<vn='1'><sn="310">After</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, and the <sn="571">establishment</s> thereof, <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="935">entered</s> into <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="2583">encamped</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1219">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="559">thought</s> to <sn="1234">win</s> them <sn="413">for</s> himself. </v>
<vn='2'>And when <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5576">Sennacherib</s> was <sn="935">come</s>, and that he was <sn="6440">purposed</s> to <sn="4421">fight</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>He took <sn="3289">counsel</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="8269">princes</s> and his mighty <sn="1368">men</s> to <sn="5640">stop</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> of the <sn="5869">fountains</s><sn="834">which</s> were <sn="4480 2351">without</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>: and they did <sn="5826">help</s> him. </v>
<vn='4'>So there was <sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="5971">people</s> together, who <sn="5640">stopped</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4599">fountains</s>, and the <sn="5158">brook</s> that <sn="7857">ran</s> through the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s> should the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="935">come</s>, and <sn="4672">find</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="4325">water</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>Also he strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s>, and built <sn="1129">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> that was <sn="6555">broken</s>, and raised it <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="4026">towers</s>, and <sn="312">another</s><sn="2346">wall</s><sn="2351">without</s>, and <sn="2388">repaired</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4407">Millo</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="7973">darts</s> and <sn="4043">shields</s> in <sn="7230">abundance</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="5414">set</s><sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and gathered them <sn="6908">together</s><sn="413">to</s> him <sn="413">in</s> the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921 3824">comfortably</s> to them, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>Be <sn="2388">strong</s> and <sn="553">courageous</s>, be not <sn="3372 408">afraid</s><sn="408">nor</s><sn="2865">dismayed</s><sn="4480 6440">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, nor <sn="4480 6440">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1995">multitude</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s> there be <sn="7227">more</s><sn="5973">with</s> us than <sn="4480 5973">with</s> him: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5973">With</s> him is an <sn="2220">arm</s> of <sn="1320">flesh</s>; but <sn="5973">with</s> us is the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> to <sn="5826">help</s> us, and to <sn="3898">fight</s> our <sn="4421">battles</s>. And the <sn="5971">people</s> rested <sn="5564">themselves</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="310">After</s><sn="2088">this</s> did <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="7971">send</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, (but <sn="1931">he</s> himself laid siege <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3923">Lachish</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4475">power</s><sn="5973">with</s> him,) <sn="5921">unto</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5921">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="834">that</s> were at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="5921 4100">Whereon</s> do <sn="859">ye</s><sn="982">trust</s>, that ye <sn="3427">abide</s> in the <sn="4692">siege</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>? </v>
<vn='11'>Doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="5496">persuade</s> you to give <sn="5414">over</s> yourselves to <sn="4191">die</s> by <sn="7458">famine</s> and by <sn="6772">thirst</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Hath <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> taken <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> his high <sn="1116">places</s> and his <sn="4196">altars</s>, and <sn="559">commanded</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="7812">worship</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="4196">altar</s>, and burn <sn="6999">incense</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3045">Know</s> ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4100">what</s><sn="589">I</s> and my <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="6213">done</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of other <sn="776">lands</s>? were the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s> of those <sn="776">lands</s> any ways <sn="3201 3201">able</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="776">lands</s> out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='14'><sn="4310">Who</s> was there among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="428">those</s><sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">that</s> my <sn="1">fathers</s> utterly <sn="2763">destroyed</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="3201">could</s><sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5971">people</s> out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> your <sn="430">God</s> should be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s> you out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore let <sn="408">not</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="5377">deceive</s> you, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="5496">persuade</s> you on this <sn="2063">manner</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> yet <sn="539">believe</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3808 3605">no</s><sn="433">god</s> of <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1471">nation</s> or <sn="4467">kingdom</s> was <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s> his <sn="5971">people</s> out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, and out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of my <sn="1">fathers</s>: how much <sn="637 3588">less</s> shall your <sn="430">God</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> you out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='16'>And his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5750">yet</s> more <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>He <sn="3789">wrote</s> also <sn="5612">letters</s> to <sn="2778">rail</s> on the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and to <sn="559">speak</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, As the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s> of other <sn="776">lands</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5337">delivered</s> their <sn="5971">people</s> out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> his <sn="5971">people</s> out of mine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then they <sn="7121">cried</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s> in the Jews' <sn="3066">speech</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, to <sn="3372">frighten</s> them, and to <sn="926">trouble</s> them; <sn="4616">that</s> they might <sn="3920">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, as <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, which were the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="3027">hands</s> of <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5921">for</s><sn="2063">this</s> cause <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s>, <sn="6419">prayed</s> and <sn="2199">cried</s> to <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> an <sn="4397">angel</s>, which cut <sn="3582">off</s><sn="3605">all</s> the mighty <sn="1368">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>, and the <sn="5057">leaders</s> and <sn="8269">captains</s> in the <sn="4264">camp</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. So he <sn="7725">returned</s> with <sn="1322">shame</s> of <sn="6440">face</s> to his own <sn="776">land</s>. And when he was come <sn="935">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of his <sn="430">god</s>, they that came <sn="4480 3329">forth</s> of his own <sn="4578">bowels</s><sn="5307">slew</s> him <sn="8033">there</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Thus the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3467">saved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, and from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> other, and <sn="5095">guided</s> them on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="7227">many</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="4503">gifts</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="4030">presents</s> to <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>: so that he was <sn="5375">magnified</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1471">nations</s> from <sn="4480 310 3651">thenceforth</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> was <sn="2470">sick</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="4191">death</s>, and <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and he <sn="559">spoke</s> unto him, and he <sn="5414">gave</s> him a <sn="4159">sign</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>But <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> rendered not <sn="7725 3808">again</s> according to the <sn="1576">benefit</s> done <sn="5921">unto</s> him; <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s> was lifted <sn="1361">up</s>: therefore there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="7110">wrath</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Notwithstanding <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> humbled <sn="3665">himself</s> for the <sn="1363">pride</s> of his <sn="3820">heart</s>, both <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, so that the <sn="7110">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="1961">had</s><sn="3966">exceeding</s><sn="7235">much</s><sn="6239">riches</s> and <sn="3519">honor</s>: and he <sn="6213">made</s> himself <sn="214">treasuries</s> for <sn="3701">silver</s>, and for <sn="2091">gold</s>, and for <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>, and for <sn="1314">spices</s>, and for <sn="4043">shields</s>, and for all <sn="3605">manner</s> of <sn="2532">pleasant</s><sn="3627">jewels</s>; </v>
<vn='28'><sn="4543">Storehouses</s> also for the <sn="8393">increase</s> of <sn="1715">corn</s>, and <sn="8492">wine</s>, and <sn="3323">oil</s>; and <sn="723">stalls</s> for all <sn="3605">manner</s> of <sn="929 929">beasts</s>, and <sn="220">cotes</s> for <sn="5739">flocks</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Moreover he <sn="6213">provided</s> him <sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="4735">possessions</s> of <sn="6629">flocks</s> and <sn="1241">herds</s> in <sn="7230">abundance</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="5414">given</s> him <sn="7399">substance</s><sn="3966">very</s><sn="7227">much</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>This <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> also <sn="5640">stopped</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5945">upper</s><sn="4161 4325">watercourse</s> of <sn="1521">Gihon</s>, and brought it <sn="3474">straight</s><sn="4295">down</s> to the west <sn="4628">side</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="6743">prospered</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4639">works</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3651">Howbeit</s> in the business of the <sn="3887">ambassadors</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, who <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5921">unto</s> him to inquire <sn="1875">of</s> the <sn="4159">wonder</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">was</s> done in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="430">God</s><sn="5800">left</s> him, to <sn="5254">try</s> him, that he might <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3605">all</s> that was in his <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>, and his <sn="2617">goodness</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="2377">vision</s> of <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s>, and <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="4608">chiefest</s> of the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s> of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="6213">did</s> him <sn="3519">honor</s> at his <sn="4194">death</s>. And <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>