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II Chronicles
Chapter 32
1
After these things,
and
the establishment thereof,
Sennacherib
king of Assyria came,
and
entered into Judah,
and
encamped against the fenced cities,
and
thought to win them for himself.
2
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come,
and
that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3
he
took counsel with his princes and his mighty men
to
stop the waters of the fountains
which
were without the city
and
they did help him.
4
So there was gathered much people together,
who
stopped all the fountains,
and
the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying,
Why
should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
5
Also he strengthened himself,
and
built up all the wall that was broken,
and
raised it up to the towers,
and
another wall without,
and
repaired Millo in the city of David,
and
made darts/spears and shields in abundance.
6
And he set captains of war over the people,
and
gathered them together to him
in
the street of the gate of the city,
and
spoke comfortably to them, saying, 7
be
strong and courageous,
be
not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria,
nor
for all the multitude that is with him . . .
for
there be more with us than with him.
8
With him is an arm of flesh;
but
with us is Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead to help us,
and
to fight our battles.
And
the people rested themselves
upon
the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria
send
his servants to Jerusalem
(but
he himself laid siege against Lachish,
and
all his power with him)
unto
Hezekiah king of Judah,
and
unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10
Thus
says Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Whereon
do you trust,
that
you abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11
Does not Hezekiah persuade you
to
give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying,
Jehovah/God
our 'Elohiym/Godhead
shall
deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
12
Has 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 upon it?
{Note:
These unbelievers can not distinguish between false gods and worship
of the True God. They have no ability to understand spiritual matters.}
13
Know You not what I and my fathers have done
unto
all the people of other lands?
Were
the gods/'elohiym of the nations of those lands
any
ways able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
14
Who was there among all the gods of those nations
that
my fathers utterly destroyed,
that
could deliver his people out of my hand,
that
your 'Elohiym/Godhead
should
be able to deliver you out of my hand?
15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you,
nor
persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him . . .
for
no god of any nation or kingdom
was
able to deliver his people out of my hand,
and
out of the hand of my fathers . . .
how
much less shall your 'Elohiym/Godhead
deliver
you out of my hand?
16
And his servants spoke yet more
against
Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
against his servant Hezekiah.
17
He wrote also letters to rail on Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel,
and
to speak against him, saying,
As
the gods of the nations of other lands
have
not delivered their people out of my hand,
so
shall not the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Hezekiah
deliver
his people out of my hand.
18
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language
unto
the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall,
to
scare them, and to trouble them . . .
that
they might take the city.
{Note:
The people on the wall would normally be scared to death by these
vicious warriors. They were known to torture their prisoners for fun.
But these are mature believers - members of Isaiah's daily bible
class - who are relying on God. They laugh at the great army camped
at their doorstep. Death is no big thing to them! Doing God's will is
much more important!}
19
And they spoke against the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Jerusalem,
as
against the gods/'elohiym of the people of the earth,
which
were the work of the hands of man.
20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king,
and
the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz,
prayed
and cried to heaven.
21
And Jehovah/God sent an angel,
which
cut off all the mighty men of valor,
and
the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
{Note:
See II Kings 18:35. This Angel of the Lord (RBT says is Jesus Christ
Himself) killed 185,000 of the army as they slept.}
So
he returned with shame of face to his own land.
And
when he was come into the house of his 'Elohiym/Godhead,
those
who came forth of his own bowels/loins
slew
him there with the sword.
22
Thus Jehovah/God saved Hezekiah
and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem
from
the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria,
and
from the hand of all other,
and
guided them on every side.
23
And many brought gifts unto Jehovah/God to Jerusalem,
and
presents to Hezekiah king of Judah . . .
so
that He was magnified
in
the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
24
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death,
and
prayed unto Jehovah/God
and
he spoke unto him,
and
he gave him a sign.
25
But Hezekiah rendered not again
according
to the benefit done unto him;
for
his heart/'right lobe' was lifted up . . .
{Now Hezekiah slips and becomes arrogant - a terrible mental
attitude sin}
therefore
there was {God's} wrath upon him,
and
upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah
humbled
himself for the pride of his heart/'right lobe',
both
he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
so
that the wrath of Jehovah/God
came
not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
27
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor . . .
and
he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold,
and
for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields,
and
for all manner of pleasant jewels . . . 28
storehouses
also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil;
and
stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
29
Moreover he provided him cities,
and
possessions of flocks and herds in abundance . . .
for
'Elohiym/Godhead had given him substance very much.
30
This same Hezekiah
also
stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,
and
brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.
And
Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
31
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors
of
the princes of Babylon,
who
sent unto him to inquire of the wonder
that
was done in the land,
'Elohiym/Godhead
left him,
to
try/test/prove him . . .
that
he might know all that was in his heart/'right lobe'.
{Note:
All believers who take in doctrine will be tested by God - to prove
that they do understand what they were taught and, of their free
will, will apply this divine viewpoint to experience.}
32
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah,
and
his goodness, behold, they are written
in
the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
and
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers,
and
they buried him in the chiefest
of
the sepulchers of the sons of David . . .
and
all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
did
him honor at his death.
And
Manasseh his son reigned in his place/stead.
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