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1 # After <0310> these things <01697>, and the establishment <0571> thereof, Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came <0935> (8804), and entered <0935> (8799) into Judah <03063>, and encamped <02583> (8799) against the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>, and thought <0559> (8799) to win <01234> (8800) them for himself.
2 And when Hezekiah <03169> saw <07200> (8799) that Sennacherib <05576> was come <0935> (8804), and that he was purposed <06440> to fight <04421> against Jerusalem <03389>,
3 He took counsel <03289> (8735) with his princes <08269> and his mighty men <01368> to stop <05640> (8800) the waters <04325> of the fountains <05869> which were without <02351> the city <05892>: and they did help <05826> (8799) him.
4 So there was gathered <06908> <00> much <07227> people <05971> together <06908> (8735), who stopped <05640> (8799) all the fountains <04599>, and the brook <05158> that ran <07857> (8802) through the midst <08432> of the land <0776>, saying <0559> (8800), Why should the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> come <0935> (8799), and find <04672> (8804) much <07227> water <04325>?
5 Also he strengthened <02388> (8691) himself, and built up <01129> (8799) all the wall <02346> that was broken <06555> (8803), and raised it up <05927> (8686) to the towers <04026>, and another <0312> wall <02346> without <02351>, and repaired <02388> (8762) Millo <04407> in the city <05892> of David <01732>, and made <06213> (8799) darts <07973> and shields <04043> in abundance <07230>.
6 And he set <05414> (8799) captains <08269> of war <04421> over the people <05971>, and gathered them together <06908> (8799) to him in the street <07339> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and spake <01696> (8762) comfortably <03824> to them, saying <0559> (8800),
7 Be strong <02388> (8798) and courageous <0553> (8798), be not afraid <03372> (8799) nor dismayed <02865> (8735) for <06440> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, nor for all the multitude <01995> that is with him: for there be more <07227> with us than with him:
8 With him is an arm <02220> of flesh <01320>; but with us is the LORD <03068> our God <0430> to help <05826> (8800) us, and to fight <03898> (8736) our battles <04421>. And the people <05971> rested <05564> (8735) themselves upon the words <01697> of Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>.
9 # After <0310> this did Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> send <07971> (8804) his servants <05650> to Jerusalem <03389>, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish <03923>, and all his power <04475> with him,) unto Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and unto all Judah <03063> that were at Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800),
10 Thus saith <0559> (8804) Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, Whereon do ye trust <0982> (8802), that ye abide <03427> (8802) in the siege <04692> in Jerusalem <03389>?
11 Doth not Hezekiah <03169> persuade <05496> (8688) you to give <05414> (8800) over yourselves to die <04191> (8800) by famine <07458> and by thirst <06772>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> our God <0430> shall deliver <05337> (8686) us out of the hand <03709> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah <03169> taken away <05493> (8689) his high places <01116> and his altars <04196>, and commanded <0559> (8799) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800), Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> one <0259> altar <04196>, and burn incense <06999> (8686) upon it?
13 Know <03045> (8799) ye not what I and my fathers <01> have done <06213> (8804) unto all the people <05971> of other lands <0776>? were the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> of those lands <0776> any ways <03201> (8800) able <03201> (8804) to deliver <05337> (8687) their lands <0776> out of mine hand <03027>?
14 Who was there among all the gods <0430> of those nations <01471> that my fathers <01> utterly destroyed <02763> (8689), that could <03201> (8804) deliver <05337> (8687) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>, that your God <0430> should be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) you out of mine hand <03027>?
15 Now therefore let not <03808> Hezekiah <02396> deceive <05377> (8686) you, nor persuade <05496> (8686) you on this manner, neither yet believe <0539> (8686) him: for no god <0433> of any nation <01471> or kingdom <04467> was able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>, and out of the hand <03027> of my fathers <01>: how much less shall your God <0430> deliver <05337> (8686) you out of mine hand <03027>?
16 And his servants <05650> spake <01696> (8765) yet more against the LORD <03068> God <0430>, and against his servant <05650> Hezekiah <03169>.
