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וַיְהִי, כִּשְׁמֹעַ הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ, וַיִּקְרַע, אֶת-בְּגָדָיו; וַיִּתְכַּס בַּשָּׂק, וַיָּבֹא בֵּית יְהוָה.
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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 YAHOWAH.
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וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת-אֶלְיָקִים אֲשֶׁר-עַל-הַבַּיִת וְשֶׁבְנָא הַסֹּפֵר, וְאֵת זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים, מִתְכַּסִּים, בַּשַּׂקִּים--אֶל-יְשַׁעְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא, בֶּן-אָמוֹץ.
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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.
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ג
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו, כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ, יוֹם-צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה, הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה: כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד-מַשְׁבֵּר, וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה.
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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.
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אוּלַי יִשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵת כָּל-דִּבְרֵי רַבְשָׁקֵה, אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ מֶלֶךְ-אַשּׁוּר אֲדֹנָיו לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חַי, וְהוֹכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ; וְנָשָׂאתָ תְפִלָּה, בְּעַד הַשְּׁאֵרִית הַנִּמְצָאָה.
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It may be YAHOWAH thy Eloheem will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living Eloheem, and will rebuke the words which YAHOWAH thy Eloheem hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'
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וַיָּבֹאוּ, עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ--אֶל-יְשַׁעְיָהוּ.
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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל-אֲדֹנֵיכֶם: כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה, אַל-תִּירָא מִפְּנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ, אֲשֶׁר גִּדְּפוּ נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ-אַשּׁוּר, אֹתִי.
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And Isaiah said unto them: 'Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith YAHOWAH: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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הִנְנִי נֹתֵן בּוֹ רוּחַ, וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה וְשָׁב לְאַרְצוֹ; וְהִפַּלְתִּיו בַּחֶרֶב, בְּאַרְצוֹ.
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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.'
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וַיָּשָׁב, רַבְשָׁקֵה, וַיִּמְצָא אֶת-מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, נִלְחָם עַל-לִבְנָה: כִּי שָׁמַע, כִּי נָסַע מִלָּכִישׁ.
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So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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ט
וַיִּשְׁמַע, אֶל-תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ-כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר, הִנֵּה יָצָא, לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ; וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים, אֶל-חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר.
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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:
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כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן, אֶל-חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ-יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר, אַל-יַשִּׁאֲךָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּטֵחַ בּוֹ לֵאמֹר: לֹא תִנָּתֵן יְרוּשָׁלִַם, בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר.
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'Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy Eloheem in whom thou trustest beguile thee, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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יא
הִנֵּה אַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ, אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לְכָל-הָאֲרָצוֹת--לְהַחֲרִימָם; וְאַתָּה, תִּנָּצֵל.
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
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הַהִצִּילוּ אֹתָם אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם, אֲשֶׁר שִׁחֲתוּ אֲבוֹתַי, אֶת-גּוֹזָן, וְאֶת-חָרָן; וְרֶצֶף וּבְנֵי-עֶדֶן, אֲשֶׁר בִּתְלַאשָּׂר.
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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?
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יג
אַיּוֹ מֶלֶךְ-חֲמָת וּמֶלֶךְ אַרְפָּד, וּמֶלֶךְ לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם, הֵנַע, וְעִוָּה.
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Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'
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יד
וַיִּקַּח חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת-הַסְּפָרִים מִיַּד הַמַּלְאָכִים, וַיִּקְרָאֵם; וַיַּעַל בֵּית יְהוָה, וַיִּפְרְשֵׂהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה. {פ}
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And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of YAHOWAH, and spread it before YAHOWAH.
{P}
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טו
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה, וַיֹּאמַר, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים, אַתָּה-הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדְּךָ לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ; אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ, אֶת-הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ.
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And Hezekiah prayed before YAHOWAH, and said: 'O YAHOWAH, the Eloheem of Yisrael, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the Eloheem, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth.
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טז
הַטֵּה יְהוָה אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע, פְּקַח יְהוָה עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה; וּשְׁמַע, אֵת דִּבְרֵי סַנְחֵרִיב, אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ, לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חָי.
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Incline Thine ear, O YAHOWAH, and hear; open Thine eyes, O YAHOWAH, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living Eloheem.
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יז
אָמְנָם, יְהוָה: הֶחֱרִיבוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר, אֶת-הַגּוֹיִם--וְאֶת-אַרְצָם.
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Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
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יח
וְנָתְנוּ אֶת-אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, בָּאֵשׁ: כִּי לֹא אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה, כִּי אִם-מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי-אָדָם עֵץ וָאֶבֶן--וַיְאַבְּדוּם.
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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.
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יט
וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ נָא מִיָּדוֹ; וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל-מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ, כִּי אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּךָ. {ס}
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Now therefore, O YAHOWAH our Eloheem, save Thou us, I beseech Thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou art YAHOWAH Eloheem, even Thou only.'
