Discovery Box| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:35 |
| The Lord made an agreement 1 with them 2 and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:36 |
| Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; 1 bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:37 |
| You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:38 |
| You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:39 |
| Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.” |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 17:41 |
| These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:4 |
| He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. 1 He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time 2 the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. 3 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:12 |
| This happened because they did not obey 1 the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. 2 They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. 3 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:19 |
| The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:20 |
| Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. 1 In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me? |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:22 |
| Perhaps you will tell me, ‘We are trusting in the Lord our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’ |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:25 |
| Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March 1 up against this land and destroy it.’”’” 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:27 |
| But the chief adviser said to them, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. 1 His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:28 |
| The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, 1 “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:36 |
| The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.” |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 18:37 |
| Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn 1 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said. |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 19:4 |
| Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. 1 When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. 2 So pray for this remnant that remains.’” 3 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 19:6 |
| Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 19:9 |
| The king 1 heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. 2 He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them: |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 19:16 |
| Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! 1 |
