2 Chronicles 32:15-33 ▼

15 And now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you? or persuade you? like this, and do not believe him, for not any god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. Also surely your? God will not snatch you? up from my hand!”

16 And his servants spoke against YHWH God and against Hezekiah His servant.

17 And he wrote letters to taunt YHWH, God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands that have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

18 And they called out in a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might capture the city.

19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth—the work of the hands of men.

20 And king Hezekiah prayed, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, concerning this, and they cried out to the heavens.

21 And YHWH sent a messenger and cut off every mighty man of valor and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his land. And he entered the house of his god, and those coming out of his bowels struck him down there with the sword.

22 And YHWH saved Hezekiah and those dwelling in Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all, and he gave them rest all around.

23 And many brought gifts to YHWH at Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, and he was lifted up in the eyes of all nations after this.

24 In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death, and he prayed to YHWH, and He spoke to him and gave to him a sign.

25 And Hezekiah did not repay according to the deed to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

26 And Hezekiah humbled himself for the loftiness of his heart, he and those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that the wrath of YHWH did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

27 And were unto Hezekiah riches and honor being very great, and treasuries he made to himself for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all kinds of desirable vessels,

28 and storehouses for the harvest of grain and wine and oil, and stalls for all kinds of various livestock, and herds for the stalls.

29 And he made cities for himself, and possessions of flock and herd in abundance, for God had given to him very much property.

30 And Hezekiah himself stopped the Upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and he directed them beneath to the west of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

31 And so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending to him to inquire about the sign that was done in the land, God withdrew from him in order to test him, that He might know all in his heart.

32 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his loving devotion, indeed they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

33 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and those dwelling in Jerusalem did honor to him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.