2 Chronicles 32
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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.
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
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.
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?
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.
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,
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:
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.

an arm

Job 40:9 Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus said the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes …

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because …

with us

2 Chronicles 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests …

2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing …

Psalm 46:7,11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…

Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, …

Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …

Acts 18:10 For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I …

2 Timothy 4:17,22 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that …

to fight

2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, …

Deuteronomy 20:1,4 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and …

Joshua 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because …

rested [heb] leaned

2 Chronicles 32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this …

2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness …

Isaiah 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us…

upon the words

Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

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,
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
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.
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.
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.

spake

2 Chronicles 32:13-17 Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the people of other lands…

1 Samuel 17:36 Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised …

Job 15:25,26 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself …

Psalm 10:13,14 Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will …

Psalm 73:8-11 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they …

Psalm 139:19,20 Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, …

the God

2 Chronicles 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have …

Psalm 76:1,2 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel…

Psalm 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Psalm 87:1-3 His foundation is in the holy mountains…

Psalm 132:13,14 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation…

Isaiah 14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the …

Hebrews 12:22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, …

the work

Deuteronomy 4:28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and …

Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination …

2 Kings 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but …

Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands…

Isaiah 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their …

Isaiah 37:19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but …

Isaiah 44:16-20 He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; …

Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, …

Jeremiah 10:3,9 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of …

Jeremiah 32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done …

Hosea 8:5,6 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against …

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
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.

the Lord

2 Kings 19:20,35 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the …

Isaiah 10:16-18 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness…

Isaiah 37:21,36,37 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the …

Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, …

angel

2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand on Jerusalem to destroy …

Psalm 18:50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, …

Daniel 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, …

Daniel 6:22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they …

Matthew 13:49,50 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, …

Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave …

cut off all

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself …

Psalm 76:5,7,12 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none …

the leaders

Isaiah 10:8,16-19,33,34 For he said, Are not my princes altogether kings…

Isaiah 17:12-14 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the …

Isaiah 29:5-8 Moreover the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust…

Isaiah 30:30-33 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall …

Isaiah 33:10-12 Now will I rise, said the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I …

Isaiah 36:9 How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least …

Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, …

Revelation 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from …

Revelation 19:17,18 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud …

with shame

Psalm 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish.

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

he was come

2 Kings 19:36,37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and …

Isaiah 37:37,38 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and …

slew him [heb] made him fall

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.
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.
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.
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.

rendered

Deuteronomy 32:6 Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not …

Psalm 116:12,13 What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits toward me…

Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away …

Luke 17:17,18 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine…

his heart

2 Chronicles 32:31 However, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon…

2 Chronicles 25:19 You say, See, you have smitten the Edomites; and your heart lifts …

2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: …

Deuteronomy 8:12-14,17 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, …

2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory …

2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his …

Ezekiel 28:2,5,17 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because …

Daniel 5:20,23 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, …

Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the …

2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance …

1 Timothy 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation …

1 Peter 5:5,6 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of …

therefore

2 Chronicles 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served …

2 Samuel 24:1,10-17 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he …

1 Chronicles 21:1,12-17 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel…

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.
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;
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
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.
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire 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.

A.M.

2 Kings 20:12,13 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, …

Isaiah 39:1,2 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, …

ambassadors [heb] interpreters
the wonder

2 Kings 20:8-11 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD …

Isaiah 38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone …

left him

Judges 16:20 And she said, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he awoke out …

Psalm 27:9 Hide not your face far from me; put not your servant away in anger: …

Psalm 51:11,12 Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me…

Psalm 119:116,117 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live: and let me not …

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in …

to try him

Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, …

Deuteronomy 8:2,16 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you …

Job 1:11,12 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will …

Job 2:3-6 And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that …

Psalm 139:1,2,23,24 O lord, you have searched me, and known me…

Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD …

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine …

Malachi 3:2,3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when …

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold …

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot …

that he might

Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you …

Deuteronomy 13:3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer …

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.
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.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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