1After[H310] these things[H1697], and the establishment[H571] thereof, Sennacherib[H5576]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]came[H935], and entered[H935] into Judah[H3063], and encamped[H2583] against the fenced[H1219]cities[H5892], and thought[H559] to win[H1234] them for himself.
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And when Hezekiah[H3169]saw[H7200] that Sennacherib[H5576] was come[H935], and that he was purposed[H6440] to fight[H4421] against Jerusalem[H3389],
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He took counsel[H3289] with his princes[H8269] and his mighty men[H1368] to stop[H5640] the waters[H4325] of the fountains[H5869] which were without[H2351] the city[H5892]: and they did help[H5826] him.
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So there was gathered[H6908]much[H7227]people[H5971]together[H6908], who stopped[H5640] all the fountains[H4599], and the brook[H5158] that ran[H7857] through the midst[H8432] of the land[H776], saying[H559], Why should the kings[H4428] of Assyria[H804]come[H935], and find[H4672]much[H7227]water?[H4325]
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Also he strengthened[H2388] himself, and built up[H1129] all the wall[H2346] that was broken[H6555], and raised it up[H5927] to the towers[H4026], and another[H312]wall[H2346]without[H2351], and repaired[H2388]Millo[H4407] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732], and made[H6213]darts[H7973] and shields[H4043] in abundance[H7230].
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And he set[H5414]captains[H8269] of war[H4421] over the people[H5971], and gathered them together[H6908] to him in the street[H7339] of the gate[H8179] of the city[H5892], and spake[H1696]comfortably[H3824] to them, saying[H559],
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Be strong[H2388] and courageous[H553], be not afraid[H3372] nor dismayed[H2865]for[H6440] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], nor for[H6440] all the multitude[H1995] that is with him: for[H6440] there be more[H7227] with us than with him:
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With him is an arm[H2220] of flesh[H1320]; but with us is the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] to help[H5826] us, and to fight[H3898] our battles[H4421]. And the people[H5971]rested[H5564] themselves upon the words[H1697] of Hezekiah[H3169]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
9After[H310] this did Sennacherib[H5576]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]send[H7971] his servants[H5650] to Jerusalem[H3389],(but he himself laid siege against Lachish[H3923], and all his power[H4475] with him,) unto Hezekiah[H3169]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and unto all Judah[H3063] that were at Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559]Sennacherib[H5576]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], Whereon do ye trust[H982], that ye abide[H3427] in the siege[H4692] in Jerusalem?[H3389]
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Doth not Hezekiah[H3169]persuade[H5496] you to give[H5414] over yourselves to die[H4191] by famine[H7458] and by thirst[H6772], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068] our God[H430] shall deliver[H5337] us out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Assyria?[H804]
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Hath not the same Hezekiah[H3169] taken away[H5493] his high places[H1116] and his altars[H4196], and commanded[H559]Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], Ye shall worship[H7812]before[H6440]one[H259]altar[H4196], and burn incense[H6999] upon it?
13Know[H3045] ye not what I and my fathers[H1] have done[H6213] unto all the people[H5971] of other lands?[H776] were the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471] of those lands[H776] any ways[H3201]able[H3201] to deliver[H5337] their lands[H776] out of mine hand?[H3027]
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Who was there among all the gods[H430] of those nations[H1471] that my fathers[H1] utterly destroyed[H2763], that could[H3201]deliver[H5337] his people[H5971] out of mine hand[H3027], that your God[H430] should be able[H3201] to deliver[H5337] you out of mine hand?[H3027]
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Now therefore let not[H3808]Hezekiah[H2396]deceive[H5377] you, nor persuade[H5496] you on this manner, neither yet believe[H539] him: for no god[H433] of any nation[H1471] or kingdom[H4467] was able[H3201] to deliver[H5337] his people[H5971] out of mine hand[H3027], and out of the hand[H3027] of my fathers[H1]: how much less shall your God[H430]deliver[H5337] you out of mine hand?[H3027]
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And his servants[H5650]spake[H1696] yet more against the LORD[H3068]God[H430], and against his servant[H5650]Hezekiah[H3169].
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He wrote[H3789] also letters[H5612] to rail[H2778] on the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], and to speak[H559] against him, saying[H559], As the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471] of other lands[H776] have not delivered[H5337] their people[H5971] out of mine hand[H3027], so shall not the God[H430] of Hezekiah[H3169]deliver[H5337] his people[H5971] out of mine hand[H3027].
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Then they cried[H7121] with a loud[H1419]voice[H6963] in the Jews' speech[H3066] unto the people[H5971] of Jerusalem[H3389] that were on the wall[H2346], to affright[H3372] them, and to trouble[H926] them; that they might take[H3920] the city[H5892].
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And they spake[H1696]against[H5921] the God[H430] of Jerusalem[H3389], as against[H5921] the gods[H430] of the people[H5971] of the earth[H776], which were the work[H4639] of the hands[H3027] of man[H120].
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And for this cause Hezekiah[H3169] the king[H4428], and the prophet[H5030]Isaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531], prayed[H6419] and cried[H2199] to heaven[H8064].
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And the LORD[H3068]sent[H7971] an angel[H4397], which cut off[H3582] all the mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428], and the leaders[H5057] and captains[H8269] in the camp[H4264] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]. So he returned[H7725] with shame[H1322] of face[H6440] to his own land[H776]. And when he was come[H935] into the house[H1004] of his god[H430], they that came forth[H3329] of his own bowels[H4578]slew[H5307] him there with the sword[H2719].
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Thus the LORD[H3068]saved[H3467]Hezekiah[H3169] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389] from the hand[H3027] of Sennacherib[H5576] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and from the hand[H3027] of all other, and guided[H5095] them on every side[H5439].
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And many[H7227]brought[H935]gifts[H4503] unto the LORD[H3068] to Jerusalem[H3389], and presents[H4030] to Hezekiah[H3169]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]: so that he was magnified[H5375] in the sight[H5869] of all nations[H1471] from thenceforth[H310].
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In those days[H3117]Hezekiah[H3169] was sick[H2470] to the death[H4191], and prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068]: and he spake[H559] unto him, and he gave[H5414] him a sign[H4159].
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But Hezekiah[H3169] rendered not again[H7725] according to the benefit[H1576] done unto him; for his heart[H3820] was lifted up[H1361]: therefore there was wrath[H7110] upon him, and upon Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389].
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Notwithstanding Hezekiah[H3169]humbled[H3665] himself for the pride[H1363] of his heart[H3820], both he and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], so that the wrath[H7110] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] not upon them in the days[H3117] of Hezekiah[H3169].
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And Hezekiah[H3169] had exceeding[H3966]much[H7235]riches[H6239] and honour[H3519]: and he made[H6213] himself treasuries[H214] for silver[H3701], and for gold[H2091], and for precious[H3368]stones[H68], and for spices[H1314], and for shields[H4043], and for all manner of pleasant[H2532]jewels[H3627];
28Storehouses[H4543] also for the increase[H8393] of corn[H1715], and wine[H8492], and oil[H3323]; and stalls[H723] for all manner of beasts[H929], and cotes[H220] for flocks[H5739].
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Moreover he provided[H6213] him cities[H5892], and possessions[H4735] of flocks[H6629] and herds[H1241] in abundance[H7230]: for God[H430] had given[H5414] him substance[H7399]very[H3966]much[H7227].
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This same Hezekiah[H3169] also stopped[H5640] the upper[H5945]watercourse[H4161] of Gihon[H1521], and brought it straight[H3474]down[H4295] to the west side[H4628] of the city[H5892] of David[H1732]. And Hezekiah[H3169]prospered[H6743] in all his works[H4639].
31Howbeit[H3651] in the business of the ambassadors[H3887] of the princes[H8269] of Babylon[H894], who sent[H7971] unto him to enquire[H1875] of the wonder[H4159] that was done in the land[H776], God[H430]left[H5800] him, to try[H5254] him, that he might know[H3045] all that was in his heart[H3824].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Hezekiah[H3169], and his goodness[H2617], behold, they are written[H3789] in the vision[H2377] of Isaiah[H3470] the prophet[H5030], the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531], and in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478].
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And Hezekiah[H3169]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and they buried[H6912]him[H6213] in the chiefest[H4608] of the sepulchres[H6913] of the sons[H1121] of David[H1732]: and all Judah[H3063] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389] did him[H6213]honour[H3519] at his death[H4194]. And Manasseh[H4519] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.