2 Chronicles 36:1-23 The Lord God had Compassion on His People & Sent Prophets

 

The Lord God had Compassion on His People & Sent Prophets

2 Chronicles 36:1-23                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Then, the people of the land took Jehoahaz, [Josiah's] son & made him king in his father's [place] in Jerusalem. Jehoahaz, was 23 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months in Jerusalem.

And [Egypt's] king [dethroned] Jehoahaz [in] Jerusalem & [imposed a levy] on Jerusalem of 100 talents of silver & 1 talent of gold. And [Egypt's] king made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah & Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim.

And Necho took [Jehoiakim's] brother, Jehoahaz & carried him [off] to Egypt. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And he did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

[Jeremiah 21:9 Then, they shall answer, Because they have [abandoned] the Covenant [contract] of the Lord, their God & worshiped other gods & served them.] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against him & bound him in [shackles] to [take] him to Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar also carried [off] the vessels [from the Lord's] house to Babylon & put them in his temple in Babylon. Now, the rest of [Jehoiakim's actions] & his abominations [that] he did & [what] was found in him, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah & Jehoiachin, his son [ruled] in his [place.]

Jehoiachin was 8 [or 18] years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months & 10 days in Jerusalem: & he did [wht] was evil in the sight of the Lord. [2 Kings 24:8 Johoiachin was 18 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.]

And when the year was [over,] king Nebuchadnezzar sent [for] & brought [Jehoiachin] to Babylon, with the [beautiful] vessels [from the Lord's] house & made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah & Jerusalem.

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And he did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God & [he didn't] humble himself before Jeremiah, the prophet, [who spoke by] the mouth of the Lord.

[Jeremiah 44:4-5 [However] I sent to you all My servants, the prophets, rising early & sending them, saying, Oh [don’t] do this abominable thing that I hate.  But they [didn’t pay attention,] nor [did they lean] their ear, to turn away from their wickedness, to [not] burn incense to other gods.]

And [Zedekiah] also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But he stiffened his neck [a.k.a. stubbornness] & hardened his heart from turning to the Lord God of Israel.

[Also,] all the chief priests & the people [sinned] very much after all the abominations of the heathen & polluted [a.k.a. defiled] the [Lord's] house, which He had [consecrated] in Jerusalem.

And the Lord God of their [forefathers] had compassion on His people & on His dwelling place & sent them His messengers, rising up early, but they mocked the messengers of God & despised His words & [mistreated] His prophets, until the [anger] of the Lord [rose] against His people until there was no remedy.

[Matthew 23:34 [Because of this, I sent to you prophets, wise men & scribes & some of them you shall kill & crucify. And some of them you shall [whip] in your synagogues & persecute them from city to city.]

Therefore, [God] brought upon them the king of the [Caldeans, a.k.a. Babylonians,] who [killed] their young men with swords in their sanctuary & had no compassion on [a] young man, maiden, old man, or [even] him, [who] stooped [with] age. [God] gave them all into his hand.

And all the vessels & treasures [large] & small of the house of the Lord God & the [king's & prince's] treasures, he brought to Babylon. And they burnt the house of God & [broke] down the [walls] of Jerusalem & burnt [its] palaces with fire. They destroyed all [its desirable] vessels.

[Those who] escaped from the sword, [the king] carried away to Babylon, where they were his & his son’s servants until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the [Lord’s] Word, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed [its] Sabbaths: for as long as [it] lay desolate [a.k.a. fallow,] she kept [its] Sabbaths, to fulfill 70 years.

Now, in the 1st year of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, to accomplish the Word of the Lord, spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord [moved] the spirit of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, [so] that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom & also put it in writing.

[It said,] King Cyrus of Persia [says this,] The Lord God of heaven [has] given me, all the kingdoms of the earth. He has [appointed me in charge of building] Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who among you, is of [the Lord God’s] people? [May] the Lord his God be with him & let him go up.

[Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all His people? [May] his God be with him & let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah & build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (He is the God,) [Who] is in Jerusalem.]

2 Chronicles 35:1-27 King Josiah Holds a Passover

 

King Josiah Holds a Passover

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[Also, king] Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord [God] in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover [animals] on the 14th day of the 1st month. [Josaiah appointed] the priests [with] their [duties] & encouraged them [in their] service of the [Lord's] house.

And [Josaiah] said to the Levites, [who] were holy to the Lord & [taught] all [of] Israel, Put the Holy Ark in the [Lord's] house [that] Solomon, [David's] son, [Israel's] king, [built.] [The Holy Ark] shall [no longer] be a burden [you carry] on your shoulders.

Now, serve the Lord your God & His people, Israel. [Organize] yourselves by your [father's families] & your [divisions,] according to [what] David, [Israel's] king, & Solomon, his son, [wrote.]

And stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the [forefathers’] families of your [relatives of] the people & [like] the [Levite's family] divisions. So, kill the Passover [animals] & sanctify yourselves & prepare your brethren, [so] they may do according to the Word of the Lord by Moses' hand.

