Verse 2
2 Chronicles 32:2
Free Bible Version
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When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to attack Jerusalem,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּרְא֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ כִּי בָ֖א סַנְחֵרִ֑יב וּ/פָנָ֕י/ו לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖ה עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
English Translation
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and his face was for war against Jerusalem.
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Chapter 32 Context
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After Hezekiah's faithful work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invaded Judah and attacked its fortifi...
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When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to attack Jerusalem,
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he talked with his army commanders about blocking up the water sources that lay outside the city. Th...
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They directed a large group of workers to block all the springs as well as the stream flowing nearby...
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Hezekiah set to work and rebuilt all the parts of the wall that had fallen down and constructed towe...
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Hezekiah put army commanders in charge of the people. Then he summoned the people to gather in the s...
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“Be strong and be brave! Don't be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria with his larg...
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He has human help, but we have the Lord God (Elohim) on our side to help us and fight our battles.”...
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Some time later, when Sennacherib was attacking the town of Lachish with his armies, he sent his off...
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“This is what Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says. What are you going to trust in to help you survive...
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Can't you see that in reality Hezekiah is telling you to die from starvation and thirst when he tell...
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Wasn't it Hezekiah who destroyed the high places and altars of this god and told Judah and Jerusalem...
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Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the earth? None of their gods c...
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Which one of all these gods of these nations that my fathers destroyed has been able to save them fr...
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So don't let Hezekiah fool you, and don't let him mislead you like this. Don't trust him, for no god...
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Sennacherib also wrote letters insulting the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, taunting him by sayin...
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They talked about the God (Elohim) of Jerusalem like they did about the gods of the other nations, g...
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King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, appealed about this in prayer to the God (Elohim)...
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The Lord sent an angel who wiped out every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyria...
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The Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and all other e...
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From then on he was very well respected by all the nations, and many brought offerings to Jerusalem...
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Around that time Hezekiah fell sick and was about to die. So he prayed to the Lord, who replied by h...
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But because he had become proud, Hezekiah did not acknowledge the gift he'd been given. So the Lord'...
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Then Hezekiah apologized for his arrogance, as did the people of Jerusalem, and the Lord's anger no...
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Hezekiah was very rich and highly honored, and he built treasury storerooms to hold silver, gold, pr...
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He constructed buildings to store supplies of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and stalls for all kin...
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He built many towns, and he owned large herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, for God (Elohim) had ma...
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Hezekiah blocked off the outlet of the upper Gihon spring and made the water flow down to the west s...
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But when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon came to him to ask about the miraculous sign that had...
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The rest of what Hezekiah did, including his acts of loyalty, are recorded in the vision of the prop...
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Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper cemetery of David's descendants. All Judah and the people...
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