Dual Panel1After <0310> these things <01697>_, and the establishment <0571> thereof, Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came <0935> (8804)_, and entered <0935> (8799) into Judah <03063>_, and encamped <02583> (8799) against the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>_, and thought <0559> (8799) to win <01234> (8800) them for himself. {to win...: Heb. to break them up}
2And when Hezekiah <03169> saw <07200> (8799) that Sennacherib <05576> was come <0935> (8804)_, and that he was purposed <06440> to fight <04421> against Jerusalem <03389>_, {he was...: Heb. his face was to war}
3He took counsel <03289> (8735) with his princes <08269> and his mighty men <01368> to stop <05640> (8800) the waters <04325> of the fountains <05869> which [were] without <02351> the city <05892>_: and they did help <05826> (8799) him.
4So there was gathered <06908> (0) much <07227> people <05971> together <06908> (8735)_, who stopped <05640> (8799) all the fountains <04599>_, and the brook <05158> that ran <07857> (8802) through the midst <08432> of the land <0776>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Why should the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> come <0935> (8799)_, and find <04672> (8804) much <07227> water <04325>_? {ran: Heb. overflowed}
5Also he strengthened <02388> (8691) himself, and built up <01129> (8799) all the wall <02346> that was broken <06555> (8803)_, and raised [it] up <05927> (8686) to the towers <04026>_, and another <0312> wall <02346> without <02351>_, and repaired <02388> (8762) Millo <04407> [in] the city <05892> of David <01732>_, and made <06213> (8799) darts <07973> and shields <04043> in abundance <07230>_. {darts: or, swords, or, weapons}
6And he set <05414> (8799) captains <08269> of war <04421> over the people <05971>_, and gathered them together <06908> (8799) to him in the street <07339> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>_, and spake <01696> (8762) comfortably <03824> to them, saying <0559> (8800)_, {spake...: Heb. he spoke to their heart}
7Be strong <02388> (8798) and courageous <0553> (8798)_, be not afraid <03372> (8799) nor dismayed <02865> (8735) for <06440> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, nor for all the multitude <01995> that [is] with him: for [there be] more <07227> with us than with him:
8With him [is] an arm <02220> of flesh <01320>_; but with us [is] the LORD <03068> our God <0430> to help <05826> (8800) us, and to fight <03898> (8736) our battles <04421>_. And the people <05971> rested <05564> (8735) themselves upon the words <01697> of Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_. {rested...: Heb. leaned}
9After <0310> this did Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> send <07971> (8804) his servants <05650> to Jerusalem <03389>_, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish <03923>_, and all his power <04475> with him,) unto Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and unto all Judah <03063> that [were] at Jerusalem <03389>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, {power: Heb. dominion}
10Thus saith <0559> (8804) Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, Whereon do ye trust <0982> (8802)_, that ye abide <03427> (8802) in the siege <04692> in Jerusalem <03389>_? {siege: or, strong hold}
11Doth not Hezekiah <03169> persuade <05496> (8688) you to give <05414> (8800) over yourselves to die <04191> (8800) by famine <07458> and by thirst <06772>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> our God <0430> shall deliver <05337> (8686) us out of the hand <03709> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_?
12Hath not the same Hezekiah <03169> taken away <05493> (8689) his high places <01116> and his altars <04196>_, and commanded <0559> (8799) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> one <0259> altar <04196>_, and burn incense <06999> (8686) upon it?
13Know <03045> (8799) ye not what I and my fathers <01> have done <06213> (8804) unto all the people <05971> of [other] lands <0776>_? were the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> of those lands <0776> any ways <03201> (8800) able <03201> (8804) to deliver <05337> (8687) their lands <0776> out of mine hand <03027>_?
14Who [was there] among all the gods <0430> of those nations <01471> that my fathers <01> utterly destroyed <02763> (8689)_, that could <03201> (8804) deliver <05337> (8687) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>_, that your God <0430> should be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) you out of mine hand <03027>_?
15Now therefore let not <03808> Hezekiah <02396> deceive <05377> (8686) you, nor persuade <05496> (8686) you on this manner, neither yet believe <0539> (8686) him: for no god <0433> of any nation <01471> or kingdom <04467> was able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>_, and out of the hand <03027> of my fathers <01>_: how much less shall your God <0430> deliver <05337> (8686) you out of mine hand <03027>_?
16And his servants <05650> spake <01696> (8765) yet [more] against the LORD <03068> God <0430>_, and against his servant <05650> Hezekiah <03169>_.
17He wrote <03789> (8804) also letters <05612> to rail <02778> (8763) on the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, and to speak <0559> (8800) against him, saying <0559> (8800)_, As the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> of [other] lands <0776> have not delivered <05337> (8689) their people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>_, so shall not the God <0430> of Hezekiah <03169> deliver <05337> (8686) his people <05971> out of mine hand <03027>_.