17 He wrote <03789> (8804) also letters <05612> to rail <02778> (8763) on the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, and to speak <0559> (8800) against him, saying <0559> (8800), As the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> of other lands <0776> have not delivered <05337> (8689) their people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>, so shall not the God <0430> of Hezekiah <03169> deliver <05337> (8686) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>.
18 Then they cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' speech <03066> unto the people <05971> of Jerusalem <03389> that were on the wall <02346>, to affright <03372> (8763) them, and to trouble <0926> (8763) them; that they might take <03920> (8799) the city <05892>.
19 And they spake <01696> (8762) against <05921> the God <0430> of Jerusalem <03389>, as against the gods <0430> of the people <05971> of the earth <0776>, which were the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of man <0120>.
20 And for this cause Hezekiah <03169> the king <04428>, and the prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>, prayed <06419> (8691) and cried <02199> (8799) to heaven <08064>.
21 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) an angel <04397>, which cut off <03582> (8686) all the mighty men <01368> of valour <02428>, and the leaders <05057> and captains <08269> in the camp <04264> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. So he returned <07725> (8799) with shame <01322> of face <06440> to his own land <0776>. And when he was come <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of his god <0430>, they that came forth <03329> of his own bowels <04578> slew <05307> (8689) him there with the sword <02719>.
22 Thus the LORD <03068> saved <03467> (8686) Hezekiah <03169> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> from the hand <03027> of Sennacherib <05576> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, and from the hand <03027> of all other, and guided <05095> (8762) them on every side <05439>.
23 And many <07227> brought <0935> (8688) gifts <04503> unto the LORD <03068> to Jerusalem <03389>, and presents <04030> to Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>: so that he was magnified <05375> (8735) in the sight <05869> of all nations <01471> from thenceforth <0310>.
24 # In those days <03117> Hezekiah <03169> was sick <02470> (8804) to the death <04191> (8800), and prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>: and he spake <0559> (8799) unto him, and he gave <05414> (8804) him a sign <04159>.
25 But Hezekiah <03169> rendered not again <07725> (8689) according to the benefit <01576> done unto him; for his heart <03820> was lifted up <01361> (8804): therefore there was wrath <07110> upon him, and upon Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> .
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah <03169> humbled <03665> (8735) himself for the pride <01363> of his heart <03820>, both he and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>, so that the wrath <07110> of the LORD <03068> came <0935> (8804) not upon them in the days <03117> of Hezekiah <03169>.
27 And Hezekiah <03169> had exceeding <03966> much <07235> (8687) riches <06239> and honour <03519> : and he made <06213> (8804) himself treasuries <0214> for silver <03701>, and for gold <02091>, and for precious <03368> stones <068>, and for spices <01314>, and for shields <04043>, and for all manner of pleasant <02532> jewels <03627>;
28 Storehouses <04543> also for the increase <08393> of corn <01715>, and wine <08492>, and oil <03323>; and stalls <0723> for all manner of beasts <0929>, and cotes <0220> for flocks <05739>.
29 Moreover he provided <06213> (8804) him cities <05892>, and possessions <04735> of flocks <06629> and herds <01241> in abundance <07230>: for God <0430> had given <05414> (8804) him substance <07399> very <03966> much <07227>.
30 This same Hezekiah <03169> also stopped <05640> (8804) the upper <05945> watercourse <04161> <04325> of Gihon <01521>, and brought it straight <03474> (8762) down <04295> to the west side <04628> of the city <05892> of David <01732>. And Hezekiah <03169> prospered <06743> (8686) in all his works <04639>.
31 Howbeit <03651> in the business of the ambassadors <03887> (8688) of the princes <08269> of Babylon <0894> , who sent <07971> (8764) unto him to enquire <01875> (8800) of the wonder <04159> that was done in the land <0776> , God <0430> left <05800> (8804) him, to try <05254> (8763) him, that he might know <03045> (8800) all that was in his heart <03824>.
32 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Hezekiah <03169>, and his goodness <02617>, behold, they are written <03789> (8803) in the vision <02377> of Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030>, the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>, and in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>.
33 And Hezekiah <03169> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>, and they buried <06912> (8799) him in the chiefest <04608> of the sepulchres <06913> of the sons <01121> of David <01732>: and all Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> did him <06213> (8804) honour <03519> at his death <04194>. And Manasseh <04519> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.