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He has only human strength, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and fight our battles.' The people took heart at the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 32, 8)
Next, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was then besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his representatives to Jerusalem, to Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah at Jerusalem, with the following message, (2 Chronicles 32, 9)
Isn't Hezekiah deluding you, only to condemn you to die of famine and thirst, when he says: Yahweh our God will save us from the King of Assyria's clutches? (2 Chronicles 32, 11)
Isn't Hezekiah the very man who has suppressed his high places and altars, and given the order to Judah and to Jerusalem: You must worship before one altar and on that alone offer incense? (2 Chronicles 32, 12)
Do not let Hezekiah mislead you. Do not let him delude you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from me or from my ancestors' clutches. No more will your god be able to save you from my clutches."' (2 Chronicles 32, 15)
And his representatives said a great deal more, maligning Yahweh God, and his servant Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 32, 16)
He also wrote a letter to insult Yahweh, God of Israel, maligning him as follows, 'Just as the national gods of the other countries could not save their peoples from my clutches, so Hezekiah's god cannot save his people from my clutches.' (2 Chronicles 32, 17)
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed and cried out to Heaven about this, (2 Chronicles 32, 20)
So Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the clutches of Sennacherib king of Assyria and of everyone else, and gave them peace on every side. (2 Chronicles 32, 22)
Many people then brought gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem and valuable presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; from then on, all the other nations held him in high esteem. (2 Chronicles 32, 23)
About then Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to Yahweh, who heard him and granted him a sign. (2 Chronicles 32, 24)
But Hezekiah made no return for the benefit which he had received; he became proud and brought retribution on himself and on Judah and Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 32, 25)