Josiah gave to the people 3,000 [bulls] & 30,000 lambs & [kid goats] for the Passover offerings, [from] the king's [possessions.]

[Josiah's] princes willingly gave 2,600 small [livestock] & 300 oxen to the priests, the people & the Levites: Hilkiah, Zechariah & Jehiel, rulers [a.k.a.  officials] of [God's] house & gave the [livestock] to the priests for the Passover offerings.

Also, Conaniah, [a.k.a. Konaniah] & his brethren, Shemaiah & Nethaneel, [a.k.a. Nethanel] & [the leaders] of the Levites: Hashabiah, Jeiel & Jozabad. [They] gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 small [livestock] & 500 oxen.

So, the service was prepared & the priests stood in their place & the Levites in their [divisions,] according to the king's [command.] They killed the Passover & sprinkled the blood from their hands & the Levites [fileted] them. [Leviticus 8:14–15 And [Moses] brought the [bull] for the sin offering.

And Aaron & his sons laid their hands upon the head of the [bull] for the sin offering. And he [killed] it & Moses took the blood & put it upon the horns of the altar [sprinkling] it [around] with his finger & purified the altar & poured the blood at the bottom of the altar & sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.]

And they removed the burnt offerings, [so] they might give [it] according to the divisions of the [people's] families, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did [the same] with the oxen.

They roasted the Passover [animals] with fire according to the ordinance, but the other holy offerings they [boiled] in pots, caldrons & in pans & speedily divided them among all the people.

And afterward, they [prepared food] for themselves & the priests, because the priests, [Aaron's descendants,] were [busy with] offering the burnt offerings & fat until night.

[That's why,] the Levites prepared [food] for themselves & the priests, the [descendants] of Aaron. The singers, [Asaph's] sons, were in their place, according to [David's command.]

And Asaph, Heman & Jeduthun, the king's seer & the [gate keepers] waited at every gate. The Levites, their brethren, prepared [food] for them, [so] they [didn't leave] their [responsibility.]

[1 Samuel. 9:9. (Before that time] in Israel, when a man went to [inquire] of God, he [said this,] Come & let’s go to the Seer. For he, [who] is now called a Prophet was [before that time] called a Seer.)]

According to [Josiah's command,] all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover & to offer the burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord. And the children [people] of Israel [who were there] at that time, kept the Passover & the Feast of Unleavened Bread [for] 7 days.

From the days of Samuel, the prophet, there [wasn't any] Passover like this kept in Israel. Neither did [any of] the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josaiah kept. And the priests, Levites, & all Judah, Israel & [Jerusalem's] inhabitants were present.

This Passover was kept in the 18th year Josiah [ruled.] After all this, when Josaiah prepared the [Lord's] temple, Necho, [Egypt's] king, came up to fight against Charchemish [near the] Euphrates [River.]

And Josaiah went out against him, but [Necho] sent ambassadors to [Josiah,] saying, King of Judah, what [quarrel is there between you & me?] I [didn't] come against you this day, but against the house I have war [with:] for God commanded me to hurry.

[Stop your] meddling with God, Who is with me, [so] He [doesn't] destroy you. [Still] Josaiah wouldn't turn [away] from him, but disguised himself, [so] he might fight with [Necho] & [didn't pay attention] to the words of Necho, from the mouth of God.

And [Josiah] came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo. And the archers shot Josaiah & king [Josaiah] said to his servants, [Take] me away; for I am [severely] wounded. Therefore, his servants took [Josiah] out of that chariot & put him in a 2nd chariot that he had.

And they brought [Josiah] to Jerusalem & he died & was buried in one of the [tombs] of his [forefathers.] And all Judah & Jerusalem mourned for Josaiah. And Jeremiah [grieved] for Josiah & the [male & female singers speak] of Josiah, [as they lament] until this day.

And [they] made them [a rule] in Israel & [look] they are written in the Lamentations. Now, the rest of [Josaiah's actions] & all his goodness, according to [what] was written in the Law of the Lord & [Josaiah's] deeds, 1st & last, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:1-33 Young King Josiah Removes the Idols & the Places They Were Worshiped

 

Young King Josiah Removes the Idols & the Places They Were Worshiped

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Josiah was 8 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] in Jerusalem 31 years. And [Josiah] did [what] was right in the sight of the Lord [God] & [followed] in the ways of David, his [forefather.] He [didn’t turn aside] to the right hand, nor to the left.

While he was [still] young, in the 8th year he [ruled, Josaiah] began to seek the [Lord] God of David, his [forefather.] In the 12th year, [Josiah] began to [get rid of] the high places, groves, carved images & [molded] images from Judah & Jerusalem.

