2Chronicles:32:1-23
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After these things and this faithfulness ,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah ,
and encamped against the fortified cities ,
and thought to break into them .
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And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come ,
and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem ,
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he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city ;
and they helped him .
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And there was gathered together much people ,
and they stopped all the fountains ,
and the torrent that flows through the midst of the land ,
saying ,
Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water ?
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And he strengthened himself ,
and built up all the wall that was broken down ,
and raised it up to the towers ,
and [
built ]
another wall outside ,
and fortified the Millo of the city of David ,
and made darts and shields in abundance .
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And he set captains of war over the people ,
and assembled them to him on the open place at the gate of the city ,
and spoke consolingly to them saying ,
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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 are more with us than with him :
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with him is an arm of flesh ,
but with us is Jehovah our God to help us and to fight our battles .
And the people depended upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah .
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After this ,
Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (
but he himself was before Lachish ,
and all his power with him ),
unto Hezekiah king of Judah ,
and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem ,
saying ,
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Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria :
On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem ?
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Does not Hezekiah persuade you ,
to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst ,
saying ,
Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria ?
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Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars ,
and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying ,
Ye shall worship before one altar ,
and burn incense upon it ?
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Do ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries ?
Were the gods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand ?
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Who is there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers have utterly destroyed ,
that was able to deliver his people out of my hand ,
that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand ?
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And now ,
let not Hezekiah deceive you ,
nor persuade you in this manner ,
neither yet believe him ;
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god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand ,
nor out of the hand of my fathers :
how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand ?
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And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah ,
the [
true ]
God ,
and against his servant Hezekiah .
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And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah the God of Israel ,
and to speak against him saying ,
As the gods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand ,
so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand .
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And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [
language ]
to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall ,
to frighten them and to trouble them ;
that they might take the city .
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And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth ,
the work of man '
s hand .
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And because of this ,
king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven .
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And Jehovah sent an angel ,
who cut off all the mighty men of valour ,
and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria .
And 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 made him fall there with the sword .
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And Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,
and from the hand of all ,
and protected them on every side .
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And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem ,
and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah ;
and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations .