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32:1 After <0310> these <0428> faithful <0571> deeds were accomplished <0935>, King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804> invaded <0935> Judah <03063>. He besieged <02583> the fortified <01219> cities <05892>, intending <0559> to <0413> seize <01234> them. 32:2 When Hezekiah <02396> saw <07200> that <03588> Sennacherib <05576> had invaded <0935> and intended <06440> to attack <05921> <04421> Jerusalem <03389>, 32:3 he consulted <03289> with <05973> his advisers <08269> and military officers <01368> about stopping up <05640> the springs <05869> <04325> outside <02351> the city <05892>, and they supported <05826> him. 32:4 A large number <07227> of people <05971> gathered together <06908> and stopped up <05640> all <03605> the springs <04599> and the stream <05158> that flowed <07857> through <08432> the district <0776>. They reasoned <0559>, “Why <04100> should the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> come <0935> and find <04672> plenty <07227> of water <04325>?” 32:5 Hezekiah energetically <02388> rebuilt <01129> every <03605> broken <06555> wall <02346>. He erected <05927> towers <04026> and an outer <02351> wall <02346>, and fortified <02388> the terrace <04407> of the City <05892> of David <01732>. He made <06213> many <07230> weapons <07973> and shields <04043>. 32:6 He appointed <05414> military <04421> officers <08269> over <05921> the army <05971> and assembled <06908> them in <0413> the square <07339> at <0413> the city <05892> gate <08179>. He encouraged <03824> <05921> <01696> them, saying <0559>, 32:7 “Be strong <02388> and brave <0553>! Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372> and don’t <0408> panic <02865> because <06440> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> and this huge army <01995> that <0834> is with <05973> him! We have with <05973> us one who is stronger <07227> than those who are with <05973> him. 32:8 He has with <05973> him mere human <01320> strength <02220>, but the Lord <03069> our God <0430> is with <05973> us to help <05826> us and fight <03898> our battles <04421>!” The army <05971> was encouraged <05564> by <05921> the words <01697> of King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> of Judah <03063>. 32:9 Afterward <0310> King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804>, while attacking <05921> Lachish <03923> with <05973> all <03605> his military <04475> might, sent <07971> his messengers <05650> to Jerusalem <03389>. The message was for <05921> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> of Judah <03063> and all <03605> the people of Judah <03063> who <0834> were in Jerusalem <03389>. It read: 32:10 “This is what <03541> King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804> says <0559>: ‘Why <04100> are you <0859> so confident <0982> that you remain <03427> in Jerusalem <03389> while it is under siege <04692>? 32:11 Hezekiah <02396> says, “The Lord <03068> our God <0430> will rescue <05337> us from the power <03709> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.” But he is misleading <05496> you and you will die <04191> of hunger <07458> and thirst <06772>! 32:12 Hezekiah <02396> is the one who eliminated <05493> the Lord’s high places <01116> and altars <04196> and then told <0559> Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, “At <06440> one <0259> altar <04196> you must worship <07812> and offer sacrifices <06999>.” 32:13 Are you not <03808> aware <03045> of what <04100> I <0589> and my predecessors <01> have done <06213> to all <03605> the nations <05971> of the surrounding lands <0776>? Have the gods <0430> of the surrounding <03605> lands <0776> actually been able <03201> to rescue <05337> their lands <0776> from my power <03027>? 32:14 Who <04310> among all <03605> the gods <0430> of these <0428> nations <01471> whom <0834> my predecessors <01> annihilated <02763> was able <03201> to rescue <05337> his people <05971> from my power <03027>? 32:15 Now <06258> don’t <0408> let Hezekiah <02396> deceive <05377> you or <0408> mislead <05496> you like this <02063>. Don’t <0408> believe <0539> him, for <03588> no <03808> god <0433> of any <03605> nation <01471> or kingdom <04467> has been able <03201> to rescue <05337> his people <05971> from my power <03027> or the power <03027> of my predecessors <01>. So <0637> how <03588> can your gods <0430> rescue <05337> you from my power <03027>?’” 32:16 Sennacherib’s servants <05650> further <05750> insulted <05921> <01696> the Lord <03068> God <0430> and his servant <05650> Hezekiah <02396>. 32:17 He wrote <03789> letters <05612> mocking <02778> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> and insulting <05921> him with these words <0559>: “The gods <0430> of the surrounding nations <01471> could not <03808> rescue <05337> their people <05971> from my power <03027>. Neither <03808> can Hezekiah’s <02396> god <0430> rescue <05337> his people <05971> from my power <03027>.” 32:18 They called <07121> out loudly <01419> <06963> in the Judahite dialect <03066> to <05921> the people <05971> of Jerusalem <03389> who <0834> were on <05921> the wall <02346>, trying to scare <03372> and terrify <0926> them so <04616> they could seize <03920> the <0853> city <05892>. 32:19 They talked <01696> about <0413> the God <0430> of Jerusalem <03389> as if he were one of the man-made <0120> <03027> <04639> gods <0430> of the nations <05971> of the earth <0776>. 32:20 King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and the prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531> prayed <06419> about <05921> this <02063> and cried out <02199> to heaven <08064>. 32:21 The Lord <03068> sent <07971> a messenger <04397> and he wiped out <03582> all <03605> the soldiers <02428> <01368>, princes <05057>, and officers <08269> in the army <04264> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. So Sennacherib returned <07725> home <0776> humiliated <06440> <01322>. When he entered <0935> the temple <01004> of his god <0430>, some of his own sons <04578> sons <03329> struck <05307> him down <05307> with the sword <02719>. 32:22 The Lord <03068> delivered <03467> Hezekiah <02396> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> from the power <03027> of King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804> and from all <03605> the other nations. He made <05095> them secure <05095> on every side <05439>.

