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2Chronicles 32
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Sennacherib Invades Judah

32After all of these acts of faithfulness occurred, King Sennacherib of Assyria came, invaded Judah, and laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.H310H1697H571H5576H4428H804H935H935H3063H2583H1219H5892H559H1234
2As soon as Hezekiah learned that Sennacherib had arrived and had determined to attack Jerusalem,H3169H7200H5576H935H6440H4421H3389
3he developed a plan with his commanders and his elite forces to cut off the water supply from the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him to carry it out.H3289H8269H1368H5640H4325H5869H2351H5892H5826
4Many people gathered together and plugged up all the springs, along with the stream that flowed through the region. They were thinking to themselves, "Why should the Assyrian kings invade and discover a abundant water supply?"H6908H7227H5971H6908H5640H4599H5158H7857H8432H776H559H4428H804H935H4672H7227H4325
5Hezekiah took courage and rebuilt all of the walls that had been broken down. Then he erected watch towers on them, and added another external wall. He fortified the terrace ramparts in the city of David and prepared a large number of weapons and shields.H2388H1129H2346H6555H5927H4026H312H2346H2351H2388H4407H5892H1732H6213H7973H4043H7230
6He appointed military officers to take charge of the people, who gathered them together in the square near the city gate and spoke to them encouragingly,H5414H8269H4421H5971H6908H7339H8179H5892H1696H3824H559
7"Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid or disheartened because of the king of Assyria or because of the army that accompanies him, because the one who is with us is greater than the one with him.H2388H553H3372H2865H6440H4428H804H1995H7227
8He only has the strength of his own flesh, but the Lord our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles." So the people were encouraged from what King Hezekiah of Judah told them.6H2220H1320H3068H430H5826H3898H4421H5971H5564H1697H3169H4428H3063

Sennacherib Blasphemes God

9After this, King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his messengers to Jerusalem while he was in the middle of a vigorous attack on Lachish. They delivered this message to King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem:H310H5576H4428H804H7971H5650H3389H3923H4475H3169H4428H3063H3063H3389H559
10This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: 'What are you leaning on that makes you stay behind while Jerusalem comes under siege?H559H5576H4428H804H982H3427H4692H3389
11Isn't Hezekiah lying to you so he can hand you over to die by famine and thirst?After all, he's telling you "The Lord our God will deliver us from the king of Assyria's control?"H3169H5496H5414H4191H7458H6772H559H3068H430H5337H3709H4428H804
12Isn't this the very same Hezekiah who removed this god's high places and altars?Isn't this the same Hezekiah who issued this order to Judah and Jerusalem: "You are to worship in front of only one altar and burn your sacrifices only on it?"H3169H5493H1116H4196H559H3063H3389H559H7812H6440H259H4196H6999
13Don't you know what my predecessors have done to all the other people in other lands?Were the gods of the people who lived in those lands able to deliver their countries out of my control?H3045H1H6213H5971H776H430H1471H776H3201H3201H5337H776H3027
14What god, out of all the gods of those nations that my predecessors utterly destroyed, has been able to deliver his people from my control or from the control of my predecessors?H430H1471H1H2763H3201H5337H5971H3027H430H3201H5337H3027
15Now therefore, don't let Hezekiah lie to you or mislead you like this. Don't believe him, because no god of any nation has been able to deliver his people from my control or from the control of my predecessors. So how much less will your God deliver you from me?'"H3808H2396H5377H5496H539H433H1471H4467H3201H5337H5971H3027H3027H1H430H5337H3027
16King Sennacherib's spokesmen said even worse things against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.H5650H1696H3068H430H5650H3169
17Sennacherib also wrote letters like this that insulted and slandered the Lord God of Israel: "Just as the gods of the nations in other lands haven't delivered their people from my control, so also the god of Hezekiah won't deliver his people from me!"H3789H5612H2778H3068H430H3478H559H559H430H1471H776H5337H5971H3027H430H3169H5337H5971H3027
18His spokesmen shouted these things out with loud voices in the language of Judah to frighten and terrify the people of Jerusalem who were stationed on the city walls, to make it easier to conquer the city.H7121H1419H6963H3066H5971H3389H2346H3372H926H3920H5892
19In doing so, they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the nations of the earth that are made by the hands of human beings.H1696H5921H430H3389H430H5971H776H4639H3027H120

Sennacherib is Defeated and Killed

20Meanwhile, King Hezekiah and Amoz's son Isaiah the prophet were praying about this and crying out to heaven.H3169H4428H5030H3470H1121H531H6419H2199H8064
21So the Lord sent an angel, who eliminated all of the elite forces, commanders, and officers within the encampment of the king of Assyria. As a result, he retreated to his own country, deeply ashamed and humiliated. When he visited the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him right there with swords.H3068H7971H4397H3582H1368H2428H5057H8269H4264H4428H804H7725H1322H6440H776H935H1004H430H3329H4578H5307H2719
22That's how the Lord delivered Hezekiah, as well as those who lived in Jerusalem, from Assyria's King Sennacherib and all his forces, and provided for all of their needs.H3068H3467H3169H3427H3389H3027H5576H4428H804H3027H5095H5439
23Many brought gifts to the Lord in Jerusalem and brought presents to King Hezekiah of Judah. As a result, he was exalted in the opinion of all nations thereafter.3222H7227H935H4503H3068H3389H4030H3169H4428H3063H5375H5869H1471H310

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

24During this time Hezekiah became critically ill, and he prayed to the Lord. The Lord spoke to him and gave him a sign.H3117H3169H2470H4191H6419H3068H559H5414H4159
25But Hezekiah's response wasn't commensurate with what had been done for him because he was arrogant in heart, so wrath came upon him, upon Judah, and upon Jerusalem.H3169H7725H1576H3820H1361H7110H3063H3389
26But Hezekiah humbled himself while he was arrogant in heart, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem joined him in this. As a result, the Lord's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's lifetime.H3169H3665H1363H3820H3427H3389H7110H3068H935H3117H3169

Hezekiah’s Wealth and Accomplishments

27Hezekiah received immense wealth and honor. He built treasuries for himself to store silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all sorts of valuable items,H3169H3966H7235H6239H3519H6213H214H3701H2091H3368H68H1314H4043H2532H3627
28along with storage facilities for grain, wine, oil, stalls for all sorts of cattle and sheepfolds for his flocks.H4543H8393H1715H8492H3323H723H929H220H5739
29He also built cities for himself and stored up flocks and herds in abundance, because God had given him great riches.H6213H5892H4735H6629H1241H7230H430H5414H7399H3966H7227
30Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the Gihon springs and diverted them down to the western side of the city of David. He prospered in everything he did.3229H3169H5640H5945H4161H4325H1521H3474H4295H4628H5892H1732H3169H6743H4639

Hezekiah’s Heart is Tested by God

31Later on, envoys came from the princes of Babylon to inquire about the miracle that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah to himself, so that he might make known what was really in Hezekiah's heart.H3651H3887H8269H894H7971H1875H4159H776H430H5800H5254H3045H3824
32Now the rest of Hezekiah's accomplishments and his faithful deeds are recorded in the vision of Amoz's son Isaiah the prophet, and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.H3499H1697H3169H2617H3789H2377H3470H5030H1121H531H5612H4428H3063H3478
33Hezekiah died, as did his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the descendants of David. All of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. But his son Manasseh reigned in his place.H3169H7901H1H6912H4608H6913H1121H1732H3063H3427H3389H6213H3519H4194H4519H1121H4427


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