כִּי מָאַס הָעָם הַזֶּה אֵת מֵי הַשִּׁלֹחַ הַהֹלְכִים לְאַט וּמְשׂוֹשׂ אֶת רְצִין וּבֶן רְמַלְיָהוּ. (ז) וְלָכֵן הִנֵּה אֲדֹנָי מַעֲלֶה עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת מֵי הַנָּהָר הָעֲצוּמִים וְהָרַבִּים אֶת מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְאֶת כׇּל כְּבוֹדוֹ וְעָלָה עַל כׇּל אֲפִיקָיו וְהָלַךְ עַל כׇּל גְּדוֹתָיו. (ח) וְחָלַף בִּיהוּדָה שָׁטַף וְעָבַר עַד צַוָּאר יַגִּיעַ וְהָיָה מֻטּוֹת כְּנָפָיו מְלֹא רֹחַב אַרְצְךָ עִמָּנוּ אֵל. (ט) רֹעוּ עַמִּים וָחֹתּוּ וְהַאֲזִינוּ כֹּל מֶרְחַקֵּי אָרֶץ הִתְאַזְּרוּ וָחֹתּוּ הִתְאַזְּרוּ וָחֹתּוּ. (י) עֻצוּ עֵצָה וְתֻפָר דַּבְּרוּ דָבָר וְלֹא יָקוּם כִּי עִמָּנוּ אֵל. (יא) כִּי כֹה אָמַר י"י אֵלַי כְּחֶזְקַת הַיָּד וְיִסְּרֵנִי מִלֶּכֶת בְּדֶרֶךְ הָעָם הַזֶּה לֵאמֹר. (יב) לֹא תֹאמְרוּן קֶשֶׁר לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר הָעָם הַזֶּה קָשֶׁר וְאֶת מוֹרָאוֹ לֹא תִירְאוּ וְלֹא תַעֲרִיצוּ. (יג) אֶת י"י צְבָאוֹת אֹתוֹ תַקְדִּישׁוּ וְהוּא מוֹרַאֲכֶם וְהוּא מַעֲרִצְכֶם.

Yeshayahu 20ישעיהו כ׳

(1) In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; (2) at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying: 'Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot.' And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. (3) And the Lord said: 'Like as My servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot to be for three years a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia, (4) so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. (5) And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. (6) And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day: Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?'

(א) בִּשְׁנַת בֹּא תַרְתָּן אַשְׁדּוֹדָה בִּשְׁלֹחַ אֹתוֹ סַרְגוֹן מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד וַיִּלְכְּדָהּ. (ב) בָּעֵת הַהִיא דִּבֶּר י"י בְּיַד יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן אָמוֹץ לֵאמֹר לֵךְ וּפִתַּחְתָּ הַשַּׂק מֵעַל מׇתְנֶיךָ וְנַעַלְךָ תַחֲלֹץ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן הָלֹךְ עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף. (ג) וַיֹּאמֶר י"י כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ עַבְדִּי יְשַׁעְיָהוּ עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אוֹת וּמוֹפֵת עַל מִצְרַיִם וְעַל כּוּשׁ. (ד) כֵּן יִנְהַג מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת שְׁבִי מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת גָּלוּת כּוּשׁ נְעָרִים וּזְקֵנִים עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף וַחֲשׂוּפַי שֵׁת עֶרְוַת מִצְרָיִם. (ה) וְחַתּוּ וָבֹשׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ מַבָּטָם וּמִן מִצְרַיִם תִּפְאַרְתָּם. (ו) וְאָמַר יֹשֵׁב הָאִי הַזֶּה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא הִנֵּה כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר נַסְנוּ שָׁם לְעֶזְרָה לְהִנָּצֵל מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְאֵיךְ נִמָּלֵט אֲנָחְנוּ.

Divrei HaYamim II 12:2-12דברי הימים ב׳ י״ב:ב׳-י״ב

(2) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had dealt treacherously with the Lord, (3) with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. (4) And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. (5) Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them: 'Thus saith the Lord: Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.' (6) Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said: 'The Lord is righteous.' (7) And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: 'They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. (8) Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.' (9) So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all away; he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (10) And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house. (11) And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. (12) And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned from him, that He would not destroy him altogether; and moreover in Judah there were good things found.

(ב) וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַחֲמִישִׁית לַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם עָלָה שִׁישַׁק מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם עַל יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם כִּי מָעֲלוּ בַּי"י. (ג) בְּאֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם רֶכֶב וּבְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף פָּרָשִׁים וְאֵין מִסְפָּר לָעָם אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ עִמּוֹ מִמִּצְרַיִם לוּבִים סֻכִּיִּים וְכוּשִׁים. (ד) וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת עָרֵי הַמְּצֻרוֹת אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה וַיָּבֹא עַד יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (ה) וּשְׁמַעְיָה הַנָּבִיא בָּא אֶל רְחַבְעָם וְשָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר נֶאֶסְפוּ אֶל יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם מִפְּנֵי שִׁישָׁק וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כֹּה אָמַר י"י אַתֶּם עֲזַבְתֶּם אֹתִי וְאַף אֲנִי עָזַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד שִׁישָׁק. (ו) וַיִּכָּנְעוּ שָׂרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמְרוּ צַדִּיק י"י. (ז) וּבִרְאוֹת י"י כִּי נִכְנָעוּ הָיָה דְבַר י"י אֶל שְׁמַעְיָה לֵאמֹר נִכְנְעוּ לֹא אַשְׁחִיתֵם וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם כִּמְעַט לִפְלֵיטָה וְלֹא תִתַּךְ חֲמָתִי בִּירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם בְּיַד שִׁישָׁק. (ח) כִּי יִהְיוּ לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים וְיֵדְעוּ עֲבוֹדָתִי וַעֲבוֹדַת מַמְלְכוֹת הָאֲרָצוֹת. (ט) וַיַּעַל שִׁישַׁק מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם עַל יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם וַיִּקַּח אֶת אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית י"י וְאֶת אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת הַכֹּל לָקָח וַיִּקַּח אֶת מָגִנֵּי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה. (י) וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם תַּחְתֵּיהֶם מָגִנֵּי נְחֹשֶׁת וְהִפְקִיד עַל יַד שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים הַשֹּׁמְרִים פֶּתַח בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ. (יא) וַיְהִי מִדֵּי בוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית י"י בָּאוּ הָרָצִים וּנְשָׂאוּם וֶהֱשִׁבוּם אֶל תָּא הָרָצִים. (יב) וּבְהִכָּנְעוֹ שָׁב מִמֶּנּוּ אַף י"י וְלֹא לְהַשְׁחִית לְכָלָה וְגַם בִּיהוּדָה הָיָה דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים.

