1 After|strong="H5921" these|strong="H4428" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3063" this|strong="H1697" faithfulness, Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria came|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3063" entered into|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fenced|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3063" thought|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" win|strong="H1234" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" himself.
2 And|strong="H3389" when|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" was|strong="H3389" come, and|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3389" purposed|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389",
3 he|strong="H5892" took|strong="H3289" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5973" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5973" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" to|strong="H4325" stop|strong="H5640" the|strong="H2351" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H2351" fountains|strong="H5869" which|strong="H5869" were|strong="H4325" without|strong="H2351" the|strong="H2351" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3289" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973".
4 So|strong="H4672" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H4428" gathered|strong="H6908" much|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4100" stopped|strong="H5640" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fountains|strong="H4599", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" that|strong="H5971" flowed|strong="H7857" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land, saying, Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria come|strong="H4672" and|strong="H4428" find|strong="H4672" much|strong="H7227" water|strong="H4325"?
5 And|strong="H5892" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H2388" courage|strong="H2388", and|strong="H5892" built|strong="H1129" up|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" broken|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555", and|strong="H5892" raised|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" towers|strong="H4026", and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" without|strong="H2351", and|strong="H5892" strengthened|strong="H2388" Millo|strong="H4407" in the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H5892" made|strong="H6213" weapons|strong="H7973" and|strong="H5892" shields|strong="H4043" in|strong="H5921" abundance|strong="H7230".
6 And|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" war|strong="H4421" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6908" them|strong="H5414" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" broad place|strong="H5414" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5971" spake|strong="H1696" comfortably|strong="H3824" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H1696",
7 Be|strong="H4428" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3068" good|strong="H6440" courage|strong="H2388", be|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" afraid|strong="H3372" nor|strong="H3372" dismayed|strong="H2865" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria, nor|strong="H3372" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440": for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3068" greater|strong="H7227" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H6440" than|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440":
8 with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H2220" of|strong="H4428" flesh|strong="H1320"; but|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421". And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" rested|strong="H5564" themselves|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063".
9 After|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3063" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria send|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", (now|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" before|strong="H5921" Lachish|strong="H3923", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" power|strong="H4475" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921",) unto|strong="H7971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" unto|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" at|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", saying,
10 Thus|strong="H3541" saith Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria, Whereon do|strong="H4100" ye|strong="H3427" trust, that|strong="H4428" ye|strong="H3427" abide|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" siege|strong="H4692" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"?
11 Doth|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" persuade|strong="H5496" you|strong="H5414", to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" by|strong="H3068" famine|strong="H7458" and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" thirst|strong="H6772", saying, The|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria?
12 Hath|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" his|strong="H6440" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3063" commanded Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", saying, Ye|strong="H6440" shall|strong="H3063" worship|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3063" upon|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H3063" ye|strong="H6440" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999"?
13 Know|strong="H3045" ye|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" fathers have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" lands? Were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" gods of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" lands any|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" land out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3027" mine|strong="H3045" hand|strong="H3027"?
14 Who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H3027" there|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H4310" my|strong="H3605" fathers utterly|strong="H2763" destroyed|strong="H2763", that|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" mine|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" mine|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027"?
15 Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" not|strong="H3808" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588", nor|strong="H3808" persuade|strong="H5496" you|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2063" manner|strong="H3605", neither|strong="H3808" believe ye|strong="H3808" him|strong="H3027": for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" or|strong="H3808" kingdom|strong="H4467" was|strong="H4467" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" mine|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" fathers: how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H3027" less|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" mine|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027"?
16 And|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" spake|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Hezekiah|strong="H2396".
17 He|strong="H3651" wrote|strong="H3789" also|strong="H3068" letters|strong="H5612", to|strong="H3478" rail|strong="H2778" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" speak against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", saying, As|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" gods of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" lands which|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" delivered|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H3478" hand|strong="H3027", so|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H3478" hand|strong="H3027".
18 And|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H7121" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jews’ language|strong="H3066" unto|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346", to|strong="H5921" affright|strong="H3372" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5921" trouble them|strong="H5921"; that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" might|strong="H4616" take|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892".
19 And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" spake|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", as|strong="H3389" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" gods of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" earth, which|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3027" men|strong="H5971"’s hands|strong="H3027".
20 And|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz, prayed|strong="H6419" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2063", and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064".
21 And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" angel|strong="H4397", which|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3582" off|strong="H3582" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H4428" valour|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" captains|strong="H8269", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria. So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" shame|strong="H1322" of|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H4578" land|strong="H6440". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068", they|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3068" forth|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H4578" bowels|strong="H4578" slew|strong="H5307" him|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719".
22 Thus the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria, and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" other, and|strong="H3068" guided|strong="H5095" them|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3427" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439".
23 And|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7227" brought|strong="H5375" gifts|strong="H4503" unto|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" precious|strong="H4030" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063": so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3068" exalted|strong="H5375" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" from|strong="H1471" thenceforth.
24 In|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470" even|strong="H5704" unto|strong="H5414" death|strong="H4191": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H6419" unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" spake|strong="H3068" unto|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" sign|strong="H4159".
25 But|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" rendered|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" benefit|strong="H1576" done|strong="H1961" unto|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7725" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H1961" lifted|strong="H1361" up|strong="H1361": therefore|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" wrath|strong="H7110" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" upon|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah|strong="H2396" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H1931" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pride|strong="H1363" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820", both|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H7110" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396".
27 And|strong="H3701" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" exceeding|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7235" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3701" honour|strong="H3519": and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H6213" provided|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" treasuries for|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" precious|strong="H3368" stones, and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" shields|strong="H4043", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" goodly|strong="H2532" vessels|strong="H3627";
28 storehouses|strong="H4543" also for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" increase|strong="H8393" of|strong="H3605" corn|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1715" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1715" oil|strong="H3323"; and|strong="H1715" stalls for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" beasts, and|strong="H1715" flocks|strong="H5739" in|strong="H3605" folds.
29 Moreover|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" provided|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H5892" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5892" herds|strong="H1241" in|strong="H6213" abundance|strong="H7230": for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3588" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" substance|strong="H7399".
30 This|strong="H1931" same|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" also|strong="H1732" stopped|strong="H5640" the|strong="H3605" upper|strong="H5945" spring|strong="H4161" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H5892" Gihon|strong="H1521", and|strong="H5892" brought|strong="H4161" them|strong="H5640" straight|strong="H3474" down|strong="H4295" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628" side|strong="H4628" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H5892" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prospered|strong="H6743" in|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639".
31 Howbeit|strong="H3651" in|strong="H5921" the business of the|strong="H3605" ambassadors|strong="H3887" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Babylon, who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" unto|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" wonder|strong="H4159" that|strong="H3045" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land, God|strong="H7971" left|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921", to|strong="H7971" try|strong="H5254" him|strong="H5921", that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3651" might know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824".
32 Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2005" deeds|strong="H1697", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="H1121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".
33 And|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" fathers, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6213" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sepulchres|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" did|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3519" at|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194". And|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" stead|strong="H8478".