2CH-32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and
encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for
himself.
2CH-32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and
that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
2CH-32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to
stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city:
and they did help him.
2CH-32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped
all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of
the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find
much water?
2CH-32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall
that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another
wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and
made darts and shields in abundance.
2CH-32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and
gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the
city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
2CH-32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed
for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is]
with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:
2CH-32:8 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.
2CH-32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his
servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against
Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of
Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,
2CH-32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye
trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
2CH-32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves
to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall
deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2CH-32:12 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 burn incense upon it?
2CH-32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all
the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of
those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine
hand?
2CH-32:14 Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations
that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people
out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you
out of mine hand?
2CH-32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor
persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god
of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of
mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less
shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
2CH-32:16 And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God,
and against his servant Hezekiah.
2CH-32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of
Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the
nations of [other] lands have not delivered their people out of
mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people
out of mine hand.
2CH-32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech
unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to
affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the
city.
2CH-32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as
against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the
work of the hands of man.
2CH-32:20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2CH-32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which 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.
2CH-32:22 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 [other], and guided them on every side.
2CH-32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and
presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in
the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
2CH-32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and
prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a
sign.
2CH-32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the
benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore
there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
2CH-32:26 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.
2CH-32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and
he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for
precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all
manner of pleasant jewels;
2CH-32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine,
and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for
flocks.
2CH-32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of
flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance
very much.
2CH-32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse
of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the
city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
2CH-32:31 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.
2CH-32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness,
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.
2CH-32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in the chiefest 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.
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