Divrei HaYamim II 22:1-9דברי הימים ב׳ כ״ב:א׳-ט׳

(1) And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. (2) Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. (3) He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. (4) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. (5) He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram. (6) And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. (7) Now the downfall of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. (8) And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. (9) And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him — now he was hiding in Samaria — and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said: 'He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.' And there was none of the house of Ahaziah that had power to hold the kingdom.

(א) וַיַּמְלִיכוּ יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם אֶת אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְנוֹ הַקָּטֹן תַּחְתָּיו כִּי כׇל הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָרַג הַגְּדוּד הַבָּא בָעַרְבִים לַמַּחֲנֶה וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲחַזְיָהוּ בֶן יְהוֹרָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה. (ב) בֶּן אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְמׇלְכוֹ וְשָׁנָה אַחַת מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ עֲתַלְיָהוּ בַּת עׇמְרִי. (ג) גַּם הוּא הָלַךְ בְּדַרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב כִּי אִמּוֹ הָיְתָה יוֹעַצְתּוֹ לְהַרְשִׁיעַ. (ד) וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי י"י כְּבֵית אַחְאָב כִּי הֵמָּה הָיוּ לוֹ יוֹעֲצִים אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אָבִיו לְמַשְׁחִית לוֹ. (ה) גַּם בַּעֲצָתָם הָלַךְ וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶת יְהוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם בְּרָמוֹת גִּלְעָד וַיַּכּוּ הָרַמִּים אֶת יוֹרָם. (ו) וַיָּשׇׁב לְהִתְרַפֵּא בְיִזְרְעֶאל כִּי הַמַּכִּים אֲשֶׁר הִכֻּהוּ בָרָמָה בְּהִלָּחֲמוֹ אֶת חֲזָהאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן יְהוֹרָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה יָרַד לִרְאוֹת אֶת יְהוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב בְּיִזְרְעֶאל כִּי חֹלֶה הוּא. (ז) וּמֵאֱלֹהִים הָיְתָה תְּבוּסַת אֲחַזְיָהוּ לָבוֹא אֶל יוֹרָם וּבְבֹאוֹ יָצָא עִם יְהוֹרָם אֶל יֵהוּא בֶן נִמְשִׁי אֲשֶׁר מְשָׁחוֹ י"י לְהַכְרִית אֶת בֵּית אַחְאָב. (ח) וַיְהִי כְּהִשָּׁפֵט יֵהוּא עִם בֵּית אַחְאָב וַיִּמְצָא אֶת שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי אֲחֵי אֲחַזְיָהוּ מְשָׁרְתִים לַאֲחַזְיָהוּ וַיַּהַרְגֵם. (ט) וַיְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת אֲחַזְיָהוּ וַיִּלְכְּדֻהוּ וְהוּא מִתְחַבֵּא בְשֹׁמְרוֹן וַיְבִאֻהוּ אֶל יֵהוּא וַיְמִיתֻהוּ וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ כִּי אָמְרוּ בֶּן יְהוֹשָׁפָט הוּא אֲשֶׁר דָּרַשׁ אֶת י"י בְּכׇל לְבָבוֹ וְאֵין לְבֵית אֲחַזְיָהוּ לַעְצֹר כֹּחַ לְמַמְלָכָה.

Divrei HaYamim II 28:5-21דברי הימים ב׳ כ״ח:ה׳-כ״א

(5) Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. (6) For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. (7) And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. (8) And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. (9) But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them: 'Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, He hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven. (10) And now ye purpose to bring the children of Judah and Jerusalem into subjection for bondmen and bondwomen unto you; but are there not even with you acts of guilt of your own against the Lord your God? (11) Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.' (12) Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, (13) and said unto them: 'Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; for ye purpose that which will bring upon us guilt against the Lord, to add unto our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.' (14) So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. (15) And the men that have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto their brethren; then they returned to Samaria. (16) At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. (17) For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. (18) The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the Lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof; and they dwelt there. (19) For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had cast away restraint in Judah, and acted treacherously against the Lord. (20) And Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. (21) For Ahaz stripped the house of the Lord, and the house of the king and the princes, and gave thereof unto the king of Assyria; but it helped him not.

(ה) וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ י״י אֱלֹהָיו בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַיַּכּוּ בוֹ וַיִּשְׁבּוּ מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁבְיָה גְדוֹלָה וַיָּבִיאוּ דַּרְמָשֶׂק וְגַם בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִתָּן וַיַּךְ בּוֹ מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה. (ו) וַיַּהֲרֹג פֶּקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ בִּיהוּדָה מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף בְּיוֹם אֶחָד הַכֹּל בְּנֵי חָיִל בְּעׇזְבָם אֶת י״י אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתָם. (ז) וַיַּהֲרֹג זִכְרִי גִּבּוֹר אֶפְרַיִם אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ בֶּן הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת עַזְרִיקָם נְגִיד הַבָּיִת וְאֶת אֶלְקָנָה מִשְׁנֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ. (ח) וַיִּשְׁבּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֲחֵיהֶם מָאתַיִם אֶלֶף נָשִׁים בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת וְגַם שָׁלָל רָב בָּזְזוּ מֵהֶם וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת הַשָּׁלָל לְשֹׁמְרוֹן. (ט) וְשָׁם הָיָה נָבִיא לַי״י עֹדֵד שְׁמוֹ וַיֵּצֵא לִפְנֵי הַצָּבָא הַבָּא לְשֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הִנֵּה בַּחֲמַת י״י אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם עַל יְהוּדָה נְתָנָם בְּיֶדְכֶם וַתַּהַרְגוּ בָם בְּזַעַף עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם הִגִּיעַ. (י) וְעַתָּה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם אַתֶּם אֹמְרִים לִכְבֹּשׁ לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת לָכֶם הֲלֹא רַק אַתֶּם עִמָּכֶם אֲשָׁמוֹת לַי״י אֱלֹהֵיכֶם. (יא) וְעַתָּה שְׁמָעוּנִי וְהָשִׁיבוּ הַשִּׁבְיָה אֲשֶׁר שְׁבִיתֶם מֵאֲחֵיכֶם כִּי חֲרוֹן אַף י״י עֲלֵיכֶם. (יב) וַיָּקֻמוּ אֲנָשִׁים מֵרָאשֵׁי בְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם עֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן יְהוֹחָנָן בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶן מְשִׁלֵּמוֹת וִיחִזְקִיָּהוּ בֶּן שַׁלֻּם וַעֲמָשָׂא בֶּן חַדְלָי עַל הַבָּאִים מִן הַצָּבָא. (יג) וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהֶם לֹא תָבִיאוּ אֶת הַשִּׁבְיָה הֵנָּה כִּי לְאַשְׁמַת י״י עָלֵינוּ אַתֶּם אֹמְרִים לְהֹסִיף עַל חַטֹּאתֵנוּ וְעַל אַשְׁמָתֵנוּ כִּי רַבָּה אַשְׁמָה לָנוּ וַחֲרוֹן אָף עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל. (יד) וַיַּעֲזֹב הֶחָלוּץ אֶת הַשִּׁבְיָה וְאֶת הַבִּזָּה לִפְנֵי הַשָּׂרִים וְכׇל הַקָּהָל. (טו) וַיָּקֻמוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֹת וַיַּחֲזִיקוּ בַשִּׁבְיָה וְכׇל מַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם הִלְבִּישׁוּ מִן הַשָּׁלָל וַיַּלְבִּשֻׁם וַיַּנְעִלוּם וַיַּאֲכִלוּם וַיַּשְׁקוּם וַיְסֻכוּם וַיְנַהֲלוּם בַּחֲמֹרִים לְכׇל כּוֹשֵׁל וַיְבִיאוּם יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים אֵצֶל אֲחֵיהֶם וַיָּשׁוּבוּ שֹׁמְרוֹן. (טז) בָּעֵת הַהִיא שָׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ אָחָז עַל מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לַעְזֹר לוֹ. (יז) וְעוֹד אֲדוֹמִים בָּאוּ וַיַּכּוּ בִיהוּדָה וַיִּשְׁבּוּ שֶׁבִי. (יח) וּפְלִשְׁתִּים פָּשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהַנֶּגֶב לִיהוּדָה וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת הַגְּדֵרוֹת וְאֶת שׂוֹכוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת תִּמְנָה וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת גִּמְזוֹ וְאֶת בְּנֹתֶיהָ וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם. (יט) כִּי הִכְנִיעַ י״י אֶת יְהוּדָה בַּעֲבוּר אָחָז מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי הִפְרִיעַ בִּיהוּדָה וּמָעוֹל מַעַל בַּי״י. (כ) וַיָּבֹא עָלָיו תִּלְּגַת פִּלְנְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיָּצַר לוֹ וְלֹא חֲזָקוֹ. (כא) כִּי חָלַק אָחָז אֶת בֵּית י״י וְאֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים וַיִּתֵּן לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְלֹא לְעֶזְרָה לוֹ.

