2 Chronicles 32
The Invasion of
Sennacherib |
2 Kgs. 18.13-37 · Is. 36.1-22 |
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After these things, and the establishment
thereof, Sennach'erib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah,
and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for
himself.
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And when Hezeki'ah saw that Sennach'erib
was come, and that he was purposed to fight against
Jerusalem,
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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 rested themselves upon the
words of Hezeki'ah king of Judah.
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After this did Sennach'erib king of
Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid
siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto
Hezeki'ah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at
Jerusalem, saying,
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Thus saith Sennach'erib king of Assyria,
Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in
Jerusalem?
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Doth not Hezeki'ah 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?
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Hath not the same Hezeki'ah 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?
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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?
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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?
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Now therefore let not Hezeki'ah 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?
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And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant
Hezeki'ah.
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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
Hezeki'ah deliver his people out of mine hand.
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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.
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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.
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The LORD Delivers Hezekiah |
2 Kgs. 19.1-37 · Is. 37.1-38 |
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And for this cause Hezeki'ah the
king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to
heaven.
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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.
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Thus the LORD saved
Hezeki'ah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of
Sennach'erib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
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And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezeki'ah king of
Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from
thenceforth.
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Hezekiah's
Sickness |
2 Kgs. 20.1-11 · Is. 38.1-22 |
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In those days Hezeki'ah was sick to the
death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake
unto him, and he gave him a sign.
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But Hezeki'ah 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.
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Notwithstanding, Hezeki'ah 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
Hezeki'ah.
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Hezekiah Receives
Envoys from Babylon |
2 Kgs. 20.12-19 · Is. 39.1-8 |
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And Hezeki'ah 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;
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storehouses also for the increase of
corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and
cotes for flocks.
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Moreover he provided him cities, and
possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him
substance very much.
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This same Hezeki'ah also stopped the
upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west
side of the city of David. And Hezeki'ah prospered in all his
works.
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Howbeit, in the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire
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.
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The Death of
Hezekiah |
2 Kgs. 20.20, 21 |
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Now the rest of the acts of Hezeki'ah,
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.
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And Hezeki'ah 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 Manas'seh his son reigned in his
stead.
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