{S}
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כ
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן-אָמוֹץ, אֶל-חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר: כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתָּ אֵלַי אֶל-סַנְחֵרִב מֶלֶךְ-אַשּׁוּר שָׁמָעְתִּי.
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith YAHOWAH, the Eloheem of Yisrael: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee.
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כא
זֶה הַדָּבָר, אֲשֶׁר-דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עָלָיו: בָּזָה לְךָ לָעֲגָה לְךָ, בְּתוּלַת בַּת-צִיּוֹן--אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה, בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִָם.
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This is the word that YAHOWAH 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.
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כב
אֶת-מִי חֵרַפְתָּ וְגִדַּפְתָּ, וְעַל-מִי הֲרִימוֹתָ קּוֹל; וַתִּשָּׂא מָרוֹם עֵינֶיךָ, עַל-קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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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 Yisrael!
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כג
בְּיַד מַלְאָכֶיךָ, חֵרַפְתָּ אֲדֹנָי, וַתֹּאמֶר ברכב (בְּרֹב) רִכְבִּי אֲנִי עָלִיתִי מְרוֹם הָרִים, יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנוֹן; וְאֶכְרֹת קוֹמַת אֲרָזָיו, מִבְחוֹר בְּרֹשָׁיו, וְאָבוֹאָה מְלוֹן קִצֹּה, יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֹ.
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By the messengers thou hast taunted YAHOWAH, 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.
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כד
אֲנִי קַרְתִּי, וְשָׁתִיתִי מַיִם זָרִים; וְאַחְרִב, בְּכַף-פְּעָמַי, כֹּל, יְאֹרֵי מָצוֹר.
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I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
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כה
הֲלֹא-שָׁמַעְתָּ לְמֵרָחוֹק אֹתָהּ עָשִׂיתִי, לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם וִיצַרְתִּיהָ; עַתָּה הֲבֵיאתִיהָ--וּתְהִי לַהְשׁוֹת גַּלִּים נִצִּים, עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת.
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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.
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כו
וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶן, קִצְרֵי-יָד--חַתּוּ, וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ; הָיוּ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה, וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא, חֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת, וּשְׁדֵפָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה.
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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.
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כז
וְשִׁבְתְּךָ וְצֵאתְךָ וּבֹאֲךָ, יָדָעְתִּי; וְאֵת, הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלָי.
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But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me.
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כח
יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי, וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאָזְנָי--וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ, וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ, וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ, בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר-בָּאתָ בָּהּ.
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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.
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כט
וְזֶה-לְּךָ הָאוֹת--אָכוֹל הַשָּׁנָה סָפִיחַ, וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית סָחִישׁ; וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית, זִרְעוּ וְקִצְרוּ וְנִטְעוּ כְרָמִים--וְאִכְלוּ פִרְיָם.
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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.
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ל
וְיָסְפָה פְּלֵיטַת בֵּית-יְהוּדָה, הַנִּשְׁאָרָה--שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה; וְעָשָׂה פְרִי, לְמָעְלָה.
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And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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לא
כִּי מִירוּשָׁלִַם תֵּצֵא שְׁאֵרִית, וּפְלֵיטָה מֵהַר צִיּוֹן; קִנְאַת יְהוָה (צְבָאוֹת), תַּעֲשֶׂה-זֹּאת. {ס}
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For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of YAHOWAH of hosts shall perform this.
{S}
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לב
לָכֵן, כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל-מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, לֹא יָבֹא אֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת, וְלֹא-יוֹרֶה שָׁם חֵץ; וְלֹא-יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן, וְלֹא-יִשְׁפֹּךְ עָלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה.
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Therefore thus saith YAHOWAH 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.
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לג
בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר-יָבֹא, בָּהּ יָשׁוּב; וְאֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא יָבֹא, נְאֻם-יְהוָה.
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By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith YAHOWAH.
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לד
וְגַנּוֹתִי אֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת, לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ--לְמַעֲנִי, וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי.
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For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'
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לה
וַיְהִי, בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא, וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַיַּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר, מֵאָה שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אָלֶף; וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר, וְהִנֵּה כֻלָּם פְּגָרִים מֵתִים.
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And it came to pass that night, that the angel of YAHOWAH 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.
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לו
וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ, וַיָּשָׁב סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ-אַשּׁוּר; וַיֵּשֶׁב, בְּנִינְוֵה.
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36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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לז
וַיְהִי הוּא מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה בֵּית נִסְרֹךְ אֱלֹהָיו, וְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶצֶר (בָּנָיו) הִכֻּהוּ בַחֶרֶב, וְהֵמָּה נִמְלְטוּ, אֶרֶץ אֲרָרָט; וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֵסַר-חַדֹּן בְּנוֹ, תַּחְתָּיו. {פ}
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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.
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