2Chronicles:32

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ylt @2Chronicles:32:1 @After these things and this truth , come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur , yea , he cometh in to Judah , and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks , and saith to rend them unto himself . ylt @2Chronicles:32:2 @And Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come , and his face [is ] to the battle against Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:32:3 @and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones , to stop the waters of the fountains that [are ] at the outside of the city -- and they help him , ylt @2Chronicles:32:4 @and much people are gathered , and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land , saying , 'Why do the kings of Asshur come , and have found much water ?' ylt @2Chronicles:32:5 @And he strengtheneth himself , and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken , and causeth [it ] to ascend unto the towers , and at the outside of the wall another , and strengtheneth Millo , [in ] the city of David , and maketh darts in abundance , and shields . ylt @2Chronicles:32:6 @And he putteth heads of war over the people , and gathereth them unto him , unto the broad place of a gate of the city , and speaketh unto their heart , saying , ylt @2Chronicles:32:7 @'Be strong and courageous , be not afraid , nor be cast down from the face of the king of Asshur , and from the face of all the multitude that [is ] with him , for with us [are ] more than with him . ylt @2Chronicles:32:8 @With him [is ] an arm of flesh , and with us [is ] Jehovah our God , to help us , and to fight our battles ;' and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah . ylt @2Chronicles:32:9 @After this hath Sennacherib king of Asshur sent his servants to Jerusalem -- and he [is ] by Lachish , and all his power with him -- against Hezekiah king of Judah , and against all Judah , who [are ] in Jerusalem , saying , ylt @2Chronicles:32:10 @'Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur , On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark , in Jerusalem ? ylt @2Chronicles:32:11 @'Is not Hezekiah persuading you , to give you up to die by famine , and by thirst , saying , Jehovah our God doth deliver us from the hand of the king of Asshur ? ylt @2Chronicles:32:12 @Hath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places , and His altars , and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem , saying , Before one altar ye bow yourselves , and on it ye make perfume ? ylt @2Chronicles:32:13 @'Do ye not know what I have done -- I and my fathers -- to all peoples of the lands ? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand ? ylt @2Chronicles:32:14 @Who among all the gods of these nations whom my fathers have devoted to destruction [is ] he who hath been able to deliver his people out of my hand , that your God is able to deliver you out of my hand ? ylt @2Chronicles:32:15 @'And , now , let not Hezekiah lift you up , nor persuade you thus , nor give credence to him , for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand , and from the hand of my fathers : also , surely your God doth not deliver you from my hand !' ylt @2Chronicles:32:16 @And again have his servants spoken against Jehovah God , and against Hezekiah His servant , ylt @2Chronicles:32:17 @and letters he hath written to give reproach to Jehovah , God of Israel , and to speak against Him , saying , 'As the gods of the nations of the lands that have not delivered their people from my hand , so the God of Hezekiah doth not deliver His people from my hand .' ylt @2Chronicles:32:18 @And they call with a great voice [in ] Jewish , against the people of Jerusalem who [are ] on the wall , to frighten them , and to trouble them , that they may capture the city , ylt @2Chronicles:32:19 @and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man . ylt @2Chronicles:32:20 @And Hezekiah the king prayeth , and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet , concerning this , and they cry to the heavens , ylt @2Chronicles:32:21 @and Jehovah sendeth a messenger , and cutteth off every mighty one of valour -- both leader and head -- in the camp of the king of Asshur , and he turneth back with shame of face to his land , and entereth the house of his god , and those coming out of his bowels have caused him to fall there by the sword . ylt @2Chronicles:32:22 @And Jehovah saveth Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Asshur , and from the hand of all , and He leadeth them round about ; ylt @2Chronicles:32:23 @and many are bringing in an offering to Jehovah , to Jerusalem , and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah , and he is lifted up before the eyes of all the nations after this . ylt @2Chronicles:32:24 @In those days hath Hezekiah been sick even unto death , and he prayeth unto Jehovah , and He speaketh to him , and a wonder hath appointed for him ; ylt @2Chronicles:32:25 @and Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed [done ] unto him , for his heart hath been lofty , and there is wrath upon him , and upon Judah and Jerusalem ; ylt @2Chronicles:32:26 @and Hezekiah is humbled for the loftiness of his heart , he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and the wrath of Jehovah hath not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah . ylt @2Chronicles:32:27 @And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much , and treasures he hath made to himself of silver , and of gold , and of precious stone , and of spices , and of shields , and of all [kinds ] of desirable vessels , ylt @2Chronicles:32:28 @and storehouses for the increase of corn , and new wine , and oil , and stalls for all kinds of cattle , and herds for stalls ; ylt @2Chronicles:32:29 @and cities he hath made for himself , and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance , for God hath given to him very much substance . ylt @2Chronicles:32:30 @And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon , and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David , and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work ; ylt @2Chronicles:32:31 @and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon , those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land , God hath left him to try him , to know all in his heart , ylt @2Chronicles:32:32 @And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah , and his kind acts , lo , they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet , on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel . ylt @2Chronicles:32:33 @And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers , and they bury him in the uppermost of the graves of the sons of David , and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done honour to him at his death , and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead .

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