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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 32 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/32.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Chronicles 32</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/31.htm" title="2 Chronicles 31">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 32 <a href="../2_chronicles/33.htm" title="2 Chronicles 33">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2KI 18:13-37">2 Kings 18.13-37</ref>; <ref loc="2KI 19:14-19">19.14-19</ref>,<ref loc="2KI 19:35-37">35-37</ref>; <ref loc="ISA 36:1-22">Isaiah 36.1-22</ref>; <ref loc="ISA 37:8-38">37.8-38</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.1" class="v14_32_1">1</span>After these events, in which King Hezekiah served the <span class="nd">Lord</span> faithfully, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities and gave orders for his army to break their way through the walls. </span><span class="v14_32_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.2" class="v14_32_2">2</span>When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib intended to attack Jerusalem also, </span><span class="v14_32_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.3-2Chr.32.4" class="v14_32_3">3-4</span>he and his officials decided to cut off the supply of water outside the city in order to keep the Assyrians from having any water when they got near Jerusalem. The officials led a large number of people out and stopped up all the springs, so that no more water flowed out of them. </span><span class="v14_32_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.5" class="v14_32_5">5</span>The king strengthened the city's defenses by repairing the wall, building towers on it,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.32.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and building an outer wall. In addition, he repaired the defenses built on the land that was filled in on the east side of the old part of Jerusalem. He also had a large number of spears and shields made. </span><span class="v14_32_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.6" class="v14_32_6">6</span>He placed all the men in the city under the command of army officers and had them assemble in the open square at the city gate. He said to them, </span><span class="v14_32_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.7" class="v14_32_7">7</span>“Be determined and confident, and don't be afraid of the Assyrian emperor or of the army he is leading. We have more power on our side than he has on his. </span><span class="v14_32_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.8" class="v14_32_8">8</span>He has human power, but we have the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by these words of their king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.9" class="v14_32_9">9</span>Some time later, while Sennacherib and his army were still at Lachish, he sent the following message to Hezekiah and the people of Judah who were with him in Jerusalem: </span><span class="v14_32_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.10" class="v14_32_10">10</span>“I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege. </span><span class="v14_32_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.11" class="v14_32_11">11</span>Hezekiah tells you that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God will save you from our power, but Hezekiah is deceiving you and will let you die of hunger and thirst. </span><span class="v14_32_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.12" class="v14_32_12">12</span>He is the one who destroyed the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s shrines and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship and burn incense at one altar only. </span><span class="v14_32_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.13" class="v14_32_13">13</span>Don't you know what my ancestors and I have done to the people of other nations? Did the gods of any other nation save their people from the emperor of Assyria? </span><span class="v14_32_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.14" class="v14_32_14">14</span>When did any of the gods of all those countries ever save their country from us? Then what makes you think that your god can save you? </span><span class="v14_32_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.15" class="v14_32_15">15</span>Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.16" class="v14_32_16">16</span>The Assyrian officials said even worse things about the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God and Hezekiah, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant. </span><span class="v14_32_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.17" class="v14_32_17">17</span>The letter that the emperor wrote defied the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel. It said, “The gods of the nations have not saved their people from my power, and neither will Hezekiah's god save his people from me.” </span><span class="v14_32_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.18" class="v14_32_18">18</span>The officials shouted this in Hebrew in order to frighten and discourage the people of Jerusalem who were on the city wall, so that it would be easier to capture the city. </span><span class="v14_32_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.19" class="v14_32_19">19</span>They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.20" class="v14_32_20">20</span>Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help. </span><span class="v14_32_21"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.21" class="v14_32_21">21</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_22"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.22" class="v14_32_22">22</span>In this way the <span class="nd">Lord</span> rescued King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, and also from their other enemies. He let the people live in peace<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.32.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> with all the neighboring countries. </span><span class="v14_32_23"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.23" class="v14_32_23">23</span>Many people came to Jerusalem, bringing offerings to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and gifts to Hezekiah, so that from then on all the nations held Hezekiah in honor.</span></p><h3 class="s">Hezekiah's Illness and Pride</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2KI 20:1-3">2 Kings 20.1-3</ref>,<ref loc="2KI 20:12-19">12-19</ref>; <ref loc="ISA 38:1-3">Isaiah 38.1-3</ref>; <ref loc="ISA 39:1-8">39.1-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_24"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.24" class="v14_32_24">24</span>About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. He prayed, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave him a sign that he would recover. </span><span class="v14_32_25"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.25" class="v14_32_25">25</span>But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it. </span><span class="v14_32_26"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.26" class="v14_32_26">26</span>Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the <span class="nd">Lord</span> did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.</span></p><h3 class="s">Hezekiah's Wealth and Splendor</h3><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_27"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.27" class="v14_32_27">27</span>King Hezekiah became very wealthy, and everyone held him in honor. He had storerooms built for his gold, silver, precious stones, spices, shields, and other valuable objects. </span><span class="v14_32_28"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.28" class="v14_32_28">28</span>In addition, he had storehouses built for his grain, wine, and olive oil; barns for his cattle; and pens for his sheep. </span><span class="v14_32_29"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.29" class="v14_32_29">29</span>Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities. </span><span class="v14_32_30"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.30" class="v14_32_30">30</span>It was King Hezekiah who blocked the outlet for Gihon Spring and channeled the water to flow through a tunnel to a point inside the walls of Jerusalem. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did, </span><span class="v14_32_31"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.31" class="v14_32_31">31</span>and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character.</span></p><h3 class="s">The End of Hezekiah's Reign</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2KI 20:20">2 Kings 20.20</ref>,<ref loc="2KI 20:21">21</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_32_32"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.32" class="v14_32_32">32</span>Everything else that King Hezekiah did and his devotion to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> are recorded in <span class="bk">The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz</span> and in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel</span>. </span><span class="v14_32_33"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.32.33" class="v14_32_33">33</span>Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">32.5: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">building towers on it; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">building on the towers.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">32.22: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">He let the people live in peace; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">He led the people.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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