After{H310} these things{H1697}, and the establishment{H571} thereof, Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came{H935}{(H8804)}, and entered{H935}{(H8799)} into Judah{H3063}, and encamped{H2583}{(H8799)} against the fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892}, and thought{H559}{(H8799)} to win{H1234}{(H8800)} them for himself.

And when Hezekiah{H3169} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that Sennacherib{H5576} was come{H935}{(H8804)}, and that he was purposed{H6440} to fight{H4421} against Jerusalem{H3389},

He took counsel{H3289}{(H8735)} with his princes{H8269} and his mighty men{H1368} to stop{H5640}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of the fountains{H5869} which were without{H2351} the city{H5892}: and they did help{H5826}{(H8799)} him.

So there was gathered{H6908} much{H7227} people{H5971} together{H6908}{(H8735)}, who stopped{H5640}{(H8799)} all the fountains{H4599}, and the brook{H5158} that ran{H7857}{(H8802)} through the midst{H8432} of the land{H776}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Why should the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come{H935}{(H8799)}, and find{H4672}{(H8804)} much{H7227} water{H4325}?

Also he strengthened{H2388}{(H8691)} himself, and built up{H1129}{(H8799)} all the wall{H2346} that was broken{H6555}{(H8803)}, and raised it up{H5927}{(H8686)} to the towers{H4026}, and another{H312} wall{H2346} without{H2351}, and repaired{H2388}{(H8762)} Millo{H4407} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} darts{H7973} and shields{H4043} in abundance{H7230}.

And he set{H5414}{(H8799)} captains{H8269} of war{H4421} over the people{H5971}, and gathered them together{H6908}{(H8799)} to him in the street{H7339} of the gate{H8179} of the city{H5892}, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)} comfortably{H3824} to them, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Be strong{H2388}{(H8798)} and courageous{H553}{(H8798)}, be not afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} nor dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)} for{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, nor for all the multitude{H1995} that is with him: for there be more{H7227} with us than with him:

With him is an arm{H2220} of flesh{H1320}; but with us is the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} to help{H5826}{(H8800)} us, and to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} our battles{H4421}. And the people{H5971} rested{H5564}{(H8735)} themselves upon the words{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}.

After{H310} this did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} send{H7971}{(H8804)} his servants{H5650} to Jerusalem{H3389},(but he himself laid siege against Lachish{H3923}, and all his power{H4475} with him,) unto Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and unto all Judah{H3063} that were at Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, Whereon do ye trust{H982}{(H8802)}, that ye abide{H3427}{(H8802)} in the siege{H4692} in Jerusalem{H3389}?

Doth not Hezekiah{H3169} persuade{H5496}{(H8688)} you to give{H5414}{(H8800)} over yourselves to die{H4191}{(H8800)} by famine{H7458} and by thirst{H6772}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us out of the hand{H3709} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}?

Hath not the same Hezekiah{H3169} taken away{H5493}{(H8689)} his high places{H1116} and his altars{H4196}, and commanded{H559}{(H8799)} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} one{H259} altar{H4196}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8686)} upon it?

Know{H3045}{(H8799)} ye not what I and my fathers{H1} have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto all the people{H5971} of other lands{H776}? were the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of those lands{H776} any ways{H3201}{(H8800)} able{H3201}{(H8804)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} their lands{H776} out of mine hand{H3027}?

Who was there among all the gods{H430} of those nations{H1471} that my fathers{H1} utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)}, that could{H3201}{(H8804)} deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, that your God{H430} should be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} you out of mine hand{H3027}?

Now therefore let not{H3808} Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} you, nor persuade{H5496}{(H8686)} you on this manner, neither yet believe{H539}{(H8686)} him: for no god{H433} of any nation{H1471} or kingdom{H4467} was able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, and out of the hand{H3027} of my fathers{H1}: how much less shall your God{H430} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of mine hand{H3027}?

And his servants{H5650} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} yet more against the LORD{H3068} God{H430}, and against his servant{H5650} Hezekiah{H3169}.

He wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} also letters{H5612} to rail{H2778}{(H8763)} on the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, and to speak{H559}{(H8800)} against him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, As the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of other lands{H776} have not delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} their people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}, so shall not the God{H430} of Hezekiah{H3169} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} his people{H5971} out of mine hand{H3027}.