• 2Ch 32:1-23 -- Sennacherib Invades Judah

• Hezekiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Ki...
  [nave] HEZEKIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 16:20; 18:1, 2; 1 Chr. 3:13; 2 Chr. 29:1; Matt. 1:9. Religious zeal of, 2 Chr. 29; 30; 31. Purges the nation of idolatry, 2 Kin. 18:4; 2 Chr. 31:1; 33:3. Restores the true forms of worshi...
  

• Jerusalem

  [smith] (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46? 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18? 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samar...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Seacherib

  [nave] SEACHERIB, king of Assyria. Invades Judah; lays siege to Jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to Assyria, 2 Kin. 18:17-37; 19:8; 2 Chr. 32:1-23; Isa. 36:37;. Death of, 2 Kin. 19:35-37; Isa. 37:36-38.
  

• Assyria

  [nave] ASSYRIA An empire founded by Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-12; Mic. 5:6. It extended from east of the Tigris, Gen. 2:14; 10:11; possibly to Egypt, Gen. 25:18. Its armies invade the land of Israel under Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19; 1 Chr. 5:26; ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Sennacherib

  [ebd] Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. "Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious, cowardly under reverse, and cruel...
  

• Siege

  [nave] SIEGE Offer of peace must be made to the city before begiing, Deut. 20:10-12. Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city, Deut. 20:19, 20; Isa. 29:3; 37:33. Battering-rams used in, See: Ba...
  

• Self-exaltation

  [nave] SELF-EXALTATION. Job 12:3; Ezek. 31:10-14; Obad. 3, 4; Luke 14:7-11; 2 Cor. 10:5, 17, 18; Gal. 6:3; 2 Thess. 2:4 See: Pride; Selfishness; Self-righteousness. Instances of Pharaoh, Ex. 9:17. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num...
  

