Hello Ann,
I was not there, so I can't say what happened for sure. I guess we will have to wait for the resurrection and then we can ask King Hezekiah himself. Right?
In the meantime, we can only rely on the information that the governing body has provided for us.
I cut and pasted directly from JW ONLINE LIBRARY. I did highlight some of the pertinent information.
W 10 7/15 pp. 12-15
"'Rabshakeh told Hezekiah’s representatives: “This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, has said: ‘What is this confidence in which you have trusted? . . . Look! you have put your trust in the support of this crushed reed, Egypt, which, if a man should brace himself upon it, would certainly enter into his palm and pierce it.’” (2 Ki. 18:19, 21) Rabshakeh’s accusation was false, for Hezekiah had not made an alliance with Egypt. Still, the accusation emphasized what Rabshakeh wanted the Jews to remember clearly: ‘No one will come to your aid. You are on your own—isolated.’"
Also, remember that Eliakim, Shebna and Joah were told not to reply to the Rabshekah at all. "But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for the order of the king was, “You must not answer him.” But E·liʹa·kim son of Hil·kiʹah, who was in charge of the household, Shebʹna the secretary, and Joʹah son of Aʹsaph the recorder came to Hez·e·kiʹah with their garments ripped apart and told him the words of the Rabʹsha·keh. (2 Ki. 36:21, 22) So perhaps that is why his claims were not refuted."
it-2 893-895 Sennacherib
SENNACHERIB
"(Sen·nachʹer·ib) [from Akkadian, meaning “Sin [the moon-god] Has Restored the Brothers to Me”].
Son of Sargon II; king of Assyria. He inherited from his father an empire of great strength but was obliged to spend most of his reign subduing revolts, particularly as regards the city of Babylon.
Sennacherib appears to have been serving as a governor or general in the northern region of Assyria during his father’s reign. After his succession to the throne, this region evidently caused him little trouble, his difficulties coming chiefly from the S and the W. The Chaldean Merodach-baladan (Isa 39:1) abandoned his refuge in Elam, into which Sennacherib’s father Sargon had driven him, and now proclaimed himself king of Babylon. Sennacherib marched against him and his Elamite allies, defeating them at Kish. Merodach-baladan, however, escaped, going into hiding for another three years. Sennacherib entered Babylon and set Bel-ibni on the throne as viceroy. Other punitive expeditions were thereafter effected to keep in check the peoples in the hill countries surrounding Assyria.
Then, in what Sennacherib refers to as his “third campaign,” he moved against “Hatti,” a term evidently referring at that time to Phoenicia and Palestine. (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, edited by J. Pritchard, 1974, p. 287) This area was in a state of general rebellion against the Assyrian yoke. Among those who had rejected such domination was King Hezekiah of Judah (2Ki 18:7), though there is no evidence to show that he was in coalition with the other kingdoms in revolt.
In Hezekiah’s 14th year (732 B.C.E.) Sennacherib’s forces swept westward, capturing Sidon, Achzib, Acco, and other cities on the Phoenician coast, and then they headed south. Frightened kingdoms, including those of Moab, Edom, and Ashdod, are listed as now sending out tribute to express submission. Recalcitrant Ashkelon was taken by force along with the nearby towns of Joppa and Beth-dagon. An Assyrian inscription accuses the people and nobles of the Philistine city of Ekron of having handed their king Padi over to Hezekiah, who, according to Sennacherib, “held him in prison, unlawfully.” (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, p. 287; compare 2Ki 18:8.) The inhabitants of Ekron are described as having petitioned Egypt and Ethiopia for help to stave off or thwart the Assyrian attack." (See Ekron below)
"The Bible record indicates that at about this point Sennacherib attacked Judah, laying siege to and capturing many of its fortified cities and towns. Hezekiah now sent word to the Assyrian at Lachish offering to pay the sum of tribute Sennacherib might impose. (2Ki 18:13, 14) Sennacherib’s capture of Lachish is presented in a frieze showing him seated on a throne before the vanquished city, accepting the spoils of that city brought to him while some of the captives are being tortured.
The Bible account does not indicate whether King Padi, if in reality a captive of Hezekiah, was now released, but it does show that Hezekiah paid the tribute demanded by Sennacherib of 300 silver talents (c. $1,982,000) and 30 gold talents (c. $11,560,000). (2Ki 18:14-16) Now, however, Sennacherib sent a committee of three officers to call upon the king and people of Jerusalem to make a capitulation to him and, eventually, submit to being sent off into exile. The Assyrian message was particularly disdainful of Hezekiah’s reliance on Jehovah. Through his spokesman, Sennacherib boasted that Jehovah would prove to be as impotent as were the gods of the lands that had already fallen before the Assyrian might.—2Ki 18:17-35.
