2 Chronicles 32
1 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.
2 And when
Hezekiah saw that
Sennacherib was
come, and that he was
purposed to
fight against
Jerusalem, 3 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.
4 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? 5 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. 6 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,
7 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:
8 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. 9 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,
10 Thus
saith Sennacherib king of
Assyria, Whereon do ye
trust, that ye
abide in the
siege in
Jerusalem? 11 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? 12 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?
13 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? 14 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? 15 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? 16 And his
servants spake yet more against the
LORD God, and against his
servant Hezekiah. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20 And for this cause
Hezekiah the
king, and the
prophet Isaiah the
son of
Amoz, prayed and
cried to
heaven. 21 And the
LORD sent an
angel, which cut
off all the mighty
men of
valour, 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. 22 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. 23 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. 24 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. 25 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. 26 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. 27 And
Hezekiah had
exceeding much riches and
honour: 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; 28 Storehouses also for the
increase of
corn, and
wine, and
oil; and
stalls for all manner of
beasts, and
cotes for
flocks. 29 Moreover he
provided him
cities, and
possessions of
flocks and
herds in
abundance: for
God had
given him
substance very much. 30 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. 31 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. 32 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. 33 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 honour at his
death. And
Manasseh his
son reigned in his stead.