Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
today we're reading in the book
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of 2nd Chronicles. Before
we begin, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you for your
word that is a light to our path
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and it helps us to
walk safely through the day.
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Please be with us now in this
time to hear your word for us.
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Send the Holy Spirit
to give us understanding.
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Thank you so much. Amen.
We're reading in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 30, and we're in
the middle of the story of
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the reign of king Hezekiah, who
is calling the people of Israel
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to return to
following the ways of the Lord.
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We're picking up now in the
middle of a proclamation that he
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issued in verse 7. This
is the King James Version.
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And be not ye like your fathers,
and like your brethren, which
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trespassed against the
Lord God of their fathers,
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who therefore gave them
up to desolation, as ye see.
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Now be ye not stiffnecked,
as your fathers were, but yield
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yourselves unto the Lord,
and enter into his sanctuary,
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which he hath sanctified for
ever: and serve the Lord your
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God, that the fierceness of his
wrath may turn away from you.
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For if ye turn again unto
the Lord, your brethren and your
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children shall find compassion
before them that lead them
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captive, so that they
shall come again into this land:
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for the Lord your God
is gracious and merciful,
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and will not turn away his face
from you, if ye return unto him.
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So the posts passed from city
to city through the country of
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Ephraim and Manasseh even unto
Zebulun: but they laughed them
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to scorn, and mocked them.
Nevertheless divers of Asher
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and Manasseh and of
Zebulun humbled themselves,
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and came to Jerusalem. Also
in Judah the hand of God was to
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give them one heart to do
the commandment of the king and
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of the princes, by the word
of the Lord. And there assembled
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at Jerusalem much people to
keep the feast of unleavened
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bread in the second month,
a very great congregation.
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And they arose and took away the
altars that were in Jerusalem
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and all the altars for incense
took they away, and cast them
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into the brook Kidron.
Then they killed the passover
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on the 14th day of the 2nd month
and the priests and the Levites
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were ashamed and sanctified
themselves, and brought in the
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burnt offering into the house
of the Lord. And they stood in
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their place after their manner,
according to the law of Moses
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the man of God: the
priests sprinkled the blood,
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which they received of
the hand of the Levites.
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For there were many in
the congregation that were not
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sanctified: therefore the
Levites had the charge of the
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killing of the passovers for
every one that was not clean,
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to sanctify them unto the Lord.
For a multitude of the people,
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even many of Ephraim,
and Manasseh, Issachar, and
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Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselves, yet did they eat
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the passover otherwise than it
was written. But Hezekiah prayed
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for them, saying, The good Lord
pardon every one that prepareth
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his heart to seek God, the Lord
God of his fathers, though he be
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not cleansed according to the
purification of the sanctuary.
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And the Lord hearkened to
Hezekiah, and healed the people.
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And the children of Israel
that were present at Jerusalem
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kept the feast of unleavened
bread 7 days with great gladness
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and the Levites and the priests
praised the Lord day by day,
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singing with loud
instruments unto the Lord.
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And Hezekiah spake comfortably
unto all the Levites that taught
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the good knowledge of the Lord:
and they did eat throughout
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the feast 7 days, offering peace
offerings, and making confession
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to the Lord God of their
fathers. And the whole assembly
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took counsel to keep other
7 days: and they kept other 7
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days with gladness. For Hezekiah
the king of Judah did give
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to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and 7,000 sheep;
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and the princes gave to
the congregation 1,000 bullocks
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and 10,000 sheep: and a great
number of priests sanctified
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themselves. And all
the congregation of Judah,
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with the priests and the
Levites and all the congregation
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that came out of Israel, and the
strangers that came out of the
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land of Israel, and that
dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
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So there was great Joy in
Jerusalem: for since the time
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of Solomon the son of David
king of Israel there was not
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the like in Jerusalem. Then
the priests the Levites arose
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and blessed the people:
and their voice was heard,
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and their prayer came up
to his holy dwelling place,
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even unto heaven.
Continuing with 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 31, and this
is the King James Version.
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Now when all this was finished,
all Israel that were present
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went out to the cities of Judah
and brake the images in pieces,
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and cut down the groves,
and threw down the high places
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and the altars out of all Judah
and Benjamin, in Ephraim also
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and Manasseh, until they
had utterly destroyed them all.
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Then all the children of Israel
returned, every man to his
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possession, into their own
cities. And Hezekiah appointed
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the courses of the priests and
the Levites after their courses,
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every man according to his
service, the priests and Levites
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for burnt offerings and for
peace offerings, to minister,
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and to give thanks, and to
praise in the gates of the tents
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of the Lord. He appointed
also the king's portion of his
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substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the
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morning and evening
burnt offerings, and the burnt
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offerings for the
sabbaths, and for the new moons,
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and for the set feasts, as it is
written in the law of the Lord.
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Moreover he commanded the people
that dwelt in Jerusalem to give
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the portion of the priests and
the Levites, that they might be
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encouraged in the law of
the Lord. And as soon as the
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commandment came abroad, the
children of Israel brought in
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abundance the firstfruits of
corn, wine, and oil, and honey,
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and of all the increase of
the field: and the tithe of all
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things brought they in
abundantly. And concerning
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the children of Israel and
Judah, that dwelt in the cities
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of Judah, they also brought
in the tithe of oxen and sheep,
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and the tithe of holy things
which were consecrated unto
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the Lord their God,
and laid them by heaps.
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In the 3rd month they began
to lay the foundation of the
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heaps and finished them in
the 7th month. And when Hezekiah
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and the princes came and
saw the heaps, they blessed the
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Lord, and his people Israel.
Then Hezekiah questioned with
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priests and the
Levites concerning the heaps.
