2 Chronicles 28:16
28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.
2 Chronicles 28:20
28:20 King Tiglath-pileser
of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.
2 Chronicles 32:10
32:10 “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?
2 Chronicles 28:21
28:21 Ahaz gathered riches
from the
Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.
2 Chronicles 32:1
Sennacherib Invades Judah
32:1 After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them.
2 Chronicles 32:7
32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic
because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.
2 Chronicles 32:11
32:11 Hezekiah says, “The
Lord our God will rescue us from the power
of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!
2 Chronicles 32:22
32:22 The
Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations.
He made them secure on every side.
2 Chronicles 33:11
33:11 So the
Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,
bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 30:6
30:6 Messengers
delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 32:4
32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district.
They reasoned,
“Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”
2 Chronicles 32:9
32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:
2 Chronicles 32:21
32:21 The
Lord sent a messenger
and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib
returned home humiliated.
When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons
struck him down with the sword.