2 Chronicles 32:9-31

9After this 1Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was 2besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying, 10“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege? 11Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the 3hand of the king of Assyria”? 124Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and 5Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall 6burn incense”? 13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? 7Were the gods of the nations of the lands able at all to deliver their land from my hand? 148Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? 15Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for 9no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”

16His servants spoke further against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah. 17He also wrote letters to insult the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “10As the gods of the nations of the lands 11have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.” 1812They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city. 19They spoke 13of the God of Jerusalem as of 14the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s hands.

20But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 21And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned 15in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword. 22So the Lord 16saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and 17guided them on every side. 23And 18many were bringing gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem and choice presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that 19he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.

2420In those days Hezekiah became 21mortally ill; and he prayed to the Lord, and 22the Lord spoke to him and gave him a sign. 25But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit 23he received, 24because his heart was 25proud; 26therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26However, 27Hezekiah 28humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

27Now Hezekiah had immense riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuable articles, 28storehouses also for the produce of grain, wine and oil, pens for all kinds of cattle and 29sheepfolds for the flocks. 29He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for 30God had given him very great 31wealth. 30It was Hezekiah who 32stopped the upper outlet of the waters of 33Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did. 31Even in the matter of 34the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of 35the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only 36to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.