2 Chronicles 32:1–8

Sennacherib Invades Judah

¹After these ¹acts of faithfulness ^aSennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, and ²thought to break into them for himself.

²Then Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he had set his face to make war on Jerusalem,

³and he took counsel with his commanders and his warriors to stop up the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

⁴So many people gathered ^aand stopped up all the springs and ^bthe stream which flowed in the midst of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”

⁵And he strengthened himself and ^arebuilt all the wall that had been broken down and ¹erected towers on it, and built ^banother outside wall and strengthened the ^2cMillo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great number.

⁶He also put military commanders over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and ^aspoke to their hearts, saying,

⁷“^aBe strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the multitude that is with him; ^bfor the one with us is greater than the one with him.

⁸“With him is only ^aan arm of flesh, but ^bwith us is Yahweh our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were sustained by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.