Divrei HaYamim II 32דברי הימים ב׳ ל״ב

(1) After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to make a breach therein for himself. (2) And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, (3) he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him. (4) So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying: 'Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?' (5) And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance. (6) And 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 encouragingly to them, saying: (7) 'Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a Greater with us than with him: (8) with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.' And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (9) After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem — now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him — unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying: (10) 'Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem? (11) Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying: The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (12) Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye offer? (13) Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto 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? (14) 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? (15) Now therefore let not Hezekiah beguile you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye 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?' (16) And his servants spoke yet more against the Lord God, and against His servant Hezekiah. (17) He wrote also a letter, to taunt the Lord, 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 not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand.' (18) And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to terrify them, and to affright them; that they might take the city. (19) And 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. (20) And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven. (21) And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. (22) Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all, and guided them on every side. (23) And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. (24) In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death; and he prayed unto the Lord; and He spoke unto him, and gave him a sign. (25) But Hezekiah rendered not according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. (26) Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. (27) And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour; 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; (28) store-houses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds. (29) Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance. (30) 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. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. (31) Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto 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. (32) 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, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. (33) And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

(א) אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים וְהָאֱמֶת הָאֵלֶּה בָּא סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיָּבֹא בִיהוּדָה וַיִּחַן עַל הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו. (ב) וַיַּרְא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי בָא סַנְחֵרִיב וּפָנָיו לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (ג) וַיִּוָּעַץ עִם שָׂרָיו וְגִבֹּרָיו לִסְתּוֹם אֶת מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר מִחוּץ לָעִיר וַיַּעְזְרוּהוּ. (ד) וַיִּקָּבְצוּ עַם רָב וַיִּסְתְּמוּ אֶת כׇּל הַמַּעְיָנוֹת וְאֶת הַנַּחַל הַשּׁוֹטֵף בְּתוֹךְ הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לָמָּה יָבוֹאוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר וּמָצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים. (ה) וַיִּתְחַזַּק וַיִּבֶן אֶת כׇּל הַחוֹמָה הַפְּרוּצָה וַיַּעַל עַל הַמִּגְדָּלוֹת וְלַחוּצָה הַחוֹמָה אַחֶרֶת וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת הַמִּלּוֹא עִיר דָּוִיד וַיַּעַשׂ שֶׁלַח לָרֹב וּמָגִנִּים. (ו) וַיִּתֵּן שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֹת עַל הָעָם וַיִּקְבְּצֵם אֵלָיו אֶל רְחוֹב שַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיְדַבֵּר עַל לְבָבָם לֵאמֹר. (ז) חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל תִּירְאוּ וְאַל תֵּחַתּוּ מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וּמִלִּפְנֵי כׇּל הֶהָמוֹן אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹ כִּי עִמָּנוּ רַב מֵעִמּוֹ. (ח) עִמּוֹ זְרוֹעַ בָּשָׂר וְעִמָּנוּ י"י אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעׇזְרֵנוּ וּלְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמֹתֵנוּ וַיִּסָּמְכוּ הָעָם עַל דִּבְרֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה. (ט) אַחַר זֶה שָׁלַח סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עֲבָדָיו יְרוּשָׁלַיְמָה וְהוּא עַל לָכִישׁ וְכׇל מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ עִמּוֹ עַל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וְעַל כׇּל יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לֵאמֹר. (י) כֹּה אָמַר סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל מָה אַתֶּם בֹּטְחִים וְיֹשְׁבִים בְּמָצוֹר בִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (יא) הֲלֹא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מַסִּית אֶתְכֶם לָתֵת אֶתְכֶם לָמוּת בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא לֵאמֹר י"י אֱלֹהֵינוּ יַצִּילֵנוּ מִכַּף מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר. (יב) הֲלֹא הוּא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ הֵסִיר אֶת בָּמֹתָיו וְאֶת מִזְבְּחֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לִיהוּדָה וְלִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לֵאמֹר לִפְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ אֶחָד תִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ וְעָלָיו תַּקְטִירוּ. (יג) הֲלֹא תֵדְעוּ מֶה עָשִׂיתִי אֲנִי וַאֲבוֹתַי לְכֹל עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת הֲיָכוֹל יָכְלוּ אֱלֹהֵי גּוֹיֵ הָאֲרָצוֹת לְהַצִּיל אֶת אַרְצָם מִיָּדִי. (יד) מִי בְּכׇל אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱרִימוּ אֲבוֹתַי אֲשֶׁר יָכוֹל לְהַצִּיל אֶת עַמּוֹ מִיָּדִי כִּי יוּכַל אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לְהַצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדִי. (טו) וְעַתָּה אַל יַשִּׁיא אֶתְכֶם חִזְקִיָּהוּ וְאַל יַסִּית אֶתְכֶם כָּזֹאת וְאַל תַּאֲמִינוּ לוֹ כִּי לֹא יוּכַל כׇּל אֱלוֹהַּ כׇּל גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה לְהַצִּיל עַמּוֹ מִיָּדִי וּמִיַּד אֲבוֹתָי אַף כִּי אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לֹא יַצִּילוּ אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדִי. (טז) וְעוֹד דִּבְּרוּ עֲבָדָיו עַל י"י הָאֱלֹהִים וְעַל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַבְדּוֹ. (יז) וּסְפָרִים כָּתַב לְחָרֵף לַי"י אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֵאמֹר עָלָיו לֵאמֹר כֵּאלֹהֵי גּוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא הִצִּילוּ עַמָּם מִיָּדִי כֵּן לֹא יַצִּיל אֱלֹהֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַמּוֹ מִיָּדִי. (יח) וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְקוֹל גָּדוֹל יְהוּדִית עַל עַם יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם אֲשֶׁר עַל הַחוֹמָה לְיָרְאָם וּלְבַהֲלָם לְמַעַן יִלְכְּדוּ אֶת הָעִיר. (יט) וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל אֱלֹהֵי יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם כְּעַל אֱלֹהֵי עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי הָאָדָם. (כ) וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ וִישַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן אָמוֹץ הַנָּבִיא עַל זֹאת וַיִּזְעֲקוּ הַשָּׁמָיִם. (כא) וַיִּשְׁלַח י"י מַלְאָךְ וַיַּכְחֵד כׇּל גִּבּוֹר חַיִל וְנָגִיד וְשָׂר בְּמַחֲנֵה מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיָּשׇׁב בְּבֹשֶׁת פָּנִים לְאַרְצוֹ וַיָּבֹא בֵּית אֱלֹהָיו [וּמִיצִיאֵי] (ומיציאו) מֵעָיו שָׁם הִפִּילֻהוּ בֶחָרֶב. (כב) וַיּוֹשַׁע י"י אֶת יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וְאֵת יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם מִיַּד סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וּמִיַּד כֹּל וַיְנַהֲלֵם מִסָּבִיב. (כג) וְרַבִּים מְבִיאִים מִנְחָה לַי"י לִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם וּמִגְדָּנוֹת לִיחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּנַּשֵּׂא לְעֵינֵי כׇל הַגּוֹיִם מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן. (כד) בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם חָלָה יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַד לָמוּת וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל י"י וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ וּמוֹפֵת נָתַן לוֹ. (כה) וְלֹא כִגְמֻל עָלָיו הֵשִׁיב יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי גָבַהּ לִבּוֹ וַיְהִי עָלָיו קֶצֶף וְעַל יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם. (כו) וַיִּכָּנַע יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּגֹבַהּ לִבּוֹ הוּא וְיוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וְלֹא בָא עֲלֵיהֶם קֶצֶף י"י בִּימֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ. (כז) וַיְהִי לִיחִזְקִיָּהוּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד וְאֹצָרוֹת עָשָׂה לוֹ לְכֶסֶף וּלְזָהָב וּלְאֶבֶן יְקָרָה וְלִבְשָׂמִים וּלְמָגִנִּים וּלְכֹל כְּלֵי חֶמְדָּה. (כח) וּמִסְכְּנוֹת לִתְבוּאַת דָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ וְיִצְהָר וְאֻרָוֺת לְכׇל בְּהֵמָה וּבְהֵמָה וַעֲדָרִים לָאֲוֵרֹת. (כט) וְעָרִים עָשָׂה לוֹ וּמִקְנֵה צֹאן וּבָקָר לָרֹב כִּי נָתַן לוֹ אֱלֹהִים רְכוּשׁ רַב מְאֹד. (ל) וְהוּא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ סָתַם אֶת מוֹצָא מֵימֵי גִיחוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן וַיַּישְּׁרֵם לְמַטָּה מַּעְרָבָה לְעִיר דָּוִיד וַיַּצְלַח יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּכׇל מַעֲשֵׂהוּ. (לא) וְכֵן בִּמְלִיצֵי שָׂרֵי בָבֶל הַמְשַׁלְּחִים עָלָיו לִדְרֹשׁ הַמּוֹפֵת אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בָאָרֶץ עֲזָבוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים לְנַסּוֹתוֹ לָדַעַת כׇּל בִּלְבָבוֹ. (לב) וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וַחֲסָדָיו הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים בַּחֲזוֹן יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן אָמוֹץ הַנָּבִיא עַל סֵפֶר מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל. (לג) וַיִּשְׁכַּב יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עִם אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְּמַעֲלֵה קִבְרֵי בְנֵי דָוִיד וְכָבוֹד עָשׂוּ לוֹ בְמוֹתוֹ כׇּל יְהוּדָה וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם וַיִּמְלֹךְ מְנַשֶּׁה בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו.

Kurkh Monolith Inscription (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (Chicago, 1927): 223)המונולית מכורח, מתורגם ע"י ח. תדמור, תולדות עם ישראל בימי קדם (תל-אביב, 1929): 120

From Argana I departed. To Karkar I drew near. Karkar, his royal city, I destroyed, I devastated, I burned with fire. 1,200 chariots, 1,200 cavalry, 20,000 soldiers of Hadad-ezer of Aram (?Damascus), 700 chariots, 700 cavalry, 10,000 soldiers of Irhuleni of Hamath, 2000 chariots, 10,000 soldiers of Ahab the Israelite, 500 soldiers of the Gueans, 1,000 soldiers of the Musreans, 10 chariots, 10,000 soldiers of the Irkanateans, 200 soldiers of Matinu-ba'il, the Arvadite, 200 soldiers of the Usanateabsm 30 chariots [ ],000 soldiers of Adunu-ba'il, the Shianean, 1000 camels of Gindibu, the Arabean, [ ],000 soldiers [of] Ba'sa son of Ruhubi, the Ammonite, – these twelve kings he brought to his support, to offer battle and fight, they came against me. (Trusting) in the exalted might which Assur, the lord, had given (me) in the mighty weapon, which Nergal, who goes before me, had presented to me, I battled with them. From Karkar, as far as the city of Gilzau, I routed them, 14,000 of their warriors I slew with the sword. Like Adad, I rained destruction upon them. I scattered their corpses far and wide and covered the face of the desolate plain with their widespreading armies. With (my) weapons I made their blood to flow down to the valleys(?) of the land. The plain was too small to let their bodies fall, the wide countryside was used up in burying them. With their bodies I spanned the Arantu (Orontes) as with a bridge(?). In that battle I took from them their chariots, their cavalry, their horses broken to the yoke.

