2Chronicles:32:1-23
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After these things and veritable events came Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,
and invaded Judah ,
and encamped against the fortified cities ,
and thought to break them open for himself .
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And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was coming ,
and that his face for war against Jerusalem ,
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He consulted with his princes and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the springs which were without the city :
and they helped him .
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And there were gathered together a very numerous body of people ,
and they stopped up all the springs ,
and the brook that flowed 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 where it was broken down ,
and heightened the towers ,
and without another wall ,
and fortified the Millo of the city of David ,
and made weapons in abundance and shields .
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And he appointed war
officers over the people ,
and gathered them together unto him in the open place at the gate of the city ,
and spoke comfortingly to them ,
saying ,
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Be strong and of good courage ,
do not fear and be not dismayed because of the king of Assyria ,
and because of all the multitude that is with him ;
for with us there is One greater than with him :
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With him there is an arm of flesh ;
but with us is the Lord our God to help us ,
and to fight our battles .
And the people relied upon the words of Hezekiah the king of Judah .
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After this did Sennacherib the king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem ,
while he was himself lying before Lachish ,
and all his dominion with him ,
against Hezekiah the king of Judah ,
and against all Judah that were at Jerusalem ,
saying ,
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Thus hath said Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,
On what do ye trust ,
that ye remain besieged in Jerusalem ?
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Doth not Hezekiah mislead you to give you up to die by famine and by thirst ,
when he saith ,
The Lord our God will deliver us out of the grasp of the king of Assyria ?
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Is it not this Hezekiah that hath removed his high
places and his altars ,
when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem ,
saying ,
Before one altar shall ye prostrate yourselves ,
and upon it shall ye burn incense ?
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Know ye not what I have done ,
I and my fathers ,
unto all the people of lands ?
were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand ?
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Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed ,
was it ,
that was 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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And now let not Hezekiah deceive you ,
and let him not mislead you in this manner ,
nor believe him ;
for no god of any nation or kingdom whatever was able to deliver his people out of my hand ,
and out of the hand of my fathers :
how much less will you Gods ,
deliver you out of my hand !
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And yet more did his servants speak against the Lord God ,
and against his servant Hezekiah .
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He wrote also letters to blaspheme against the Lord the God of Israel ,
and to speak against him ,
saying ,
As the gods of the nations of lands ,
who have not delivered their people out of my hand ,
so will the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand .
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Then did they call out with a loud voice in the Jewish language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall ,
to frighten them ,
and to terrify them :
in order that they might capture the city .
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And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem ,
as concerning the gods of the nations of the earth ,
the work of the hands of man .
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And king Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amos the prophet prayed for this cause ,
and they cried to heaven .
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And the Lord sent an angel ,
who cut off every mighty man of valor and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria :
and when he was returned with shame of face to his own land ,
he went into the house of his god ,
and that were come forth from his own bowels felled him there with the sword .
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Thus did the Lord save Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,
and out of the hand of all ,
and guided them on every side .
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And many brought presents unto the Lord to Jerusalem ,
and precious things to Hezekiah the king of Judah :
so that he was exalted before the eyes of all the nations after that time .
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