2 Chronicles 32:1-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

Sennacherib Invades Judah

32 After these ^[a]acts of faithfulness ^(A)Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and ^[b]thought to break into them for himself. ² Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that ^[c]he intended to make war on Jerusalem, ³ he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. ⁴ So many people assembled ^(B)and stopped up all the springs and ^(C)the stream which flowed ^[d]through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” ⁵ And he took courage and ^(D)rebuilt all the wall that had been broken down and ^[e]erected towers on it, and built ^(E)another outside wall and strengthened the ^(F)Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great number.