מארגנ יצאתי ולקרקר קרבתי. את קרקר עיר מלכותו הרסתי, החרבתי באש שרפתי. 1200 רכב, 1200 סוסי פרשים, 20,000 רגלי של הדדעזר מארץ דמשק, 700 רכב, 700 סוסי פרשים, 10,000 רגלי של ארחלנ החמתי, 2000 רכב, 10,000 רגלי של אחאב הישראלי, 500 רגלי של בני גבל, 1,000 רגלי של בני מצרים, 10 רכב, 10,000 רגלי של רגלי של בני ערק, 200 רגלי של מתן-בעל, 200 רגלי של בני, 10,000 רגלי של אדוני-בעל הסיאני, 1,000 גמלים של גנדבא הערבי, 1,000 רגלי של בעשא בן-רחוב העמוני (או מהר האמנה) שנים-עשר מלכים אלה הוא הביא לו לעזרה (ו)הם נערכו נגדי לקרב מכריע. בכוח האדיר שנתן לי האל אשור, בכלי הנשק העזים שהעניק לי האל נרגל, ההולך לפני, לחמתי עמם. למן קרקר ועד גלזא הנחלתי להם מפלה ניצחת. בחרב הכיתי 14,000 מצבא לוחמיהם, כאדד המטרתי עליהם סופה. פיזרתי את גוויותיהם (ו)מילאתי את פני המישור בחילותיהם הנפוצים.

The Mesha Inscription (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, ed. J. Pritchard (Princeton, 1969): 320-321)כתובת מישע

I (am) Mesha, son of Chemosh-[... ], king of Moab, the Dibonite— my father (had) reigned over Moab thirty years, and I reigned after my father,— (who) made this high place for Chemosh in Qarhoh [ . . . ] because he saved me from all the kings and caused me to triumph over all my adversaries. As for Omri, king of Israel, he humbled Moab many years (lit. days), for Chemosh was angry at his land. And his son followed him and he also said, "I will humble Moab." In my time he spoke (thus), but I have triumphed over him and over his house, while Israel hath perished for ever! (Now) Omri had occupied the land of Medeba, and had dwelt there in his days and half the days of his son, forty years; but Chemosh dwelt there in my time. And I built Baal-meon, making a reservoir in it, and I built Qaryaten. Now the men of Gad had always dwelt in the land of Ataroth, and the king of Israel had built Ataroth for them; but I fought against the town and took it and slew all the people of the town as satiation (intoxication) for Chemosh and Moab. And I brought back from there Arel (or Oriel), its chieftain, dragging him before Chemosh in Kerioth, and I settled there men of Sharon and men of Maharith. And Chemosh said to me, "Go, take Nebo from Israel!" So I went by night and fought against it from the break of dawn until noon, taking it and slaying all, seven thousand men, boys, women, girls and maid-servants, for I had devoted them to destruction for (the god) Ashtar-Chemosh. And I took from there the [. . . ] of Yahweh, dragging them before Chemosh. And the king of Israel had built Jahaz, and he dwelt there while he was fighting against me, but Chemosh drove him out before me. And I took from Moab two hundred men, all first class (warriors), and set them against Jahaz and took it in order to attach it to (the district of) Dibon. It was I (who) built Qarhoh, the wall of the forests and the wall of the citadel; I also built its gates and I built its towers and I built the king's house, and I made both of its reservoirs for water inside the town. And there was no cistern inside the town at Qarhoh, so I said to all the people, "Let each of you make a cistern for himself in his house!" And I cut beams for Qarhoh with Israelite captives. I built Aroer, and I made the highway in the Arnon (valley); I built Beth-bamoth, for it had been destroyed; I built Bezer—for it lay in ruins— with fifty men of Dibon, for all Dibon is (my) loyal dependency. And I reigned [in peace] over the hundred towns which I had added to the land. And I built [ . . . ] Medeba and Beth-diblathen and Beth-baal-meon, and I set there the [ . . . ] of the land. And as for Hauronen, there dwelt in it [ ... . And] Chemosh said to me, "Go down, fight against Hauronen. And I went down [and I fought against the town and I took it], and Chemosh dwelt there in my time

1) אנכ. משע. בנ. כמש ... מלכ. מאב. הד 2) יבני | אבי. מלכ. על. מאב. שלשנ. שת. ואנכ. מלכ 3) תי אחר. אבי | ואעש הבמת. זאת. לכמש. בקרחה במ ... 4) שע. כי. השעני. מכל. המלכנ. וכי. הראני. בכל. שנאי | עמר 5) י. מלכ. ישראל. ויענו. את. מאב. ימנ. רבנ. כי. יאנפ. כמש. באר 6) צה | ויחלפה. בנה. ויאמר. גמ. הא. אענו. את. מאב | בימי. אמר כ... 7) וארא. בה. ובבתה | וישראל. אבד. אבד. עלמ. וירש. עמרי. את אר 8) צ. מהדבא | וישב. בה. ימה. וחצי. ימי. בנה. ארבענ. שת. ויש 9) בה. כמש. בימי | ואבנ. את. בעלמענ. ואעש. בהץ האשוח. ואבנ 10) את. קריתנ | ואש. גד. ישב. בארצ. עטרת. מעלמ. ויבנ. לה. מלכ. י 11) שראל. את. עטרת | ואלתחמ. בקר. ואחזה | ואהרג. את. כל. העם. ... 12) הקר. רית. לכמש. ולמאב | ואשב. משמ. את. אראל. דודה. ואס 13) חבה. לפמי. כמש. בקרית | ואשב. בה. את. אש. שרנ. ואת. אש 14) מחרת | ויאמר. לי. כמש. לכ. אחז. את. נבח. על. ישראל | וא 15) הלכ. בללה. ואלתחמ. בה. מבקע. השחרת. עד. הצהרמ | ואח 16) זה. ואהרג. כלה. שבעת. אלפנ. גברנ. וגרנ. | וגברת. וגר 17) ת. ורחמת | כי. לעשתר. כמש. החרמתה | ואקח. משמ. א ... 18) לי. יהוה. ואסחב. המ. לפני, כמש | ומלכ. ישראל. בנה. את 19) יהצ. וישב. בה. בהלתחמה. בי | ויגרשה. כמש. מפני | ו 20) אקח. ממאב. מאתנ. אש. כל רשה | ואשאה. ביהצ. ואחזה. 21) לספת. על. דיבנ | אנכ. בנתי. קרחה. חמת. היערנ. וחמת 22) העפל | ואנכ. בנתי. שעריה. ואנכ. בנתי. מגדלתה | וא 23) נכ. בנתי, בת. מלכ. ואנכ. עשתי. כלאי. האשו ... ינ. בקרב 24) הקר | ובר. אנ. בקרב. הקר. בקרחה. ואמר. לכל. העמ. עשו. ל 25) כמ. אש. בר. בביתה | ואנכ. כרתי. המכרתת. לקרחה. באסר 26) י. ישראל | אנכ. בנתי. ערער. ואנכ. עשתי. המסלת. בארנג. 27) אנכ. בנתי. בת. במת. כי. הרס. הא | אנכ. בנתי. בצר. כי. עינ 28) .... ש. דיבנ. חמשנ. כי. כל. דיבנ. משמעת | ואנכ. מלכ 29) ת.... מאת. בקרנ. אשר. יספתי. על. הארצ | ואנכ. בנת 30) ..... דבא. דבלתנ | ובת. בעלמענ. ואשא. שמ. את... 31) ...... צאן. הארצ | וחורננ. ישב. בה. ב...וד 32) ...... אמר. לי כמש. רד. הלתחמ. בחורננ | וארד.... 33) ...... בה. כמש. בימי. ועל... משמ. ... 34) ...... שת. שדק | וא......

Tel Dan Inscription (A. Biran and Y. Naveh, The Tel Dan Inscription: A New Fragment, IEJ 45:1 (1995): 13)כתובת תל דן

1. [...                                         ] and cut [...                            ] 2. [...] my father went up [against him when] he fought at [...  ] 3. And my father lay down, he went to his [ancestors] and the king of I[s-] 4. rael entered previously in my father’s land. [And] Hadad made me king. 5. And Hadad went in front of me, [and] I departed from [the] seven [... ] 6. of my kingdom, and I slew [seve]nty kin[gs], who harnessed thou[sands of cha-] 7. riots and thousands of horsemen. [I killed Jo]ram son of [Ahab] 8. king of Israel, and [I] killed [Ahaz]iahu son of [Jehoram kin-] 9. g of the House of David. And I set [their towns into ruins and turned] 10. their land into [desolation...                                              ] 11. other [...                                                        and Jehu ru-] 12. led over Is[rael ...                                               and I laid] 13. siege upon [.... ]

1. [ ]מר.ע[ ] וגזר[ ] 2. [ ]אבי.יסק [.עלוה.בה] תלחמה.בא--[- ] 3. וישכב.אבי.יהך.אל [.אבהו]ה.ויעל.מלכי[ ש] 4. ראל.קדם.בארק.אבי[.ו]יהמלך.הדד[.]א[יתי] 5. אנה.ויהך.הדד.קדמי[.ו]אפק.מן.שבע[ת---] 6. י.מלכי.ואקתל.מל[כן.שב]ען.אסרי.א[לפי.ר] 7. כב.ואלפי.פרש.[קתלת.אית.יהו]רם.בר.[אחאב.] 8. מלך.ישראל.וקתל[ת.אית.אחז]יהו.בר.[יהורם.מל] 9. ך.ביתדוד.ואשם.[אית.קרית.הם.חרבת.ואהפך.א] 10. ית.ארק.הם.ל[ישמן ] 11. אחרן.ולה יהוא.מ] 12. לך.על.יש[ראל. ואשם.] 13. מצר.על[. ]

The Black Obelisk Inscription (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (Chicago, 1927): 205-207)

567. In my tenth year of reign, I crossed the Euphrates for the eighth time. The cities of Sangara of Carchemish I captured. Against the cities of Aram I drew near. Arne, his royal city, together with 100 of his small cities, I captured. 568. In my eleventh year of reign, I crossed the Euphrates for the ninth time. Countless cities I captured. Against the cities of the land of Hamath, I descended. 89 cities I captured. Hadadezer of Aram (? Damascus) (and) twelve kings of the land of Hatti stood by each other. I accomplished their overthrow.... 571. In my fourteenth year of reign, I mustered (all the resources of my) land. I crossed the Euphrates. Twelve kings advanced to meet me. I battled with them, I accomplished their overthrow.... 575. In my eighteenth year of reign I crossed the Euphrates for the sixteenth time. Hazael of Aram (?Damascus) came forth to battle. 1,121 of his chariots, 470 of his cavalry, together with his camp, I captured from him..... 578. In my twenty-first year of reign I crossed the Euphrates for the twenty-first time. I advanced against the cities of Hazael of Aram (?Damascus). Four of his cities I captured. The gifts of the Tyrians, Sidonains, and Gebalites I received....

The Monolith Inscription (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (Chicago, 1927): 254-255)

715. Where Assur-danin-apli, in the time of Shlamaneser, his father, acted wickedly, bringing about sedition, rebellion (and) wicked plotting, caused the land to rise in revolt, prepared for war, brought the people of Assyria, north and south, to his side, and made bold speeches(?), brought the cities into the rebellion, and set his face to begin strife and battle, Nineveh, Adia, Shibaniba, Imgur-Bel, Ishshibri, Bit-Ir-piti(?), Shimu, Shibhinish, Udnuna, Kibshuna, Kurban, Tidu, Nabalu, Kahat, Assur, Urakka, Amat, Huzirina, Durbalati, Dariga, Zaban, Lubdu, Arrapha, Arba-ilu, together with Amedi, Til-abne, Hindanu, total 27 cities, along with their fortifications, which had revolted against Shalmaneser, king of the four regions (of the world), my father, and which had gone to the side of Assur-danin-apli– at the command of the great gods, my lords, I brought (these) into submission at my feet.

Saba'a Stele (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (Chicago, 1927): 261-262)

734. In my fifth year of reign, when I took my seat on the royal throne, in might, I mobilized (the forces of my) land, the widespreading armies of Assyria I gave the order to advance aginst Palashtu (Palestine).  The Euphrates I crossed at its flood.  The [idespreading, hostile] kings, who in the time of  Shamshi -Adad, my father, had rebelled and [withheld their tribute] – at the command of Assur, Sin, Shamash, Adad, Ishtar, the gods, my allies, [terror] overwhelmed them and they laid hold of my feet.  Tribute and tax, more than that of former days,] they brought to Assyira. I received it. 735. [To march against Aram] I gave the command. Mari [I shut up] in Damascus [his royal city]. 100 talents of gold, 1000 talents of silver…….. talents…….. I received….

The Nimrud Slab (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (Chicago, 1927): 263-264)

739. Palace of Adad-Nirari, the great king the mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, the king whom Assur, king of the Igigi, called in his youth and gave him a kingdom without a rival, whose rule (lit. shepherding) he made beneficial (lit. good) as the food (plant) of life for the people of Assyria, and whose throne he firmly established; holy priest, who provides magnificently for Esharara, who is unwearied, who upholds the cult o Ekur; who went forth under the protection of Assur, his lord, and brought the princes, of the four regions (of the world) in submission to his feet, who conquered from Mount Siluna of the east (rising sun), the lands of saban (?), Ellipi, Harhar, Araziash, Mesu, Madai, Gizilbunda in its totality, Munna, Parsua, Allabria, Abdadan, Na'iri to its farthest border, Andiu, which lies afar off, the mountain slope (?) to its farthest border, up to the great sea of the rising sun; from above the Euphrates – Hatti, Amurru in its totality, Tyre, Sidon, Humri (Omriland), Edom, Palastu, up to the great sea of the setting sun – I brought (these lands) in submission to my feet. Tribute and tax I imposed upon them. 740. Against Aram I marched, Mari, king of Aram, – in Damascus, his royal city, I shut him up. The terrifying splendor of Assur, his lord, overwhelmed him and he laid hold of my feet, he became my vassal. 2,300 talents of silver, 20 talents of god, 3,000 talents of copper, 5,000 talents of iron, colored woolen and linen garments, an ivory bed, an ivory couch, inlaid and bejeweled(?), his property and his good, in immeasurable quantity, in Damascus, his royal city, in his palace, I received. 741. The kings of Kaldu, all of them became my vassals; tribute and tax for all time to come I imposed upon them. Babylon, Borsippa, Kutha, brought the "remnant" of Bel, Nabu, and Nergal, pure sacrifices…

Tell al-Rimah Inscription (Translation of K. Lawson Younger, COS 2.114F)

[1] To Adad, the greatest god, powerful noble of the gods, first-born son of Anu, unique, awesome, lofty, the canal-inspector of heaven and earth, who rains abundance, who dwells in Zamahu, the great lord, his lord. [2] Adad-Nirari, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Šamši-Adad, the king of the universe, king of Assyria, the son of Šalmaneser, the king of the four quarters. [3] I mustered my chariots, troops, and camps; I ordered them, to march to the land of Hatti. In a single year, I subdued the entire land of Amurru and Hatti. I imposed upon them tax and tribute forever. [4] I received 2,000 talents of silver, 1,000 talents of copper, 2,000 talents of iron, 3,000 linen garments with multicolored trim - the tribute of Mari' - of the land of Damascus. I received the tribute of Jehoash the Samarian, of the Tyrian ruler and of the Sidonian ruler. [5] I marched to the great sea in the west. I erected a statue of my lordship in the city of Arvad, which is in the midst of the sea. I climbed Mount Lebanon; and I cut down timbers: 100 mature cedars, material needed for my palace and temples

Nineveh Prism, (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, ed. J. Pritchard (Princeton, 1969): 286)מנסרת נינוה, מתורגם ע"י ג. גליל

[Aziru, king] of Ashdod....  on account of [this crime . . . ] from . . . Ahimiti . . . his younger brother over [them ... ] I made (him) ruler... tribute . . . like (those of) the [former] kings, I imposed upon him. [But these] accursed [Hittites] conceived [the idea] of not delivering the tribute and [started] a rebellion against their ruler; they expelled him . . . (la-ma-ni) a Greek, comm[oner without claim to the throne] to be king over them, they made sit down [on the very throne] of his (former) master and [they ... ] their city of (or: for) the at[tack]. Then [to] the rulers of Palestine (Pi-lii-te), Judah (la-u-di), Ed[om], Moab (and) those who live (on islands) and bring tribute [and] tdmartu -gifts to my lord Ashur— [he spread] countless evil lies to alienate (them) from me, and (also) sent bribes to Pir'u, king of Musru (Egypt)— a potentate, incapable to save them— and asked him to be an ally. But I, Sargon, the rightful ruler, devoted to the pronouncements (uttered by) Nebo and Marduk, (carefully) observing the orders of Ashur, led my army over the Tigris and the Euphrates, at the peak of the(ir) flood, the spring flood, as (if it be) dry ground. This Greek, however, their king who had put his trust in his own power and (therefore) did not bow to my (divinely ordained) rulership, heard about the approach of my expedition (while I was still) far away, and the splendor of my lord Ashur overwhelmed him and . . . he fled....

[ימני יחד עם מלכי] פלשת, יהודה, אד[ום] (ו)מואב, יושבי (חוף) הים, הנושאים מס ומנחה לאל אשור, אדוני שלחו שלמונים (עם) דברי שקר (ו)אמרי כזב אל פרעה מלך מצרים שליט שאין בידו לסייעם ובקשוהו לבוא עמם בברית, כדי לעשותו לו לאויב....

Azekah Inscriptionכתובת עזקה

(3) […Ashur, my lord, encourage]ed me and against the land of Ju[dah I marched. In] the course of my campaign, the tribute of the ki[ng(s)... (4) […with the mig]ht of Ashur, my lord, the province of [Hezek]iah of Judah like [… (5) […] the city of Azekah, his stronghold, which is between my [bo]rder and the land of Judah [… (6) [like the nest of the eagle? ] located on a mountain ridge, like pointed iron daggers without number reaching high to heaven [… (7) [Its walls] were strong and rivaled the highest mountains, to the (mere) sight, as if from the sky [appears its head? … (8) [by means of beaten (earth) ra]mps, mighty? Battering rams brought near, the work of […], with the attack by foot soldiers, [my] wa[rriors… (9) […] they had seen [the approach of my cav]alry and they had heard the roar of the mighty troops of the god Ashur and [their] he[arts] became afraid [… (10) [The city Azekah I besieged,] I captured, I carried off its spoil, I destroyed, I devastated, [I burned with fire… (11) [ ], a royal ci[ty] of the Philistines (Pi-lis-ta-a-a), which [Hezek]iah had captured and strengthened for himself

...האל אנשר אימץ את רוחי ויצאתי אל ארץ יהודה. בהמשך מסעי, את המס של מלכי [ארץ פלשת קבלתי]. בעזרת הכוח של האל אנשר, אדוני, את המחוז של [חזק]יהו מיהודה כמו[...] העיר עזקה, מבצרו, אשר בין גבולי ובין ארץ יהודה, אשר כמו קן נשרים שוכנת על גבי רכס הר כמו פגיונות ברזל ללא ספור נישאים מגדליה לשמים חומותיה בצורות ומתחרות (בגובהן) בהרים הנישאים. למראה עיניים, כאילו מן השמים צץ ראשן. צרתי על העיר בסוללות עפר כבושות, באילי-מצור חזקים מוגשים, בהסתערות חיל-רגלים גיבורי...את מתקפת סוסי ראו, את קול צבאות האל אשור העצומים שמעו, ופחד לבבם...את העיר עזקה הקפתי ולכדתי, שללם שללתי, הרסתי, החרבתי ושרפתי באש...

