2 Chronicles 32:1–8

Sennacherib Invades Judah

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

²Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that ¹he intended to make war on Jerusalem,

³he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

⁴So many people assembled ^aand stopped up all the springs and ^bthe stream which flowed ¹through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”

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

⁶He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and ^aspoke ¹encouragingly to them, saying,

⁷“^aBe strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde 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 the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.