Then they cried{H7121}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' speech{H3066} unto the people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} that were on the wall{H2346}, to affright{H3372}{(H8763)} them, and to trouble{H926}{(H8763)} them; that they might take{H3920}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}.

And they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} against{H5921} the God{H430} of Jerusalem{H3389}, as against the gods{H430} of the people{H5971} of the earth{H776}, which were the work{H4639} of the hands{H3027} of man{H120}.

And for this cause Hezekiah{H3169} the king{H4428}, and the prophet{H5030} Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}.

And the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} an angel{H4397}, which cut off{H3582}{(H8686)} all the mighty men{H1368} of valour{H2428}, and the leaders{H5057} and captains{H8269} in the camp{H4264} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. So he returned{H7725}{(H8799)} with shame{H1322} of face{H6440} to his own land{H776}. And when he was come{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of his god{H430}, they that came forth{H3329} of his own bowels{H4578} slew{H5307}{(H8689)} him there with the sword{H2719}.

Thus the LORD{H3068} saved{H3467}{(H8686)} Hezekiah{H3169} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} from the hand{H3027} of Sennacherib{H5576} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and from the hand{H3027} of all other, and guided{H5095}{(H8762)} them on every side{H5439}.

And many{H7227} brought{H935}{(H8688)} gifts{H4503} unto the LORD{H3068} to Jerusalem{H3389}, and presents{H4030} to Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}: so that he was magnified{H5375}{(H8735)} in the sight{H5869} of all nations{H1471} from thenceforth{H310}.

In those days{H3117} Hezekiah{H3169} was sick{H2470}{(H8804)} to the death{H4191}{(H8800)}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}: and he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, and he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} him a sign{H4159}.

But Hezekiah{H3169} rendered not again{H7725}{(H8689)} according to the benefit{H1576} done unto him; for his heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)}: therefore there was wrath{H7110} upon him, and upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}.

Notwithstanding Hezekiah{H3169} humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} himself for the pride{H1363} of his heart{H3820}, both he and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, so that the wrath{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} came{H935}{(H8804)} not upon them in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah{H3169}.

And Hezekiah{H3169} had exceeding{H3966} much{H7235}{(H8687)} riches{H6239} and honour{H3519}: and he made{H6213}{(H8804)} himself treasuries{H214} for silver{H3701}, and for gold{H2091}, and for precious{H3368} stones{H68}, and for spices{H1314}, and for shields{H4043}, and for all manner of pleasant{H2532} jewels{H3627};

Storehouses{H4543} also for the increase{H8393} of corn{H1715}, and wine{H8492}, and oil{H3323}; and stalls{H723} for all manner of beasts{H929}, and cotes{H220} for flocks{H5739}.

Moreover he provided{H6213}{(H8804)} him cities{H5892}, and possessions{H4735} of flocks{H6629} and herds{H1241} in abundance{H7230}: for God{H430} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} him substance{H7399} very{H3966} much{H7227}.

This same Hezekiah{H3169} also stopped{H5640}{(H8804)} the upper{H5945} watercourse{H4161}{H4325} of Gihon{H1521}, and brought it straight{H3474}{(H8762)} down{H4295} to the west side{H4628} of the city{H5892} of David{H1732}. And Hezekiah{H3169} prospered{H6743}{(H8686)} in all his works{H4639}.

Howbeit{H3651} in the business of the ambassadors{H3887}{(H8688)} of the princes{H8269} of Babylon{H894}, who sent{H7971}{(H8764)} unto him to enquire{H1875}{(H8800)} of the wonder{H4159} that was done in the land{H776}, God{H430} left{H5800}{(H8804)} him, to try{H5254}{(H8763)} him, that he might know{H3045}{(H8800)} all that was in his heart{H3824}.

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169}, and his goodness{H2617}, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the vision{H2377} of Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030}, the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}, and in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478}.

And Hezekiah{H3169} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the chiefest{H4608} of the sepulchres{H6913} of the sons{H1121} of David{H1732}: and all Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} did him{H6213}{(H8804)} honour{H3519} at his death{H4194}. And Manasseh{H4519} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.