2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Sennacherib Invades Judah

¹After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and intended to break into them for himself. ²Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, ³he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. ⁴So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” ⁵And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers. ⁶He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, ⁷“Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him. ⁸With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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