II Chronicles 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.

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.

2 Chronicles 32:30, 2 Chronicles 32:30, 2 Kings 20:20, Isaiah 10:8, 1 Kings 3:9

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.

2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Samuel 5:9

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

2 Chronicles 30:22, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 40:2, Ezra 10:9

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.

2 Kings 6:16, 2 Kings 6:16, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:31, Ephesians 6:10

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.

Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:5, 2 Chronicles 20:17, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 20:17

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:

2 Kings 18:17, Joshua 10:31, 2 Kings 18:17, Joshua 10:31, Joshua 15:39

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

2 Kings 18:19, Isaiah 36:4, 2 Kings 18:19, Isaiah 36:4

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?’

Psalms 71:11, Psalms 3:2, Isaiah 36:18, 2 Kings 18:27, 2 Kings 19:10

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’?

2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 4:1, 1 Kings 7:48, Exodus 30:1

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?

2 Kings 18:33, 2 Kings 18:35, 2 Kings 18:33, 2 Kings 18:35, Jeremiah 10:16

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?

Isaiah 10:11, Isaiah 10:12, Exodus 14:3, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:11

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!”

Daniel 3:15, Exodus 5:2, Daniel 3:15, Exodus 5:2, Isaiah 36:18

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

John 15:21, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Psalms 73:9, John 15:21

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.”

Isaiah 37:14, 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:28, Isaiah 37:29, Isaiah 37:14

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.

1 Samuel 17:10, Nehemiah 6:9, Isaiah 36:13, 2 Kings 18:26, 2 Kings 18:28

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.

Isaiah 2:8, 2 Kings 19:18, Isaiah 2:8, 2 Kings 19:18, Psalms 135:15

20In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

Psalms 91:14, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 91:14, Psalms 91:15, 2 Kings 19:2

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.

Psalms 76:5, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 37:38, Psalms 76:5, Isaiah 37:36

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

Psalms 37:39, Psalms 37:40, Psalms 144:10, Isaiah 31:4, Isaiah 31:5

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.

2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 1:1, Matthew 2:11, 2 Chronicles 9:24

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

2 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 20:11, Isaiah 38:1, Isaiah 38:8, 2 Kings 20:1

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.

2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Samuel 24:1

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.

Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 26:19, Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 26:19, 2 Chronicles 33:12

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.

2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 9:27, 1 Chronicles 27:25, 1 Chronicles 27:31, Proverbs 10:22

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.

1 Kings 4:26, 2 Chronicles 26:10, 2 Samuel 7:8, 1 Kings 4:26, 2 Chronicles 26:10

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

1 Chronicles 29:12, 1 Chronicles 29:12, 1 Chronicles 27:29, 1 Chronicles 27:31, Deuteronomy 8:18

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.

1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:33, 2 Chronicles 32:4, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8

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.

Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:2, 2 Chronicles 32:24, Proverbs 17:3, Genesis 22:1

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.

Isaiah 36:1, Isaiah 36:22, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Kings 18:20, Isaiah 36:1

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.

Proverbs 10:7, Proverbs 10:7, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 1:21, 1 Kings 11:43

II Chronicles Chapter 32