Shiloach Inscriptionכתובת השילוח

[...] (finished?) the tunnel ... and this is the story of the tunnel: while ... the axes were against each other and while three cubits were left (for the stonecuttters to cut?) ... the voice of a man ...called to his counterpart, for there was zada in the rock, on the right and (the left?)... and on the day of the tunnel the stonecutters struck each man towards his counterpart, ax against ax and flowed water from the source to the pool for 1,200 cubits. and (100?) cubits was the height over the head of the stonecutters

[...] [תמה] הנקבה. וזה היה דבר הנקבה. בעוד [מנפם החוצבם את ה]גרזן אש אל רעו ובעוד שלש אמת להנק[ב נשמ]ע קל אש קרא אל רעו, כי הית זדה בצר מימן ומ[שמ]אל. ובים הנקבה הכו החצבים אש לקרת רעו גרזן על [ג]רזן. ו[י]לכו המים מן המוצא אל הברכה במאתים ואלף אמה. ומ[א]ת אמה היה גבה הצר על ראש החצב[ם]

Annals of Sennacherib, Oriental Institute Prism of Sennacherib (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, ed. J. Pritchard (Princeton, 1969): 287-288

In my third campaign I marched against Hatti. Luli, king of Sidon, whom the terror-inspiring glamor of my lordship had overwhelmed, fled far overseas and perished . The awe-inspiring splendor of the "Weapon" of Ashur, my lord, overwhelmed his strong cities (such as) Great Sidon, Little Sidon, Bit-Zitti, Zaribtu, Mahal- liba, Ushu (i.e. the mainland settlement of Tyre), Akzib (and) Akko, (all) his fortress cities, walled (and well) provided with feed and water for his garrisons, and they bowed in submission to my feet. I installed Ethba'al (Tuba'lu) upon the throne to be their king and imposed upon him tribute (due) to me (as his) overlord (to be paid) annually without interruption. As to all the kings of Amurru— Menahem (Mi-in- hi-im-mu) from Samsimuruna, Tuba'lu from Sidon, Abdili'ti from Arvad, Urumilki from Byblos, Mitinti from Ashdod, Buduili from Beth-Ammon, Kammusun-adbi from Moab (and) Aiarammu from Edom, they brought sumptuous gifts (igisA) and — fourfold— their heavy tdmartu -presents to me and kissed my feet. Sidqia, however, king of Ashkelon, who did not bow to my yoke, I deported and sent to Assyria, his family- gods, himself, his wife, his children, his brothers, all the male descendants of his family. I set Sharruludari, son of Rukibtu, their former king, over the inhabitants of Ashkelon and imposed upon him the payment of tribute (and of) katrii -presents (due) to me (as) overlord— and he (now) pulls the straps (of my yoke)! In the continuation of my campaign I besieged Beth- Dagon, Joppa, Banai-Barqa, Azuru, cities belonging to Sidqia who did not bow to my feet quickly (enough); I conquered (them) and carried their spoils away. The officials, the patricians and the (common) people of Ekron— who had thrown Padi, their king, into fetters (because he was) loyal to (his) solemn oath (sworn) by the god Ashur, and had handed him over to Hezekiah, the Jew (Ha-za-qi-(i)a-u amel Ia- 4 -da-ai ) — (and) he (Hezekiah) held him in prison, unlawfully, as if he (Padi) be an enemy— had become afraid and had called (for help) upon the kings of Egypt (Mus(u)ri) (and) the bowmen, the chariot(-corps) and the cavalry of the king of Ethiopia (Meluhha), an army beyond counting— and they (actually) had come to their assistance. In the plain of Eltekeh ( Al-ta-qu -4 ), their battle lines were drawn up against me and they sharpened their weapons. Upon a trust (-inspiring) oracle (given) by Ashur, my lord, I fought with them and inflicted a defeat upon them. In the melee of the battle, I personally captured alive the Egyptian charioteers with the(ir) princes and (also) the charioteers of the king of Ethiopia. I besieged Eltekeh (and) Timnah ( Ta-am - na-a), conquered (them) and carried their spoils away. I assaulted Ekron and killed the officials and patricians who had committed the crime and hung their bodies on poles surrounding the city. The (common) citizens who were guilty of minor crimes, I considered prisoners of war. The rest of them, those who were not accused of crimes and misbehavior, I released. I made Padi, their king, come from Jerusalem ( Ur-sa4i-im-mu ) and set him as their lord on the throne, imposing upon him the tribute (due) to me (as) overlord. As to Hezekiah, the Jew, he did not submit to my yoke, I laid siege to 46 of his strong cities, walled forts and to the countless small villages in their vicinity, and conquered (them) by means of well-stamped (earth-)ramps, and battering-rams brought (thus) near (to the walls) (combined with) the attack by foot soldiers, (using) mines, breeches as well as sapper work. I drove out (of them) 200,150 people, young and old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, big and small cattle beyond counting, and considered (them) booty. Himself I made a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence, like a bird in a cage. I surrounded him with earthwork in order to molest those who were leaving his city's gate. His towns which I had plundered, I took away from his country and gave them (over) to Mitinti, king of Ashdod, Padi, king of Ekron, and Sillibel, king of Gaza. Thus I reduced his country, but I still increased the tribute and the --- -presents (due) to me (as his) overlord which I imposed (later) upon him beyond the former tribute, to be delivered annually. Hezekiah himself, whom the terror-inspiring splendor of my lordship had overwhelmed and whose irregular and elite troops which he had brought into Jerusalem, his royal residence, in order to strengthen (it), had deserted him, did send me, later, to Nineveh, my lordly city, together with 30 talents of gold, 800 talents of silver, precious stones, antimony, s large cuts of red stone, couches (inlaid) with ivory, nimedu -chairs (in- laid) with ivory, elephant-hides, ebony-wood, box- wood (and) all kinds of valuable treasures, his (own) daughters, concubines, male and female musicians. In order to deliver the tribute and to do obeisance as a slave he sent his (personal) messenger.

The Jerusalem Chronicle (ABC 5)

In the twenty-first year the king of Akkad stayed in his own land, Nebuchadnezzar his eldest son, the crown-prince, mustered the Babylonian army and took command of his troops; he marched to Karchemiš which is on the bank of the Euphrates, and crossed the river to go against the Egyptian army which lay in Karchemiš. They fought with each other and the Egyptian army withdrew before him. He accomplished their defeat and beat them to non-existence. As for the rest of the Egyptian army which had escaped from the defeat so quickly that no weapon had reached them, in the district of Hamath the Babylonian troops overtook and defeated them so that not a single man escaped to his own country.  At that time Nebuchadnezzar conquered the whole area of Hamath. For twenty-one years Nabopolassar had been king of Babylon, when on 8 Abu he went to his destiny; in the month of Ululu Nebuchadnezzar returned to Babylon and on 1 Ulul he sat on the royal throne in Babylon.... In the fourth year the king of Akkad mustered his army and marched to the Hatti-land. In the Hatti-land they marched unopposed.  In the month of Kislîmunote he took the lead of his army and marched to Egypt. The king of Egypt heard it and mustered his army. In open battle they smote the breast of each other and inflicted great havoc on each other. The king of Akkad turned back with his troops and returned to Babylon.  In the fifth year the king of Akkad stayed in his own land and gathered together his chariots and horses in great numbers.... In the seventh year, the month of Kislîmu, the king of Akkad mustered his troops, marched to the Hatti-land, and besieged the city of Judah and on the second day of the month of Addaru he seized the city and captured the king.  He appointed there a king of his own choice, received its heavy tribute and sent to Babylon.

רשימת הקצבת מזון מבבל

½ (= עשירית הכר שמן) ליהויכין, מלך ארץ יהודה, ½2 קא (= כארבעה ליטר שמן) לחמשת בני מלך ארץ יהודה, 4 קא (= כשבעה ליטר שמן) לשמונת היהודים, ½ [קא לאיש]