Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

2 Chronicles 32 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Sennacherib Invades Judah

(2Ki 18:13—19:34; Isa 36:1–22 )

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 -

After these [fn]acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and [fn]intended to break into them for himself.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2 - Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that [fn]he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed [fn]through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and [fn]erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the [fn]Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke [fn]encouragingly to them, saying,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - “With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Sennacherib Undermines Hezekiah

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 -

After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was [fn]besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: ‘On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is Hezekiah not misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The LORD our God will save us from the [fn]hand of the king of Assyria”?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - ‘Is it not the same Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and [fn]Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall [fn]burn incense”?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - ‘Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to save their land from my hand?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - ‘Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could save his people from my hand, that your God would be able to save you from my hand?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘Now then, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God save you from my hand?’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:16 -

His servants spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - He also wrote letters to insult the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands [fn]have not saved their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not save His people from my hand.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - They spoke [fn]of the God of Jerusalem as they did against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.

Hezekiah’s Prayer Is Answered

(2Ki 19:35–37 )

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 -

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and called out to heaven for help.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned [fn]in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22 - So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and [fn]guided them on every side.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23 - And many were bringing gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem and valuable presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; so thereafter he rose in the sight of all nations.
(2Ki 20:1–11; Isa 38:1–8 )

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24 -

In those days Hezekiah became [fn]mortally ill; and he prayed to the LORD, and [fn]the LORD spoke to him and gave him a sign.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Hezekiah did nothing in return for the benefit [fn]he received, because his heart was [fn]proud; therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - However, Hezekiah [fn]humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
(2Ki 20:12–21; Isa 39:1–8 )

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 -

Now Hezekiah had immense riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:28 - also storehouses for the produce of grain, wine, and oil; stalls for all kinds of cattle, and [fn]sheepfolds for the flocks.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:29 - He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, because God had given him very great [fn]wealth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah was successful in everything that he did.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Even in the matter of the messengers of the rulers of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land; God left him alone only to test him, so that He might know everything that was in his heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 -

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of devotion, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the [fn]upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.
See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit things and this faithfulness
Lit said
Lit he set his face for war
Lit in the midst of
Lit raised on the towers
I.e., terraced structure
Lit upon their hearts
Lit against
Lit palm
Lit Jerusalem, saying,
Lit offer up in smoke
Lit who have
Lit to
Lit in shame of face
Another reading is gave them rest
Lit sick to the point of death
Lit He
Lit to Him
Lit high
Lit humbled himself in
As in ancient versions; MT herds for the stables
Lit possessions; or property
I.e., died
Or ascent to
NASB20

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

2 Chronicles Chapter 32 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras