2Chronicles:32:1-23
vw@2Chronicles:32:1 @ After these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to break through for himself.
vw@2Chronicles:32:2 @ And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,
vw@2Chronicles:32:3 @ he took counsel with his rulers and mighty men to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.
vw@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So, many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?
vw@2Chronicles:32:5 @ And he strengthened himself, built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; he also restored the Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
vw@2Chronicles:32:6 @ And he assigned commanders of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the open place of the city gate, and spoke to their heart, saying,
vw@2Chronicles:32:7 @ Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.
vw@2Chronicles:32:8 @ 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 were bolstered by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
vw@2Chronicles:32:9 @ After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
vw@2Chronicles:32:10 @ Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: In what are you trusting, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
vw@2Chronicles:32:11 @ Is not Hezekiah enticing you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?
vw@2Chronicles:32:12 @ Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall bow down before one altar and burn incense on it?
vw@2Chronicles:32:13 @ Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
vw@2Chronicles:32:14 @ Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
vw@2Chronicles:32:15 @ Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you nor entice you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand.
vw@2Chronicles:32:16 @ Furthermore, his servants spoke against Jehovah God and against His servant Hezekiah.
vw@2Chronicles:32:17 @ He had also written letters to reproach Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.
vw@2Chronicles:32:18 @ Then they called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and terrify them, that they might capture the city.
vw@2Chronicles:32:19 @ And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the peoples of the lands; the work of mens hands.
vw@2Chronicles:32:20 @ Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to the heavens.
vw@2Chronicles:32:21 @ And Jehovah sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, rulers, and commanders in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he went into the house of his god, he fell by the sword of some of the offspring of his own body.
vw@2Chronicles:32:22 @ Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
vw@2Chronicles:32:23 @ And many brought gifts unto Jehovah at Jerusalem, and choice things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations thereafter.
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