5 And ahe strengthened himself, bbuilt up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired1 the cMillo in the City of David, and made2 weapons and shields in abundance.
6 Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and agave them encouragement, saying,
7 a“Be strong and courageous; bdo not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for cthere are more with us than with him.
8 With him is an aarm of flesh; but bwith us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 aAfter this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
10 a“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, a“The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
12 aHas not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on bit”?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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