2Chronicles:32:1-23

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* After these things done in faithfulness , Sennacherib , the king of Assyria , came and entered into Judah , and camped against the fortified cities , and commanded to break them open to himself . * And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come , and that he [had set ] his face to fight against Jerusalem , * he took counsel with his rulers and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains outside the city . And they helped him . * And there were gathered many people , who stopped all the fountains , and the torrent which ran through the midst of the land , saying , Why should the king of Assyria come and find much water ? * And he made himself strong and built up all the wall that was broken , and raised [it ] up to the towers , and another wall outside , and repaired Millo in the city of David , and made darts and shields in abundance . * And he set commanders of war over the people and gathered them to himself in the street of the gate of the city . And he spoke to their heart , saying , * Be strong and courageous . Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of the king of Assyria , or for all the multitude with him . For [there are ] more with us than with him . * 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 on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah . * After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem ; and he [was ] against Lachish , and all his forces with him against Hezekiah king of Judah , and against all Judah in Jerusalem , saying , * Sennacherib king of Assyria says this , On what do you trust that you sit under siege in Jerusalem ? * Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst , saying , Jehovah our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? * Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars , and commanded Judah and Jerusalem , saying , You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it ? * Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the people of other lands ? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hands ? * Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers completely destroyed [is ] able to deliver his people out of my hand , that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand ? * And now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way , nor yet believe him . For no god of any nation was able to deliver his people out of my hand , and out of the hand of my fathers . How much less shall your god deliver you out of my hand ? * And his servants spoke still [more ] against the LORD God , and against His servant Hezekiah . * He also wrote letters to revile 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 my hand , so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand . * And they cried out with a loud voice [in ] Jewish to the people of Jerusalem on the wall , in order to frighten them and to trouble them , so that they might take the city . * And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem , as against the gods of the peoples of the earth , the work of the hands of man . * And for this [reason ] Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to Heaven . * And the LORD sent an angel to cut off all the mighty men of power , and the leaders and commanders in the camp of the king of Assyria . And he returned with shame of face to his own land . And he came into the house of his god , and those from his own bowels killed him there with the sword . * And the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria , and from the hand of all [others ], and guided them on every side . * And many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem , and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah , so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from that time on .

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