The Assyrian committee returned to Sennacherib, who was now fighting against Libnah, as it was being heard “respecting Tirhakah the king of Ethiopia: ‘Here he has come out to fight against you.’” (2Ki 19:8, 9) Sennacherib’s inscriptions speak of a battle at Eltekeh (c. 15 km [9.5 mi] NNW of Ekron) in which he claims to have defeated an Egyptian army and the forces of “the king of Ethiopia.” He then describes his conquest of Ekron and his restoration of the freed Padi to the throne there.—Ancient Near Eastern Texts, pp. 287, 288.
Jehovah Defeats Sennacherib’s Army. As for Jerusalem, though Sennacherib sent threatening letters warning Hezekiah that he had not desisted from his determination to take the Judean capital (Isa 37:9-20), the record shows that the Assyrians did not so much as “shoot an arrow there, . . . nor cast up a siege rampart against it.” Jehovah, whom Sennacherib had taunted, sent out an angel who, in one night, struck down “a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians,” sending Sennacherib back “with shame of face to his own land.”—Isa 37:33-37; 2Ch 32:21.
Sennacherib’s inscriptions make no mention of the disaster suffered by his forces. But, as Professor Jack Finegan comments: “In view of the general note of boasting which pervades the inscriptions of the Assyrian kings, . . . it is hardly to be expected that Sennacherib would record such a defeat.” (Light From the Ancient Past, 1959, p. 213) It is interesting, nevertheless, to note the version that Sennacherib presents of the matter, as found inscribed on what is known as the Sennacherib Prism preserved in the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. In part he says: “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, breaches 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 [Hezekiah] I made a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence, like a bird in a cage. . . . 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. . . . Hezekiah himself . . . did send me, later, to Nineveh, my lordly city, together with 30 talents of gold, 800 talents of silver, precious stones, antimony, large cuts of red stone, couches (inlaid) with ivory, nimedu -chairs (inlaid) with ivory, elephant-hides, ebony-wood, boxwood (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.”—Ancient Near Eastern Texts, p. 288.
This boastful version inflates the number of silver talents sent from 300 to 800, and doubtless it does so with other details of the tribute paid; but in other regards it remarkably confirms the Bible record and shows that Sennacherib made no claim that he captured Jerusalem. It should be noted, however, that Sennacherib presents the matter of Hezekiah’s paying tribute as having come after the Assyrian’s threat of a siege against Jerusalem, whereas the Bible account shows it was paid before. As to the likely reason for this inversion of matters, note the observation made in Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Bible Dictionary (1936, p. 829): “The close of this campaign of S[ennacherib] is veiled in obscurity. What he did after the capture of Ekron . . . is still a mystery. In his annals, S[ennacherib] locates at this point his punishment of Hezekiah, his raiding of the country of Judah, and his disposition of the territory and cities of Judah. This order of events looks like a screen to cover up something which he does not wish to mention.” The Bible record shows that Sennacherib hurried back to Nineveh after the divinely wrought disaster to his troops, and so Sennacherib’s inverted account conveniently has Hezekiah’s tribute being paid to him through a special messenger at Nineveh. It is certainly significant that ancient inscriptions and records show no further campaign by Sennacherib to Palestine, although historians claim that his reign continued for another 20 years.
The Jewish historian of the first century C.E., Josephus, claims to quote the Babylonian Berossus (considered to be of the third century B.C.E.) as recording the event thus: “When Senacheirimos returned to Jerusalem from his war with Egypt, he found there the force under Rapsakes in danger from a plague, for God had visited a pestilential sickness upon his army, and on the first night of the siege one hundred and eighty-five thousand men had perished with their commanders and officers.” (Jewish Antiquities, X, 21 [i, 5]) Some commentators attempt to explain the disaster by referring to an account written by Herodotus (II, 141) in the fifth century B.C.E. in which he claims that “one night a multitude of fieldmice swarmed over the Assyrian camp and devoured their quivers and their bows and the handles of their shields,” thus leaving them unable to carry out an invasion of Egypt. This account obviously does not coincide with the Biblical record, nor does Herodotus’ description of the Assyrian campaign harmonize with the Assyrian inscriptions. Nevertheless, the accounts by Berossus and Herodotus do reflect the fact that Sennacherib’s forces met up with sudden and calamitous difficulty in this campaign.
Sennacherib’s troubles had not ended, however, and following his return to Assyria he had to quell another revolt in Babylon, provoked by Merodach-baladan. This time Sennacherib placed his own son, Ashurnadinshumi, as king in Babylon. Six years later Sennacherib embarked on a campaign against the Elamites, but they soon retaliated by invading Mesopotamia. They captured Ashurnadinshumi and placed their own king on the throne of Babylon. Several years of struggle for control of the region followed, until finally the enraged Sennacherib took vengeance on Babylon by leveling it to the ground, an unparalleled act in view of Babylon’s position as the “Holy City” of all Mesopotamia. The remaining years of Sennacherib’s reign were apparently without major incident.
Sennacherib’s death is considered to have come some 20 years after his campaign against Jerusalem. This figure is dependent on Assyrian and Babylonian records, their reliability being subject to question. At any rate, it should be noted that the Bible account does not state that Sennacherib’s death occurred immediately upon his return to Nineveh. “Later on he entered the house of his god” Nisroch, and his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, “struck him down with the sword,” escaping to the land of Ararat. (2Ch 32:21;Isa 37:37, 38) An inscription of his son and successor, Esar-haddon, confirms this.—Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, by D. Luckenbill, 1927, Vol. II, pp. 200, 201; see ESAR-HADDON."
it-1 pp. 700-701 Ekron
EKRON
"(Ekʹron).
A leading Philistine city, apparently the northernmost seat of one of their five axis lords. (Jos 13:3) Its exact position is uncertain, but it is generally identified with Khirbet el-Muqannaʽ (Tel Miqne), about 18 km (11 mi) E of Ashdod. Recent excavation there has unearthed the largest city of its period and gives it current preference as the site of Ekron.
Ekron’s history is one of constantly changing domination. Joshua’s conquest did not include Ekron. It was not until later that the Judeans captured it. (Jos 13:2, 3; Jg 1:18) In the initial division of the Promised Land, Ekron was on the border between Judah and Dan but within the tribe of Judah. (Jos 15:1, 11, 45, 46; 19:40-43) By the time the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, Ekron was back in their possession. The presence of the Ark caused “a death-dealing confusion” to break out in this city, and it was from Ekron that the Ark was finally sent back to the Jews. (1Sa 5:10-12; 6:16, 17) After another period under Israelite control, the Philistines apparently again had Ekron at the time David slew Goliath. (1Sa 7:14; 17:52) It was in the early tenth century B.C.E. that Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt claimed to have taken Ekron. Some two centuries later, according to Sennacherib’s annals, Ekron’s King Padi was loyal to the Assyrians."
Was haben die Zeugen Jehovas in Bad Oeynhausen vor?
Auch in Bad Oeynhausen soll ein Königreichssaal der Zeugen Jehovas gebaut werden.
Bad Oeynhausen - Ein halbes Fußballfeld groß ist das Grundstück in Bad Oeynhausen. Dort errichten die Zeugen Jehovas momentan einen Königsreichssaal.
300 Quadratmeter soll das Gebäude am Kornweg 1 laut Westfalen-Blatt groß werden. Der Grundriss ist schon gut erkennbar.
Was will die Glaubensgemeinschaft damit? Hinter der prunkvollen Bezeichnung 'Königsreichssaal' stecken die Gebetsräume.
Allerdings ist der Neubau in Bad Oeynhausen nicht der erste in der Region. Auch in Löhne gibt es einen Königsreichssaal.
In 13 von 16 Bundesländern sind die Jehovas als Glaubensgemeinschaft anerkannt.
Nur in NRW, Bremen und Baden-Württemberg nicht. Deshalb werden die drei Länder aktuell von der Glaubensgemeinschaft verklagt.
Was haben die Zeugen Jehovas in Bad Oeynhausen vor? https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/wird-bad-oeynhausen-neues-zentrum-der-zeugen-jehovas-207122
21.01.2017 16:50
Sa., 21.01.2017
Glaubensgemeinschaft will Bau an der Valdorfer Straße bis Anfang Juni fertigstellen Zeugen Jehovas bauen Königreichssaal
An der Valdorfer Straße entsteht ein neuer Königreichssaal der Zeugen Jehovas. Die Glaubensgemeinschaft realisiert den Bau komplett in Eigenregie. Anfang Juni soll der Saal fertig sein und bis zu 130 Personen für die Versammlungen Platz bieten. Foto: Tilo Sommer
Von Tilo Sommer
Bad Oeynhausen (WB). Wer derzeit über die Lohe stadteinwärts in Richtung Bad Oeynhausen unterwegs ist, dem wird die Großbaustelle an der Valdorfer Straße bereits aufgefallen sein. Am Kornweg entsteht dort gerade ein neuer Königreichsaal – ein Versammlungsort der Zeugen Jehovas.
Das Gelände auf dem Grundstück am Kornweg 1 hat sich binnen kürzester Zeit komplett verändert. Hinter dem Bauzaun stehen Bagger und Walze. Das Erdreich wurde abgetragen, an der Seite ragen Haufen aus Erde und Steinen in die Höhe. Ein großer Teil der Fläche, dort wo später der Parkplatz entstehen soll, wurde bereits geschottert. Auch der Grundriss des Saals ist schon klar zu erkennen.
Baubeginn war am 27. Dezember
Dabei war Baubeginn erst am 27. Dezember. Die Arbeiten kommen gut voran, auch der Frost war bislang kein Hindernis. »Letzte Woche Freitag wurde die Bodenplatte gegossen«, erklärt Thorsten Brante . Er ist einer der zahlreichen Glaubensbrüder, die auf der Baustelle mit anpacken. Den Bau des neuen Königreichssaals wickelt die Glaubensgemeinschaft nämlich in Eigenregie ab.
»Was wir dürfen, machen wir selber«, sagt Thorsten Brante. Als Grundlage für den Bau dient ein Entwurf aus dem zentralen Planungs- und Baubüro der Zeugen Jehovas , das sich in Selters im Taunus , zwischen Koblenz und Frankfurt, befindet. Herzstück auf dem 2900 Quadratmeter großen Grundstück wird der 300 Quadratmeter große Königreichssaal.
Platz für bis zu 130 Personen
Er teilt sich auf in einen Saal mit 127 Sitzplätzen und einen kleinen Saal mit weiteren Sitzgelegenheiten. Außerdem gibt es ein Foyer, eine Küche, Sanitäranlagen sowie einen Technik- und Geräteraum. Der große Saal wird noch mit einer Bühne und Medientechnik ausgestattet. Die Einrichtung ist zweckmäßig. Brante: »Es gibt keinen Prunk, wie man ihn aus Kirchen kennt.« Der Parkplatz wird gepflastert, der Außenbereich umzäunt und begrünt.
Der Erwerb des Grundstück und der Bau des neuen Gebäudes wird komplett mit Spendengeldern aus der Gemeinde finanziert. Die Arbeiter sind alle ehrenamtlich tätig. Sie bilden Baugruppen, die in der Regel auch aus der Region kommen.
Zu den Hilfskräften, die anpacken wo es geht, gesellen sich Experten, die etwa die Baufahrzeuge steuern oder die Arbeiten koordinieren. »Das sind alles gelernte Fachkräfte«, versichert Brante. Und gemeinsam kommen sie in der Freizeit oder nach Feierabend zusammen, damit es am Kornweg weiter gut vorangeht.
Arbeiten liegen voll im Zeitplan
Je nach Arbeitsaufkommen schwankt die Zahl der Arbeiter auf der Baustelle. Im Schnitt seien 14 bis 28 Personen dort tätig. Gebaut wird immer dienstags bis samstags. Die erste Bauphase ist bereits abgeschlossen. Jetzt ist Zeit für vorbereitende Arbeiten.
Am hinteren Ende des Parkplatzes sollen bereits die Kantsteine gesetzt werden, damit dann gepflastert werden kann. Am 7. März beginnt die zweite Phase, wenn die Wände hochgezogen werden. Das Gebäude, ein Holzständerwerk mit Putzfassade, soll Anfang Juni fertiggestellt sein. »Ich bin optimistisch, dass wir den Zeitplan einhalten können«, sagt Thorsten Brante.
The word of our God endures forever.—Isa. 40:8.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/1/22
Thousands of fragments, manuscripts, and ancient translations have been compared and painstakingly studied by Bible scholars. This study validated the contents of the vast majority of Bible passages. The few verses about which there is a degree of uncertainty do not change the overall message. A study of ancient manuscripts convinces sincere Bible students that they have what Jehovah originally inspired Bible writers to record. Despite fierce opposition from enemies, Jehovah has seen to it that his Word is the most widely translated book in the history of mankind. Even at a time when many have little or no faith in God, the Bible remains a best seller and is now available, in whole or in part, in over 2,800 languages. Though some Bible translations are not as clear or as reliable as others, it is still possible to learn the Bible’s basic message of hope and salvation from nearly all translations. w15 12/15 1:13, 14
Thanks for the reminder of the film. I enjoyed it, and I'm glad Amy Adams won the Golden Globe award for her part. It was good to see Jehovah's Witnesses finally presented in a reasonably good light.
Yet, just to think, there is a daughter of Walter Keane (not the same name as his daughter in the film) claiming it really was Walter Keane who painted the big eyed children! She claims Margaret just copied him. Her version of a documentary on her father was scheduled to come out the same time as the film (December 2014), but fortunately never made it. Her story makes no sense.
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