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After these things,
and
the
establishment
thereof
, Sennacherib king of Assyria came ,
and entered
into
Judah ,
and
encamped
against
the fenced
cities, and
thought
to win
them for himself.
After all
these acts
of
faithfulness
, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded
Judah .
He
laid
siege
to
the fortified
cities, intending
to conquer
them for himself.
And
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was
come ,
and
that
he
was
purposed
to fight
against Jerusalem,
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had
come to make
war
against Jerusalem,
He took
counsel
with his princes
and his
mighty
men
to
stop
the waters of the fountains
which
were
without
the city :
and they did
help
him.
he consulted
with his leaders
and commanders
about
stopping
up
the waters of the springs
outside
the city ,
and they helped
him carry
it
out
.
So
there
was
gathered
much
people together,
who
stopped all the fountains,
and the brook
that ran
through the midst
of
the
land ,
saying,
Why should the kings of Assyria come ,
and find much
water?
Many
people assembled
and
stopped up
all the springs
and the stream
that flowed
through the land .
“
Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty
of
water? ”
they
said.
Also
he
strengthened
himself,
and
built
up
all the wall
that
was
broken ,
and raised
it
up
to the
towers ,
and
another
wall without,
and repaired
Millo
in
the city of David, and made
darts
and shields in
abundance
.
Then
Hezekiah
worked
resolutely
to
rebuild
all the broken sections
of
the
wall
and to raise
up
towers on
it.
He
also
built
an
outer
wall and reinforced
the supporting
terraces
of
the
City of David, and he
produced
an
abundance
of
weapons
and shields.
And
he
set
captains
of
war
over the people ,
and gathered them
together
to
him
in
the street
of
the gate
of the city ,
and
spake
comfortably
to
them, saying,
Hezekiah
appointed
military
commanders
over the people and gathered the people
in
the square
of the city gate.
Then
he
encouraged
them, saying,
Be strong and courageous ,
be
not afraid nor
dismayed
for
the king of Assyria ,
nor
for
all
the multitude
that
is
with him :
for there be
more
with us than with him :
“
Be strong and courageous !
Do
not be
afraid or
discouraged
before
the king of Assyria and
the vast
army
with him ,
for there is
a
greater
One
with us than with him .
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 rested
themselves
upon
the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
With him is only
the
arm of flesh ,
but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles. ”
So
the people were
strengthened
by
the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
After
this
did
Sennacherib king of Assyria send
his servants
to
Jerusalem,
(but
he
himself
laid
siege
against
Lachish, and
all
his power
with him,)
unto
Hezekiah
king of Judah ,
and unto
all Judah that
were at
Jerusalem ,
saying,
Later,
as
Sennacherib king of Assyria and
all
his forces
besieged
Lachish, he
sent
his servants
to
Jerusalem
with a
message
for
King Hezekiah
of Judah and all the
people
of
Judah who
were in
Jerusalem :
Thus
saith
Sennacherib king of Assyria ,
Whereon
do
ye
trust
, that ye
abide
in
the
siege
in Jerusalem?
“This
is
what
Sennacherib king of Assyria says:
What
is
the
basis
of
your
confidence
, that you
remain
in Jerusalem under
siege
?
Doth
not Hezekiah persuade
you to give over yourselves
to die
by famine and by
thirst ,
saying
, The LORD our God shall
deliver us out
of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
Is
not Hezekiah misleading
you to give you
over to death
by famine and thirst when
he
says
, ‘
The LORD our God will
deliver us from
the hand of the king of Assyria? ’
Hath
not the
same
Hezekiah taken
away
his high places and his altars ,
and commanded
Judah and Jerusalem, saying,
Ye
shall
worship before one altar, and burn
incense
upon
it?
Did
not Hezekiah himself
remove
His high places and His altars and say
to
Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You
must
worship before one altar, and on
it you
shall
burn
sacrifices’
?
Know
ye
not what I and my fathers have done unto
all the people
of other
lands? were
the gods of the
nations of
those
lands
any
ways
able to deliver their lands
out
of
mine
hand?
Do
you
not know
what I and my fathers have done to
all the peoples
of the
lands? Have
the gods of these
nations ever
been
able to deliver their land
from
my
hand?
Who was
there
among all the gods of those
nations that my fathers utterly
destroyed,
that
could
deliver his people out
of
mine
hand ,
that
your God should
be
able
to
deliver you out
of
mine
hand?
Who among all the gods of these
nations that my fathers devoted
to
destruction
has
been
able
to
deliver his people from
my
hand ?
How
then
can
your God deliver you from
my
hand?
Now therefore
let
not Hezekiah deceive you, nor
persuade
you on
this manner,
neither
yet
believe him :
for no god of any nation or kingdom was
able to deliver his people out
of
mine
hand ,
and
out
of
the hand of my fathers :
how much less shall
your God deliver you out
of
mine
hand ?
So
now ,
do
not let
Hezekiah deceive you, and
do
not
let
him
mislead
you like
this .
Do
not
believe him ,
for no god of any nation or kingdom has
been
able to deliver his people from
my
hand or
from
the hand of my fathers .
How much less will
your God deliver you from
my
hand !”