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And Azariah the chief priest of
the house of Zadok answered him,
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and said, Since the people began
to bring the offerings into the
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house of the Lord we have
had enough to eat, and have left
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plenty: for the Lord
hath blessed his people:
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and that which is
left is this great store.
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Then Hezekiah commanded to
prepare chambers in the house
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of the Lord; and they prepared
them, and brought in the
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offerings and the tithes and
the dedicated things faithfully:
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over which Cononiah the Levite
was ruler and Shimei his brother
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was the next. And Jehiel, and
Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel,
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and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Elial, and Ismachiah and Mahath,
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and Benaiah, were overseers
under the hand of Cononiah
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and Shimei his brother, at
the commandment of Hezekiah
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the king, and Azariah the
ruler of the house of God.
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And Kore the son of Imnah the
Levite, the porter toward the
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east, was over the freewill
offerings of God, to distribute
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the oblations of the
Lord, and the most holy things.
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And next him were Eden,
and Miniamin, and Jeshua,
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and Shemaiah, and Amariah, and
Shecaniah, in the cities of the
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priests, in their set office,
to give to their brethren by
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courses, as well to the great
as to the small: Beside their
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genealogy of males, from 3 years
old and upward, even unto every
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one that entereth into the house
the Lord, his daily portion
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for their service in
their charges according to their
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courses; both to genealogy
of the priests by the house of
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their of their fathers, and
the Levites from 20 years old
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and upward, in their
charges by their courses;
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And to the genealogy of all
their little ones, their wives,
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and their sons, and their
daughters, through all the
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congregation: for in
their set office they sanctified
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themselves in holiness: also of
the sons of Aaron the priests,
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which were in the fields of
the suburbs of their cities,
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in every several city,
the men that were expressed by
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name, to give portions to
all the males among the priests,
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and to all that were reckoned
by genealogies among the Levites
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and thus did Hezekiah throughout
all Judah, and wrought that
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which was good and right and
truth before the Lord his God.
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And in every work that he began
in the service of the house
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of God, and in the law,
and in the commandments,
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to seek his God, he did it with
all his heart, and prospered.
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Continuing to read in
2nd Chronicles, chapter 32,
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This is the King James Version.
After these things, and the
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establishment thereof,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came
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and entered into Judah,
and encamped against the fenced
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cities, and thought to win them
for himself. And when Hezekiah
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saw that Sennacherib was
come, and that he was purposed
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to fight against Jerusalem,
he took counsel with his princes
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and his mighty men to stop the
waters of the fountains which
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were without the
city: and they did help him.
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So there was gathered much
people together, who stopped all
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the fountains, and the
brook that ran through the midst
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of the land, saying, Why should
the kings of Assyria come,
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and find much water?
Also he strengthened himself,
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and built up all the wall that
was broken, and raised it up
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to the towers, and another
wall without, and repaired Millo
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in the city of David, and made
darts and shields in abundance.
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And he set captains of war over
the people, and gathered them
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together to him in the
street of the gate of the city,
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and spake comfortably to them,
saying, Be strong and courageous
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be not afraid nor dismayed for
the king of Assyria, nor for all
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the multitude that is with him:
for there be more with us than
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with him: with him is the arm of
flesh; but with us is the Lord
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our God to help us, and to fight
our battles, And the people
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rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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After this did Sennacherib king
of Assyria send his servants
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to Jerusalem, but he himself
laid siege against Lachish,
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and all his power with him,
unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and
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unto all Judah that
were at Jerusalem, saying,
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Thus saith Sennacherib king
of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust,
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that ye abide in the siege
in Jerusalem? Doth not Hezekiah
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persuade you to give over
yourselves to die by famine
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and by thirst, saying, The Lord
our God shall deliver us out of
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the hand of the king of Assyria?
Hath not the same Hezekiah
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taken away his high places and
his altars, and commanded Judah
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and Jerusalem, saying, Ye
shall worship before one altar,
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and burn incense upon it? Know
ye not what I and my fathers
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have done unto all the people
of other lands? were the gods of
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the nations of those lands any
ways able to deliver their lands
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out of mine hand? Who was there
among all the gods of those
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nations that my fathers utterly
destroyed, that could deliver
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his people out of mine hand,
that your God should be able to
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deliver you out of mine hand?
Now therefore let not Hezekiah
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deceive you, nor persuade you on
this manner, neither yet believe
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him: for no god of any nation
or kingdom was able to deliver
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his people out of mine hand, and
out of the hand of my fathers:
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how much less shall your God
deliver you out of mine hand?
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And his servants spake
yet more against the Lord God,
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and against his servant Hezekiah
He wrote also letters to rail on
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the Lord God of Israel, and
to speak against him, saying,
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As the gods of the nations of
other lands have not delivered
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their people out of mine hand,
so shall not the God of Hezekiah
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deliver his people out of mine
hand. Then they cried with a
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loud voice in the Jews' speech
unto the people of Jerusalem
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that were on the wall, to
affright them, and to trouble
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them; that they might take
the city. And they spake against
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the God of Jerusalem, as against
the gods of the people of the
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earth, which were
the work of hands of man.
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And for this cause Hezekiah
the king, and the prophet Isaiah
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the son of Amoz,
prayed and cried to heaven.
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And the Lord sent an angel,
which cut off all the mighty
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men of valour, and the leaders
and captains in the camp of the
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king of Assyria. So he returned
with shame of face to his own
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land. And when ye was
come into the house of his god,
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they that came forth of
his own bowels slew him there
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with the sword. Thus
the Lord saved Hezekiah
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and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
from the hand of Sennacherib
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the king of Assyria, and
from the hand of all other,
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and guided them on every side.
Thank you for joining with me
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to read today. Please join
me again next time to read the
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word of God. Goodbye.
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