2Chronicles:32:1-23
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After these things done in faithfulness ,
came Sennacherib king of Assyria ,
and entered into Judah ,
and encamped against the fortified cities ,
and thought to break into them for himself .
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And ,
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come ,
and that ,
his face ,
wasto war ,
against Jerusalem ,
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he took counsel with his captains and his heroes ,
to stop the waters of the fountains ,
which were outside the city ,-
and they helped him .
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And there were gathered together much people ,
so they stopped all the fountains ,
and the torrent that flowed through the midst of the land ,
saying ,
Wherefore should the kings of Assyria come ,
and find many waters ?
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And he took courage ,
and built all the wall that was broken down and carried up thereon towers ,
and ,
on the outside ,
another wall ,
and strengthened Millo ,
the city of David ,-
and made weapons in abundance ,
and bucklers ,
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and set captains of war over the people ,
and gathered them together unto him in the broadway of the gate of the city ,
and spake unto their heart ,
saying ,
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Be strong and bold ,
do not fear neither be dismayed ,
because of the king of Assyria ,
nor because of all the multitude that is with him ,
for ,
with us ,
is One greater than with him :
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with him ,
is an arm of flesh ,
but ,
with us ,
is Yahweh our God ,
to help us ,
and to fight our battles .
And the people leaned upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah .
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After this ,
Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants towards Jerusalem ,
himself ,
being near Lachish ,
and all his imperial might with him ,
unto Hezekiah king of Judah ,
and unto all Judah that was in Jerusalem ,
saying :
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Thus ,
saith Sennacherib ,
king of Assyria ,-
Upon what ,
are ,
ye ,
trusting ,
that ye are awaiting the siege in Jerusalem ?
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Is not ,
Hezekiah ,
persuading you ,
so as to deliver you up to die with hunger and with thirst ,
saying ,
Yahweh our God ,
will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria ?
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Is it not ,
the same Hezekiah ,
who hath removed his high places ,
and his altars ,
and hath given word to Judah and Jerusalem ,
saying ,
Before one altar ,
shall ye bow yourselves down ,
and ,
thereupon ,
shall ye burn incense ?
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Will ye not take note ,
what I have done ,
I and my fathers ,
to all the peoples of the countries ?
Have the gods of the nations of the countries been ,
at all able ,
to deliver their country ,
out of my hand ?
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Who ,
among all the gods of these nations whom my fathers devoted to destruction ,
hath ever been 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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Now ,
therefore ,
do not let Hezekiah beguile you nor persuade you thus ,
neither do ye believe him .
For no ,
god ,
of any nation or kingdom hath ever been able to deliver his people out of my hand ,
or out of the hand of my fathers ,-
how much less shall ,
your gods ,
deliver you ,
out of my hand ?
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And ,
yet more ,
spake his servants ,
against Yahweh ,
God ,
and against Hezekiah his servant .
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Letters ,
also wrote he ,
to scoff at Yahweh God of Israel ,
and to speak against him ,
saying ,
Like the gods of the nations of the countries ,
who delivered not their people out of my hand ,
so ,
shall the god of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand .
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Then cried they out ,
with a loud voice ,
in the Jews language ,
unto the people of Jerusalem who were upon the wall ,
to affright them ,
and to terrify them ,
to the end they might capture the city .
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And they spake against the God of Jerusalem ,
as against the gods of the peoples of the earth ,
the work of the hands of men .
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And Hezekiah the king and Isaiah son of Amoz ,
the prophet ,
prayed concerning this ,-
and made outcry unto the heavens ,
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So Yahweh sent a messenger ,
who cut off every hero of valour ,
and chief ruler and captain ,
in the camp of the king of Assyria ,
and he returned with shame of face to his own land ,
and ,
when he entered the house of his god ,
then ,
the issue of his own bodythere ,
caused him to fall by the sword .
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Thus did Yahweh save Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria ,
and out of the hand of every one ,
and gave them rest on every side .
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And ,
many ,
were bringing in a present unto Yahweh ,
to Jerusalem ,
and precious things ,
unto Hezekiah king of Judah ,
so that he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations ,
from thenceforth .
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