And his
servants spake
yet
more
against the LORD God ,
and against his servant Hezekiah.
And the
servants of
Sennacherib
spoke
further
against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
He wrote
also letters to
rail
on
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 out
of
mine
hand, so shall
not
the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out
of
mine
hand.
He also wrote
letters mocking
the LORD ,
the
God of Israel, and saying
against Him :
“Just
as the gods of the nations did
not deliver
their people from
my
hand, so the God of Hezekiah will
not
deliver His people from
my
hand. ”
Then they
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews'
speech
unto
the people of Jerusalem that
were on the wall, to affright
them,
and to
trouble
them ;
that
they
might
take
the city.
Then the Assyrians
called
out
loudly
in
Hebrew
to
the people of Jerusalem who
were on the wall, to frighten
and terrify
them in
order
to
capture
the city.
And
they spake
against the God of Jerusalem ,
as against the gods of the people
of the earth ,
which
were
the work of the
hands of
man
.
They spoke
against the God of Jerusalem as they
had
spoken
against the gods of the peoples
of the earth —
the work of human
hands.
And
for
this
cause
Hezekiah
the
king
, and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz ,
prayed
and
cried to heaven .
In
response
, King
Hezekiah
and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out
to heaven in
prayer,
And the LORD sent an angel ,
which
cut
off
all
the
mighty men
of valor ,
and the
leaders
and captains
in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned
with
shame
of
face
to his own land. And when he was
come
into
the house
of his god, they
that
came
forth
of his own bowels
slew
him there
with the sword.
and the LORD sent an angel who
annihilated
every
mighty man
of valor and every
leader
and commander
in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew
to his own land in
disgrace
. And when he entered
the temple
of his god, some
of his own sons
struck
him down
with the sword.
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 other
, and guided
them on every side.
So
the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people
of Jerusalem from the hands
of King Sennacherib
of Assyria and all the
others
, and He
gave
them rest
on every side.
And
many brought gifts
unto
the
LORD
to Jerusalem ,
and presents
to
Hezekiah king of Judah :
so
that
he was magnified
in the sight
of all nations from
thenceforth
.
Many brought offerings
to Jerusalem for
the
LORD
and valuable
gifts
for
Hezekiah king of Judah ,
and
from
then
on
he was exalted
in the eyes
of all nations.
In those days Hezekiah was
sick
to
the
death,
and
prayed unto
the LORD :
and
he
spake
unto
him
, and he
gave him a sign.
In those days Hezekiah became
mortally
ill.
So
he
prayed to
the LORD, who
spoke
to
him
and gave him a sign.
But Hezekiah rendered
not again
according
to
the benefit
done
unto
him ;
for
his
heart
was
lifted
up:
therefore there
was
wrath upon him ,
and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
But because
his
heart
was
proud,
Hezekiah did
not repay
the favor
shown
to
him .
Therefore wrath came
upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Notwithstanding
Hezekiah humbled himself
for
the pride of his heart ,
both
he and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem ,
so that the wrath of the LORD came
not upon them in
the days of Hezekiah.
Then
Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart —
he and the people
of Jerusalem —
so that the wrath of the LORD did
not come
upon them during
the days of Hezekiah.
And
Hezekiah had exceeding
much
riches and honor :
and he made himself
treasuries for silver, and
for
gold, and
for
precious stones, and
for
spices, and
for
shields, and for
all manner
of pleasant
jewels;
Hezekiah had very
great
riches and honor ,
and he made treasuries for his
silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds
of valuable
articles.
Storehouses
also for the increase
of corn,
and wine ,
and oil ;
and
stalls for all manner
of beasts
, and cotes
for flocks.
He
also made
storehouses
for the harvest
of grain
and new
wine and oil ,
stalls for all kinds
of livestock
, and pens
for the
flocks.
Moreover
he provided
him
cities, and possessions
of flocks
and herds
in abundance :
for God had
given
him substance
very much
.
He made
cities for
himself
, and he
acquired
herds
of sheep
and cattle
in abundance ,
for God gave
him very great
wealth
.
This
same
Hezekiah also
stopped
the upper watercourse
of Gihon ,
and brought
it straight
down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his
works
.
It
was
Hezekiah who
blocked
the upper outlet
of the
Spring
of
Gihon and channeled
it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that
he
did
.
Howbeit
in
the
business
of
the
ambassadors of the princes
of Babylon ,
who
sent unto
him to enquire
of
the wonder that was
done
in the land, God left him ,
to try
him, that he might know all that was in his
heart.
And
so
when
ambassadors of the rulers
of Babylon were
sent to
him to inquire
about
the wonder that had
happened
in the land, God left him alone
to test
him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s
heart.
Now
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah ,
and his goodness,
behold
, 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.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds
of
loving
devotion
, they are indeed
written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah
son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
And Hezekiah slept
with his fathers ,
and they
buried him
in the chiefest
of
the
sepulchres
of
the
sons
of David:
and
all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem did
him honor at his death. And Manasseh
his son reigned in his stead
.
And Hezekiah rested
with his fathers and was
buried in the upper
tombs
of David’s
descendants.
All Judah and the people
of Jerusalem paid
him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh
reigned in his place
.
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