32:1 After
these
things
and
these
acts
of
faithfulness,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came
and
invaded
Judah
and
encamped
against
the
fortified
cities,
thinking
to
win
them
for
himself.
32:2 And
when
Hezekiah
saw
that
Sennacherib
had
come
and
intended
to
fight
against
Jerusalem,
32:3 he
planned
with
his
officers
and
his
mighty
men
to
stop
the
water
of
the
springs
that
were
outside
the
city;
and
they
helped
him.
32:4 A
great
many
people
were
gathered,
and
they
stopped
all
the
springs
and
the
brook
that
flowed
through
the
land,
saying,
"Why
should
the
kings
of
Assyria
come
and
find
much
water"
32:5 He
set
to
work
resolutely
and
built
up
all
the
wall
that
was
broken
down
and
raised
towers
upon
it,
and
outside
it
he
built
another
wall,
and
he
strengthened
the
Millo
in
the
city
of
David.
He
also
made
weapons
and
shields
in
abundance.
32:6 And
he
set
combat
commanders
over
the
people
and
gathered
them
together
to
him
in
the
square
at
the
gate
of
the
city
and
spoke
encouragingly
to
them,
saying,
32:7 "Be
strong
and
courageous.
Do
not
be
afraid
or
dismayed
before
the
king
of
Assyria
and
all
the
horde
that
is
with
him,
for
there
are
more
with
us
than
with
him.
32:8 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
took
confidence
from
the
words
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah.
32:9 After
this,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
who
was
besieging
Lachish
with
all
his
forces,
sent
his
servants
to
Jerusalem
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
and
to
all
the
people
of
Judah
who
were
in
Jerusalem,
saying,
32:10 "Thus
says
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
'On
what
are
you
trusting,
that
you
endure
the
siege
in
Jerusalem
32:11 Is
not
Hezekiah
misleading
you,
that
he
may
give
you
over
to
die
by
famine
and
by
thirst,
when
he
tells
you,
"The
LORD
our
God
will
deliver
us
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria"
32:12 Has
not
this
same
Hezekiah
taken
away
his
high
places
and
his
altars
and
commanded
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
"Before
one
altar
you
shall
worship,
and
on
it
you
shall
burn
your
sacrifices"
32:13 Do
you
not
know
what
I
and
my
fathers
have
done
to
all
the
peoples
of
other
lands
Were
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
those
lands
at
all
able
to
deliver
their
lands
out
of
my
hand
32:14 Who
among
all
the
gods
of
those
nations
that
my
fathers
devoted
to
destruction
was
able
to
deliver
his
people
from
my
hand,
that
your
God
should
be
able
to
deliver
you
from
my
hand
32:15 Now,
therefore,
do
not
let
Hezekiah
deceive
you
or
mislead
you
in
this
fashion,
and
do
not
believe
him,
for
no
god
of
any
nation
or
kingdom
has
been
able
to
deliver
his
people
from
my
hand
or
from
the
hand
of
my
fathers.
How
much
less
will
your
God
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand!'"
32:16 And
his
servants
said
still
more
against
the
LORD
God
and
against
his
servant
Hezekiah.
32:17 And
he
wrote
letters
to
cast
contempt
on
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
to
speak
against
him,
saying,
"Like
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
the
lands
who
have
not
delivered
their
people
from
my
hands,
so
the
God
of
Hezekiah
will
not
deliver
his
people
from
my
hand."
32:18 And
they
shouted
it
with
a
loud
voice
in
the
language
of
Judah
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem
who
were
on
the
wall,
to
frighten
and
terrify
them,
in
order
that
they
might
take
the
city.
32:19 And
they
spoke
of
the
God
of
Jerusalem
as
they
spoke
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
of
the
earth,
which
are
the
work
of
men's
hands.
32:20 Then
Hezekiah
the
king
and
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
prayed
because
of
this
and
cried
to
heaven.
32:21 And
the
LORD
sent
an
angel,
who
cut
off
all
the
mighty
warriors
and
commanders
and
officers
in
the
camp
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
So
he
returned
with
shame
of
face
to
his
own
land.
And
when
he
came
into
the
house
of
his
god,
some
of
his
own
sons
struck
him
down
there
with
the
sword.
32:22 So
the
LORD
saved
Hezekiah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
from
the
hand
of
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
and
from
the
hand
of
all
his
enemies,
and
he
provided
for
them
on
every
side.
32:23 And
many
brought
gifts
to
the
LORD
to
Jerusalem
and
precious
things
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
so
that
he
was
exalted
in
the
sight
of
all
nations
from
that
time
onward.
32:24 In
those
days
Hezekiah
became
sick
and
was
at
the
point
of
death,
and
he
prayed
to
the
LORD,
and
he
answered
him
and
gave
him
a
sign.
32:25 But
Hezekiah
did
not
make
return
according
to
the
benefit
done
to
him,
for
his
heart
was
proud.
Therefore
wrath
came
upon
him
and
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
32:26 But
Hezekiah
humbled
himself
for
the
pride
of
his
heart,
both
he
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
the
wrath
of
the
LORD
did
not
come
upon
them
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah.
32:27 And
Hezekiah
had
very
great
riches
and
honor,
and
he
made
for
himself
treasuries
for
silver,
for
gold,
for
precious
stones,
for
spices,
for
shields,
and
for
all
kinds
of
costly
vessels;
32:28 storehouses
also
for
the
yield
of
grain,
wine,
and
oil;
and
stalls
for
all
kinds
of
cattle,
and
sheepfolds.
32:29 He
likewise
provided
cities
for
himself,
and
flocks
and
herds
in
abundance,
for
God
had
given
him
very
great
possessions.
32:30 This
same
Hezekiah
closed
the
upper
outlet
of
the
waters
of
Gihon
and
directed
them
down
to
the
west
side
of
the
city
of
David.
And
Hezekiah
prospered
in
all
his
works.
32:31 And
so
in
the
matter
of
the
envoys
of
the
princes
of
Babylon,
who
had
been
sent
to
him
to
inquire
about
the
sign
that
had
been
done
in
the
land,
God
left
him
to
himself,
in
order
to
test
him
and
to
know
all
that
was
in
his
heart.
32:32 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Hezekiah
and
his
good
deeds,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
vision
of
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz,
in
the
Book
of
the
Kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
32:33 And
Hezekiah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
upper
part
of
the
tombs
of
the
sons
of
David,
and
all
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
did
him
honor
at
his
death.
And
Manasseh
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.