2Chronicles:32

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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 . * And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come , and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem , * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 , * 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 : * 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 . * 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 , * Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria : On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem ? * 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 ? * 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 ? * 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 ? * 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 ? * And now , let not Hezekiah deceive you , nor persuade you in this manner , neither yet believe him ; for no +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 ? * And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah , the [true ] God , and against his servant Hezekiah . * 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 . * 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 . * And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth , the work of man 's hand . * And because of this , king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death , and he prayed to Jehovah ; and he spoke to him and gave him a sign . * But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done ] to him , for his heart was lifted up ; and there was wrath upon him , and upon Judah and Jerusalem . * And Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart , he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah . * And Hezekiah had very 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 vessels ; * storehouses also for the increase of corn and new wine and oil , and stalls for all manner of beasts , and [he procured ] flocks for the stalls . * And he provided for himself cities , and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance ; for God gave him very much substance . * And he , Hezekiah , stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon , and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David . And Hezekiah prospered in all his works . * However in [the matter of ] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon , who sent to 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 . * And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds , behold , they are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel . * And Hezekiah slept with his fathers , and they buried him in the highest place 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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