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2Chronicles 32
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The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem

32After these events, in which King Hezekiah served the LORD faithfully, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities and gave orders for his army to break their way through the walls.H310H1697H571H5576H4428H804H935H935H3063H2583H1219H5892H559H1234
2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib intended to attack Jerusalem also,H3169H7200H5576H935H6440H4421H3389
3he and his officials decided to cut off the supply of water outside the city in order to keep the Assyrians from having any water when they got near Jerusalem.H3289H8269H1368H5640H4325H5869H2351H5892H5826
4The officials led a large number of people out and stopped up all the springs, so that no more water flowed out of them.H6908H7227H5971H6908H5640H4599H5158H7857H8432H776H559H4428H804H935H4672H7227H4325
5The king strengthened the city's defenses by repairing the wall, building towers on it, and building an outer wall. In addition, he repaired the defenses built on the land that was filled in on the east side of the old part of Jerusalem. He also had a large number of spears and shields made.H2388H1129H2346H6555H5927H4026H312H2346H2351H2388H4407H5892H1732H6213H7973H4043H7230
6He placed all the men in the city under the command of army officers and had them assemble in the open square at the city gate. He said to them,H5414H8269H4421H5971H6908H7339H8179H5892H1696H3824H559
7"Be determined and confident, and don't be afraid of the Assyrian emperor or of the army he is leading. We have more power on our side than he has on his.H2388H553H3372H2865H6440H4428H804H1995H7227
8He has human power, but we have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." The people were encouraged by these words of their king.H2220H1320H3068H430H5826H3898H4421H5971H5564H1697H3169H4428H3063
9Some time later, while Sennacherib and his army were still at Lachish, he sent the following message to Hezekiah and the people of Judah who were with him in Jerusalem:H310H5576H4428H804H7971H5650H3389H3923H4475H3169H4428H3063H3063H3389H559
10"I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege.H559H5576H4428H804H982H3427H4692H3389
11Hezekiah tells you that the LORD your God will save you from our power, but Hezekiah is deceiving you and will let you die of hunger and thirst.H3169H5496H5414H4191H7458H6772H559H3068H430H5337H3709H4428H804
12He is the one who destroyed the LORD's shrines and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship and burn incense at one altar only.H3169H5493H1116H4196H559H3063H3389H559H7812H6440H259H4196H6999
13Don't you know what my ancestors and I have done to the people of other nations? Did the gods of any other nation save their people from the emperor of Assyria?H3045H1H6213H5971H776H430H1471H776H3201H3201H5337H776H3027
14When did any of the gods of all those countries ever save their country from us? Then what makes you think that your god can save you?H430H1471H1H2763H3201H5337H5971H3027H430H3201H5337H3027
15Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!"H3808H2396H5377H5496H539H433H1471H4467H3201H5337H5971H3027H3027H1H430H5337H3027
16The Assyrian officials said even worse things about the LORD God and Hezekiah, the LORD's servant.H5650H1696H3068H430H5650H3169
17The letter that the emperor wrote defied the LORD, the God of Israel. It said, "The gods of the nations have not saved their people from my power, and neither will Hezekiah's god save his people from me."H3789H5612H2778H3068H430H3478H559H559H430H1471H776H5337H5971H3027H430H3169H5337H5971H3027
18The officials shouted this in Hebrew in order to frighten and discourage the people of Jerusalem who were on the city wall, so that it would be easier to capture the city.H7121H1419H6963H3066H5971H3389H2346H3372H926H3920H5892
19They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.H1696H5921H430H3389H430H5971H776H4639H3027H120
20Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help.H3169H4428H5030H3470H1121H531H6419H2199H8064
21The LORD sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.H3068H7971H4397H3582H1368H2428H5057H8269H4264H4428H804H7725H1322H6440H776H935H1004H430H3329H4578H5307H2719
22In this way the LORD rescued King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, and also from their other enemies. He let the people live in peace with all the neighboring countries.H3068H3467H3169H3427H3389H3027H5576H4428H804H3027H5095H5439
23Many people came to Jerusalem, bringing offerings to the LORD and gifts to Hezekiah, so that from then on all the nations held Hezekiah in honor.H7227H935H4503H3068H3389H4030H3169H4428H3063H5375H5869H1471H310

Hezekiah’s Illness and Pride

24About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. He prayed, and the LORD gave him a sign that he would recover.H3117H3169H2470H4191H6419H3068H559H5414H4159
25But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the LORD had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it.H3169H7725H1576H3820H1361H7110H3063H3389
26Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the LORD did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.H3169H3665H1363H3820H3427H3389H7110H3068H935H3117H3169

Hezekiah’s Wealth and Splendor

27King Hezekiah became very wealthy, and everyone held him in honor. He had storerooms built for his gold, silver, precious stones, spices, shields, and other valuable objects.H3169H3966H7235H6239H3519H6213H214H3701H2091H3368H68H1314H4043H2532H3627
28In addition, he had storehouses built for his grain, wine, and olive oil; barns for his cattle; and pens for his sheep.H4543H8393H1715H8492H3323H723H929H220H5739
29Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities.H6213H5892H4735H6629H1241H7230H430H5414H7399H3966H7227
30It was King Hezekiah who blocked the outlet for Gihon Spring and channeled the water to flow through a tunnel to a point inside the walls of Jerusalem. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did,H3169H5640H5945H4161H4325H1521H3474H4295H4628H5892H1732H3169H6743H4639
31and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character.H3651H3887H8269H894H7971H1875H4159H776H430H5800H5254H3045H3824

The End of Hezekiah’s Reign

32Everything else that King Hezekiah did and his devotion to the LORD are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz and in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.H3499H1697H3169H2617H3789H2377H3470H5030H1121H531H5612H4428H3063H3478
33Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.H3169H7901H1H6912H4608H6913H1121H1732H3063H3427H3389H6213H3519H4194H4519H1121H4427


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