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32 1After these things and these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.The Assyrian invasion. 2Chr.32.1-23 | 2Kgs.18.13-37 | 2Kgs.19.14-37 | Is.36.1-37.38אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים וְהָאֱמֶת הָאֵלֶּה בָּא סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וַיָּבֹא בִיהוּדָה וַיִּחַן עַל־הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרֹות וַיֹּאמֶר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו׃
2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, וַיַּרְא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי־בָא סַנְחֵרִיב וּפָנָיו לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃
3he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. וַיִּוָּעַץ עִם־שָׂרָיו וְגִבֹּרָיו לִסְתֹּום אֶת־מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנֹות אֲשֶׁר מִחוּץ לָעִיר וַיַּעְזְרוּהוּ׃
4A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?" וַיִּקָּבְצוּ עַם־רָב וַיִּסְתְּמוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעְיָנֹות וְאֶת־הַנַּחַל הַשֹּׁוטֵף בְּתֹוךְ־הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לָמָּה יָבֹואוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר וּמָצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים׃
5He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall; and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance. וַיִּתְחַזַּק וַיִּבֶן אֶת־כָּל־הַחֹומָה הַפְּרוּצָה וַיַּעַל עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלֹות וְלַחוּצָה הַחֹומָה אַחֶרֶת וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת־הַמִּלֹּוא עִיר דָּוִיד וַיַּעַשׂ שֶׁלַח לָרֹב וּמָגִנִּים׃
6And he set combat commanders over the people, and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, וַיִּתֵּן שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמֹות עַל־הָעָם וַיִּקְבְּצֵם אֵלָיו אֶל־רְחֹוב שַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיְדַבֵּר עַל־לְבָבָם לֵאמֹר׃
7"Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him; for there is one greater with us than with him. חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל־תִּירְאוּ וְאַל־תֵּחַתּוּ מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וּמִלִּפְנֵי כָּל־הֶהָמֹון אֲשֶׁר־עִמֹּו כִּי־עִמָּנוּ רַב מֵעִמֹּו׃
8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. עִמֹּו זְרֹועַ בָּשָׂר וְעִמָּנוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעָזְרֵנוּ וּלְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמֹתֵנוּ וַיִּסָּמְכוּ הָעָם עַל־דִּבְרֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה׃ ף
9After this Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying, אַחַר זֶה שָׁלַח סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר עֲבָדָיו יְרוּשָׁלַיְמָה וְהוּא עַל־לָכִישׁ וְכָל־מֶמְשַׁלְתֹּו עִמֹּו עַל־יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וְעַל־כָּל־יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר׃
10"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you relying, that you stand siege in Jerusalem? כֹּה אָמַר סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל־מָה אַתֶּם בֹּטְחִים וְיֹשְׁבִים בְּמָצֹור בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃
11Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, "Yahweh our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"? הֲלֹא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מַסִּית אֶתְכֶם לָתֵת אֶתְכֶם לָמוּת בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יַצִּילֵנוּ מִכַּף מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר׃
12Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "Before one altar you shall worship, and upon it you shall burn your sacrifices"? הֲלֹא־הוּא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ הֵסִיר אֶת־בָּמֹתָיו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לִיהוּדָה וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר לִפְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ אֶחָד תִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ וְעָלָיו תַּקְטִירוּ׃
13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand? הֲלֹא תֵדְעוּ מֶה עָשִׂיתִי אֲנִי וַאֲבֹותַי לְכֹל עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצֹות הֲיָכֹול יָכְלוּ אֱלֹהֵי גֹּויֵ הָאֲרָצֹות לְהַצִּיל אֶת־אַרְצָם מִיָּדִי׃
14Who among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? מִי בְּכָל־אֱלֹהֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱרִימוּ אֲבֹותַי אֲשֶׁר יָכֹול לְהַצִּיל אֶת־עַמֹּו מִיָּדִי כִּי יוּכַל אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לְהַצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדִי׃
15Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!" וְעַתָּה אַל־יַשִּׁיא אֶתְכֶם חִזְקִיָּהוּ וְאַל־יַסִּית אֶתְכֶם כָּזֹאת וְאַל־תַּאֲמִינוּ לֹו כִּי־לֹא יוּכַל כָּל־אֱלֹוהַ כָּל־גֹּוי וּמַמְלָכָה לְהַצִּיל עַמֹּו מִיָּדִי וּמִיַּד אֲבֹותָי אַף כִּי אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לֹא־יַצִּילוּ אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדִי׃
16And his servants said still more against Yahweh GOD and against his servant Hezekiah. וְעֹוד דִּבְּרוּ עֲבָדָיו עַל־יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים וְעַל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַבְדֹּו׃
17And he wrote letters to cast contempt on Yahweh the God of Israel and to speak against him, saying, "Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand." וּסְפָרִים כָּתַב לְחָרֵף לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֵאמֹר עָלָיו לֵאמֹר כֵּאלֹהֵי גֹּויֵ הָאֲרָצֹות אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הִצִּילוּ עַםָּם מִיָּדִי כֵּן לֹא־יַצִּיל אֱלֹהֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַמֹּו מִיָּדִי׃
18And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were upon the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order that they might take the city. וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְקֹול־גָּדֹול יְהוּדִית עַל־עַם יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַחֹומָה לְיָרְאָם וּלְבַהֲלָם לְמַעַן יִלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הָעִיר׃
19And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands. וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־אֱלֹהֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם כְּעַל אֱלֹהֵי עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי הָאָדָם׃ ס

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