• Infidelity

  [nave] INFIDELITY. Gen. 3:1 v. 4.; Ex. 5:2; Ex. 14:11 v. 12;; Ex. 16:3, 7; Num. 14:27-34; 16:41; 21:5. Ex. 17:7; Num. 15:30 v. 31.; Deut. 29:19, 20 v. 21.; Deut. 32:15; 1 Kin. 20:28; 1 Kin. 22:24; 2 Kin. 2:23 v. 24.; 2 Chr. 30:6, ...
  

• Millo

  [ebd] (Heb. always with the article, "the" Millo). (1.) Probably the Canaanite name of some fortification, consisting of walls filled in with earth and stones, which protected Jerusalem on the north as its outermost defence. It is...
  [isbe] MILLO - mil'-o. (millo generally interpreted to mean a "filling," e.g. a solid tower or an earth embankment; in Jdg 9:6,20; 2 Ki 12:20, we get beth millo', translated in English Versions of the Bible "House of Millo," which ...
  [smith] (a rampart, mound) a place in ancient Jerusalem. Both name and place seem to have been already in existence when the city was taken from the Jebusites by David. (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Chronicles 11:8) Its repair or restoratio...
  [nave] MILLO 1. The house of Millo, possibly a clan at Shechem, Judg. 9:6, 20. 2. A name given to part of the citadel of Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 5:9; 1 Chr. 11:8. King Solomon raises a levy to repair, 1 Kin. 9:15, 24; 11:27. Repaired ...
  

• Prayer

  [ebd] is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching t...
  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• FENCED CITIES

  [ebd] There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on whic...
  [smith] i.e. cities fortified or defended. The fortifications of the cities of Palestine, thus regularly "fenced," consisted of one or more walls (sometimes of thick stones, sometimes of combustible material), crowned with battlement...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• JERUSALEM, 1

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 1 - je-roo'-sa-lem: I. THE NAME 1. In Cuneiform 2. In Hebrew 3. In Greek and Latin 4. The Meaning of Jerusalem 5. Other Names II. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPRINGS 1. Geology 2. Climate and Rainfall 3. The Natural Spri...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Lachish

  [isbe] LACHISH - la'-kish (lakhish; Septuagint Lachis (Josh 15:39), Maches): 1. Location: A town in the foothills of the Shephelah on the border of the Philistine plain, belonging to Judah, and, from the mention of Eglon in connect...
  [nave] LACHISH A city. King of, besieges Gibeon, Josh. 10:5. Captured by Joshua, Josh. 10:31, 32. Allotted to Judah, Josh. 15:39. Fortified by Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:9. Assassination of Amaziah at, 2 Kin. 14:19. Besieged by Seach...
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 4 - IX. History. Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long before recorded history: at various points in the neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at the northern extremity of th...
  

• Presumption

  [nave] PRESUMPTION. Ex. 5:2; Ex. 14:11, 12; Ex. 17:7; Num. 15:30; Num. 16:41; Num. 21:5; Deut. 29:19, 20; 1 Kin. 20:28; 1 Kin. 22:24; Job 15:25; Psa. 19:13; Psa. 131:1; Prov. 18:12, 13; Prov. 25:6, 7; Isa. 5:18-25; Isa. 10:15; Isa...
  

• FLESH

  [ebd] in the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a whole (...
  [isbe] FLESH - @basar, she'er): 1. Etymology: Used in all senses of the word, the latter, however, most frequently in the sense of kin, family, relationship (compare sha'arah, "kins-woman," Lev 18:17): Lev 18:6; 25:49; Prov 11:17; ...
  

• Hebrew Language

  [ebd] the language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exception of a few portions in Chaldee. In the Old Testament it is only spoken of as "Jewish" (2 Kings 18:26, 28; Isa. 36:11, 13; 2 ...
  [nave] HEBREW LANGUAGE 2 Kin. 18:26, 28; 2 Chr. 32:18; Neh. 13:24; Isa. 36:11, 13; John 5:2; 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Acts 21:40; 22:2; 26:14; Rev. 9:11; 16:16
  

• Jerusalem Is Saved from Sennacherib

  

• The Death of Sennacherib

  

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