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    2 Chronicles 32

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    Hezekiah is mortally ill, prays, receives a sign—and the sign is left standing there, entirely unexplained.

    The siege, and its sudden undoingvv. 1–23

    Sennacherib arrives with the usual imperial appetite, and Hezekiah answers with engineering: springs are stopped, walls repaired, towers raised, weapons amassed. Then, in the square by the city gate, he gives the people a speech in which Assyria has only “the arm of flesh,” while Judah has the LORD to fight its battles. Sennacherib’s servants answer with a long inventory of conquered gods, loudly delivered in Hebrew for the benefit of the people on the wall. Hezekiah and Isaiah pray; an angel then annihilates the Assyrian commanders. Sennacherib withdraws in disgrace, and the story makes its final turn when some of his own sons kill him in the temple of his god. Jerusalem receives offerings, and Hezekiah receives valuable gifts.

    The illness, the wealth, and the unshown testvv. 24–31

    Hezekiah becomes mortally ill, prays, and receives a sign, though the sign itself is not described. His heart grows proud, and wrath comes upon him, Judah, and Jerusalem; then he and the people humble themselves, and the wrath does not come during his days. He builds treasuries, storehouses, stalls, pens, and cities, while his wealth grows very great. He also blocks the upper outlet of Gihon and channels the water to the west side of the City of David. When Babylonian ambassadors arrive to inquire about the wonder, God leaves Hezekiah alone to test him, and the chapter offers no further account of what that test involved.

    The king rests, and Manasseh beginsvv. 32–33

    The remaining deeds of Hezekiah are sent elsewhere in the text, to Isaiah’s vision and the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. Hezekiah rests with his fathers and is buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. Judah and Jerusalem honour him at his death, and Manasseh reigns in his place.

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    1. 2 Chr 32:1After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

    2. 2 Chr 32:2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

    3. 2 Chr 32:3he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

    4. 2 Chr 32:4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

    5. 2 Chr 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

    6. 2 Chr 32:6Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

    7. 2 Chr 32:7“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

    8. 2 Chr 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

    9. 2 Chr 32:9Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

    10. 2 Chr 32:10“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

    11. 2 Chr 32:11Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

    12. 2 Chr 32:12Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

    13. 2 Chr 32:13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

    14. 2 Chr 32:14Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

    15. 2 Chr 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. 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 from my hand!”

    16. 2 Chr 32:16And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

    17. 2 Chr 32:17He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

    18. 2 Chr 32:18Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

    19. 2 Chr 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

    20. 2 Chr 32:20In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

    21. 2 Chr 32:21and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

    22. 2 Chr 32:22So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.

    23. 2 Chr 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.

    24. 2 Chr 32:24In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

    25. 2 Chr 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

    26. 2 Chr 32:26Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

    27. 2 Chr 32:27Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

    28. 2 Chr 32:28He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.

    29. 2 Chr 32:29He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

    30. 2 Chr 32:30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

    31. 2 Chr 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

    32. 2 Chr 32:32As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

    33. 2 Chr 32:33And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

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    • 8Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
    • 82 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
    • 72 Kings 6:16“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
    • 8Acts 18:10For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
    • 82 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
    • 7Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 8Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 82 Chronicles 20:15And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
    • 31Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
    • 81 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
    • 8Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
    • 242 Kings 20:1–11In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
    • 24Isaiah 38:1–8In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
    • 31Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
    • 7Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
    • 8Deuteronomy 20:1When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

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