nkjv 2Chronicles:32:1-33 SEEK
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After these deeds of faithfulness ,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah ;
he encamped against the fortified cities ,
thinking to win them over to himself .
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And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come ,
and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem ,
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he consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city ;
and they helped him .
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Thus 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 ?"
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And he strengthened himself ,
built up all the wall that was broken ,
raised it up to the towers ,
and built another wall outside ;
also he repaired the Millo in the City of David ,
and made weapons and shields in abundance .
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Then he set military captains over the people ,
gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate ,
and gave them encouragement ,
saying ,
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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 .
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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 were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah .
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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 ,
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Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria : "
In what do you trust ,
that you remain under siege in Jerusalem ?
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Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst ,
saying , "
The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria "?
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Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars ,
and commanded Judah and Jerusalem ,
saying , "
You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it "?
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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 ?
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Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people from my hand ,
that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand ?
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Now therefore ,
do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this ,
and do not believe him ;
for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers .
How much less will your God deliver you from my hand ?"'
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Furthermore ,
his servants spoke against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah .
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He also wrote letters to revile 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 from my hand ,
so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand ."
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Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall ,
to frighten them and trouble them ,
that they might take the city .
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And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem ,
as against the gods of the people of the earth--the work of men '
s hands .
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Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah ,
the son of Amoz ,
prayed and cried out to heaven .
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Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor ,
leader ,
and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria .
So he returned shamefaced to his own land .
And when he had gone into the temple of his god ,
some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there .
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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 others ,
and guided them on every side .
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And many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem ,
and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah ,
so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter .
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In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death ,
and he prayed to the LORD ;
and He spoke to him and gave him a sign .
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But Hezekiah did not repay according to the favor shown him ,
for his heart was lifted up ;
therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem .
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Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart ,
he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah .
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Hezekiah had very great riches and honor .
And he made himself treasuries for silver ,
for gold ,
for precious stones ,
for spices ,
for shields ,
and for all kinds of desirable items ;
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storehouses for the harvest of grain ,
wine ,
and oil ;
and stalls for all kinds of livestock ,
and folds for flocks .
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Moreover he provided cities for himself ,
and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance ;
for God had given him very much property .
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This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon ,
and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David .
Hezekiah prospered in all his works .
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However ,
regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon ,
whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land ,
God withdrew from him ,
in order to test him ,
that He might know all that was in his heart .
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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah ,
and his goodness ,
indeed they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet ,
the son of Amoz ,
and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel .
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So Hezekiah rested with his fathers ,
and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David ;
and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death .
Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place .