18Then they cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' speech <03066> unto the people <05971> of Jerusalem <03389> that [were] on the wall <02346>_, to affright <03372> (8763) them, and to trouble <0926> (8763) them; that they might take <03920> (8799) the city <05892>_.
19And they spake <01696> (8762) against <05921> the God <0430> of Jerusalem <03389>_, as against the gods <0430> of the people <05971> of the earth <0776>_, [which were] the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of man <0120>_.
20And for this [cause] Hezekiah <03169> the king <04428>_, and the prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>_, prayed <06419> (8691) and cried <02199> (8799) to heaven <08064>_.
21And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) an angel <04397>_, which cut off <03582> (8686) all the mighty men <01368> of valour <02428>_, and the leaders <05057> and captains <08269> in the camp <04264> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_. So he returned <07725> (8799) with shame <01322> of face <06440> to his own land <0776>_. And when he was come <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of his god <0430>_, they that came forth <03329> of his own bowels <04578> slew <05307> (8689) him there with the sword <02719>_. {slew...: Heb. made him fall}
22Thus the LORD <03068> saved <03467> (8686) Hezekiah <03169> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> from the hand <03027> of Sennacherib <05576> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, and from the hand <03027> of all [other], and guided <05095> (8762) them on every side <05439>_.
23And many <07227> brought <0935> (8688) gifts <04503> unto the LORD <03068> to Jerusalem <03389>_, and presents <04030> to Hezekiah <03169> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_: so that he was magnified <05375> (8735) in the sight <05869> of all nations <01471> from thenceforth <0310>_. {presents: Heb. precious things}
24In those days <03117> Hezekiah <03169> was sick <02470> (8804) to the death <04191> (8800)_, and prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>_: and he spake <0559> (8799) unto him, and he gave <05414> (8804) him a sign <04159>_. {gave...: or, wrought a miracle for him}
25But Hezekiah <03169> rendered not again <07725> (8689) according to the benefit <01576> [done] unto him; for his heart <03820> was lifted up <01361> (8804)_: therefore there was wrath <07110> upon him, and upon Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>_.
26Notwithstanding Hezekiah <03169> humbled <03665> (8735) himself for the pride <01363> of his heart <03820>_, [both] he and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>_, so that the wrath <07110> of the LORD <03068> came <0935> (8804) not upon them in the days <03117> of Hezekiah <03169>_. {pride: Heb. lifting up}
27And Hezekiah <03169> had exceeding <03966> much <07235> (8687) riches <06239> and honour <03519>_: and he made <06213> (8804) himself treasuries <0214> for silver <03701>_, and for gold <02091>_, and for precious <03368> stones <068>_, and for spices <01314>_, and for shields <04043>_, and for all manner of pleasant <02532> jewels <03627>_; {pleasant...: Heb. instruments of desire}
28Storehouses <04543> also for the increase <08393> of corn <01715>_, and wine <08492>_, and oil <03323>_; and stalls <0723> for all manner of beasts <0929>_, and cotes <0220> for flocks <05739>_.
29Moreover he provided <06213> (8804) him cities <05892>_, and possessions <04735> of flocks <06629> and herds <01241> in abundance <07230>_: for God <0430> had given <05414> (8804) him substance <07399> very <03966> much <07227>_.
30This same Hezekiah <03169> also stopped <05640> (8804) the upper <05945> watercourse <04161> <04325> of Gihon <01521>_, and brought it straight <03474> (8762) down <04295> to the west side <04628> of the city <05892> of David <01732>_. And Hezekiah <03169> prospered <06743> (8686) in all his works <04639>_.
31Howbeit <03651> in [the business of] the ambassadors <03887> (8688) of the princes <08269> of Babylon <0894>_, who sent <07971> (8764) unto him to enquire <01875> (8800) of the wonder <04159> that was [done] in the land <0776>_, God <0430> left <05800> (8804) him, to try <05254> (8763) him, that he might know <03045> (8800) all [that was] in his heart <03824>_. {ambassadors: Heb. interpreters}
32Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Hezekiah <03169>_, and his goodness <02617>_, behold, they [are] written <03789> (8803) in the vision <02377> of Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030>_, the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>_, [and] in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>_. {goodness: Heb. kindnesses}
33And Hezekiah <03169> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and they buried <06912> (8799) him in the chiefest <04608> of the sepulchres <06913> of the sons <01121> of David <01732>_: and all Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> did him <06213> (8804) honour <03519> at his death <04194>_. And Manasseh <04519> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead. {chiefest: or, highest}