2 Chronicles 32:9-24
Sennacherib Undermines Hezekiah
9 After this aSennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was ▼▼Lit against
besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, 10“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: ‘On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege? 11Is Hezekiah not misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The Lord our God will save us from the ▼▼Lit palm
hand of the king of Assyria”? 12 dIs it not the same Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and ▼▼Lit Jerusalem, saying,
Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall ▼▼Lit offer up in smoke
burn incense”? 13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? gWere the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to save their land from my hand? 14 hWho was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could save his people from my hand, that your God would be able to save you from my hand? 15Now then, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for ino god of any nation or kingdom was able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God save you from my hand?’” 16 His servants spoke further against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah. 17He also wrote letters to insult the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “ jAs the gods of the nations of the lands ▼
▼Lit who have
have not saved their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not save His people from my hand.” 18 lThey called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city. 19They spoke ▼▼Lit to
of the God of Jerusalem as they did against nthe gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands. Hezekiah’s Prayer Is Answered
20 But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and called out to heaven for help. 21And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned ▼▼Lit in shame of face
in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword. 22So the Lord psaved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and ▼▼Another reading is gave them rest
guided them on every side. 23And rmany were bringing gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem and valuable presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; so thereafter she rose in the sight of all nations. 24 tIn those days Hezekiah became ▼
▼Lit sick to the point of death
mortally ill; and he prayed to the Lord, and ▼▼Lit He
the Lord spoke to him and gave him a sign.
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