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So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that rana through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
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Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made dartsb and shields in abundance.
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And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spakec comfortably to them, saying,
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Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
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With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people restedd themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
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Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siegee in Jerusalem?
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Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
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Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
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Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
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Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
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He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
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Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
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And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
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And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah 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 men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slewf him there with the sword.
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Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Crónicas 32:4
Y se reunió mucha gente y cegaron todas las fuentes y el arroyo que fluía por la región, diciendo: ¿Por qué han de venir los reyes de Asiria y hallar tanta agua?
English Standard Version ESV
2 Chronicles 32:4
A 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?"
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Crónicas 32:4
Y se juntó mucho pueblo, y taparon todas las fuentes, y también el arroyo que va por medio de la tierra, diciendo: ¿Por qué han de hallar los reyes de Asiria muchas aguas cuando vinieren
New King James Version NKJV
2 Chronicles 32:4
Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?"
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Crónicas 32:4
Organizaron una gran cuadrilla de trabajadores para cegar los manantiales, como consecuencia se cortó el arroyo que corría por los campos, porque dijeron: «¿Por qué han de venir aquí los reyes de Asiria y encontrar abundancia de agua?».
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Crónicas 32:4
Entonces se juntó mucha gente, y entre todos cegaron los manantiales y el arroyo que atravesaba la región, pues no querían que al llegar los reyes de Asiria encontraran agua en abundancia.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Crónicas 32:4
Juntóse pues mucho pueblo, y cegaron todas las fuentes, y el arroyo que derrama por en medio del territorio, diciendo: ¿Por qué han de hallar los reyes de Asiria muchas aguas cuando vinieren?
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Crónicas 32:4
Y se juntó mucho pueblo, y taparon todas las fuentes, y también el arroyo que va por medio de la tierra, diciendo: ¿Por qué han de hallar los reyes de Asiria muchas aguas cuando vinieren?
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Chronicles 32:4-24
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