2Chronicles:32:1-23
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After these things ,
and the establishment thereof ,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came ,
and entered into Judah ,
and encamped against the fenced cities ,
and thought to win them for himself .
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And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come ,
and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem ,
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He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city :
and they did help him .
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So there was gathered much people together ,
who stopped all the fountains ,
and the brook that ran through the midst of the land ,
saying ,
Why should the kings of Assyria come ,
and find much water ?
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Also he strengthened himself ,
and built up all the wall that was broken ,
and raised it up to the towers ,
and another wall without ,
and repaired Millo in 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 gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city ,
and spake comfortably 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 be more with us than with him :
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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 upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah .
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After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem , (
but he himself laid siege against 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 saith Sennacherib king of Assyria ,
Whereon do ye trust ,
that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem ?
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Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst ,
saying ,
The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria ?
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Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away 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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Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands ?
were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand ?
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Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed ,
that could deliver his people out of mine hand ,
that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand ?
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Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you ,
nor persuade you on this manner ,
neither yet believe him :
for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand ,
and out of the hand of my fathers :
how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand ?
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And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God ,
and against his servant Hezekiah .
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He wrote also letters to rail on 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 mine hand ,
so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand .
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Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews '
speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall ,
to affright them ,
and to trouble them ;
that they might take the city .
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And they spake against the God of Jerusalem ,
as against the gods of the people of the earth ,
which were the work of the hands of man .
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And for this cause Hezekiah the king ,
and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz ,
prayed and cried to heaven .
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And the LORD sent an angel ,
which cut off all the mighty men of valour ,
and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria .
So 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 slew him there with the sword .
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Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,
and from the hand of all other ,
and guided them on every side .
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And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem ,
and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah :
so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth .