The Book of 2 Chronicles Chapter 32 – New King James Version (NKJV) – Audio Bible

Chapter 32 After these Deeds of faithfulness Sanakarib king of Assyria came and Entered Judah He encamped against the Fortified cities Thinking to win them over to himself And when Hezekiah saw that sanakarib had Come and that his purpose was to make War against Jerusalem He consulted with his leaders and Commanders to stop the water from the Springs which were outside the city And they helped him Thus many people gathered together who Stopped all the springs and the brook That ran through the land saying Why should the kings of Assyria come and Find much water And he strengthened himself Built up all the wall that was broken Raised it up to the towers and built Another wall outside Also he repaired the Milo in the city of David and made weapons and shields in Abundance Then he set military captains over the People Gathered them together to him in the Open Square of The City Gate and gave Them encouragement saying Be strong and courageous Do not be afraid nor dismayed before the King of Assyria nor before all the Multitude that is with him

For there are more with us than with him With him is an arm of flesh but with us Is the Lord Our God to help us and to Fight our battles And the people were strengthened by the Words of Hezekiah king of Judah After this sanakarib king of Assyria Sent his servants to Jerusalem But he and all the forces with him laid Siege against lakish To Hezekiah king of Judah and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem saying Thus says king of Assyria In what do you trust that you remain Under Siege in Jerusalem Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give Yourselves over to die by famine and by Thirst saying the Lord Our God will Deliver Us from the hand of the king of Assyria As not the same Hezekiah taken away his High places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying you shall Worship before one Altar and burn Incense on it Do you not know what I and my fathers Have done to all the peoples of other Lands Were the gods of the nations of those Lands in any way able to deliver their Lands out of my hand Who was there among all the gods of Those Nations that my fathers utterly Destroyed that could deliver his people

From my hand That your God should be able to deliver You from my hand Now therefore do not let Hezekiah Deceive you or persuade you like this And do not believe him For no God of Any Nation or kingdom was Able to deliver his people from my hand Or the hand of my fathers How much less will your God deliver you From my hand Furthermore his servants spoke against The Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah He also wrote letters to revile the Lord God of Israel and to speak against him Saying As the gods of the nations of other Lands have not delivered their people From my hand So the god of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand Then they called out with a loud voice In Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who Were on the wall To frighten them and trouble them that They might take the city And they spoke against the god of Jerusalem as Against The Gods of the People of the Earth the work of men's Hands Now because of this King Hezekiah and The prophet Isaiah the son of Amos Prayed and cried out to heaven

Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down Every Mighty Man of Valor leader and Captain in the camp of the king of Assyria So he returned shame-faced to his own Land And when he had gone into the Temple of His God Some of his own offspring struck him Down with the sword there Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand Of sennacherib the king of Assyria And from the hand of all others and Guided them on every side And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem and presence to Hezekiah king Of Judah so that he was exalted in the Sight of all Nations thereafter In those days Hezekiah was sick and near Death and he prayed to the Lord And he spoke to him and gave him a sign But Hezekiah did not repay according to The favor shown him for his heart was Lifted up Therefore Roth was looming over him and Over Judah and Jerusalem Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the Pride of his heart he and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem So that the Wrath of the Lord did not Come upon them in the days of Hezekiah Hezekiah had very great riches and honor And he made himself treasuries for

Silver for gold for precious stones for Spices for Shields and for all kinds of Desirable items Storehouses for the Harvest of grain Wine and oil And stalls for all kinds of livestock And folds for flocks Moreover he provided cities for himself And possessions of flocks and herds in Abundance For God had given him very much property This same Hezekiah also stopped the Water Outlet of Upper gihon and brought The Water by tunnel to the west side of The city of David Hezekiah prospered in all his works However regarding the ambassadors of the Princes of Babylon whom they sent to him To inquire about the wonder that was Done in the land God withdrew from him in order to test Him that he might know all that was in His heart Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and His goodness indeed they are written in The vision of Isaiah the prophet the son Of Amos and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel So Hezekiah rested with his fathers and They buried him in the upper tombs of The sons of David And all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death Then Manasseh his son reigned in his

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