[2 Kings 21:21-22 And [Manasseh] [Josiah's father] [followed] in all the [ways] that his father [followed] in & served the idols, that his father served & worshiped them: and he [abandoned] the Lord God of his [forefathers] & didn’t [follow] in the way of the the Lord.]

And they [broke] down the altars of Baalim, the images that were high above them, & he cut down the groves & the carved images & [molded] images in [Josiah’s] presence & he [broke] them into pieces, [like] dust & [sprinkled] it upon the graves of [those who] sacrificed to them.

[Josiah] burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars & cleansed Judah & Jerusalem. And [Josaiah] did [the same] in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon & even Naphtali, with their [tools with picks & blades, around them.]

And when [Josiah] had broken down the altars & the groves & had beaten the [carved] images into powder & cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, [Josaiah] returned to Jerusalem.

Now, in the 18th year [Josiah ruled,] when he had purged the land & the [Lord’s] house, [Josaiah] sent Shaphan, [Azaliah’s] son; Maaseiah, the governor, [a.k.a. the city’s ruler;] & Joah, [Joahaz’] son, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

And when they came to Hilkiah, the high priest & delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, [that] the Levites, [who] kept the doors had gathered [from] the [hands] of the [tribes of:] Manasseh, Ephraim & all the [rest] of Israel, all Judah & Benjamin. And they returned to Jerusalem.

And they put [the money into] the [hands] of the workmen [who] had oversight of the house of the Lord [God.] And they gave [the money] to the workmen [who worked] in the [Lord’s] house, to repair & [restore] the house.

[They also gave money to the carpenters] & builders to buy [cut] stone & [lumber] for [the beams] & to floor the [buildings that] the kings of Judah had destroyed.

And the men [worked] faithfully [under the supervision] of Jahath & Obadiah, the Levites, of the [descendants] of: Merari, Zechariah & Meshullam, [from] the [descendants] of Kohathites, [to move the work] forward & other Levites, all [who were skillful with musical] instruments.

They were also [in charge of those who carried] burdens & [supervised those who did] the work in any [type] of service & there were scribes, officers & [door keepers] of the Levites.

And when they brought out the money that [had been] brought into the [Lord’s] house, Hilkiah, the priest, found [the] Book of the Law of the Lord, given by Moses.

And Hilkiah said to Shaphan, the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the [Lord’s] house. And Hilkiah [gave] the book to Shaphan & Shaphan carried the book to king [Josaiah] & [brought] back word again, saying, All your servants [are doing what] was [appointed for them to do.]

And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord & delivered it into the [hands of those who have oversight & into the hands] of the workmen.

Then, Shaphan, the scribe told king [Josiah,] saying, Hilkiah, the priest, has given me a book. Shaphan read it [in front of] king [Josaiah.] And it [happened,] when the king heard the words of the Law, he [tore] his clothes.

And king [Josiah] commanded Hilkiah; Ahikam, [Shaphan's] son; Abdon, [Micah's] son; Shaphan, the scribe & Asaiah, the [king's] servant, saying, Go [inquire] of the Lord for me & for [those who] are left in Israel & Judah, [about] the words of the book that is found.

For great is the [anger] of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our [forefathers] haven't kept the Word of the Lord, to do all that is written in this book.

And Hilkiah & [those] the king had appointed, went to Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, [who was] the son of Tikvath. [Tikvath was the] son of Hasrah, [the] keeper of the wardrobe. (Now, [Huldah lived] in Jerusalem in the college:) & they [spoke] to her [about what Josiah wanted her to know.]

And she answered them, The Lord God of Israel [says this,] Tell the man [who] sent you to me, The Lord [God said this, Watch,] I will bring [destruction] on this place & upon [its] inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book [that] they have read before the king of Judah:

Because they have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works [made] of their hands. Therefore, My [anger] shall be poured out upon this place & shall not be quenched.

[Jeremiah 21:9 Then, they shall answer, Because they have [abandoned] the Covenant [contract] of the Lord, their God & worshiped other gods & served them.]

As for [Judah’s] king, who sent you to [inquire] of the Lord, you shall say to him, the Lord God of Israel says [this about] the words you have heard; Because your heart was tender & you [humbled] yourself before God, when you heard His Words against this place & [its] inhabitants,

and [humbled] yourself before Me & [tore] your clothes & [wept] before Me, I have even heard you also, [said] the Lord.  [Look,] I will gather you to join your [forefathers] to the grave in peace.

Neither shall your eyes see all the [destruction] that I will bring upon this place & [its] inhabitants. So, they brought [this] word to king [Josaiah.] Then, king [Josaiah,] sent [for] & gathered together all the elders of Judah & Jerusalem.

And king [Josaiah] & all the men of Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem & the priests & Levites & all the people [powerful & powerless] went up into the [Lord's] house.

And [king Josiah,] read in their ears all the Words of the Book of the Covenant [contract] that was found in the [Lord's] house. And the king stood in his place & made a covenant [contract] before the Lord,

to [follow] after the Lord & to keep His commandments, His testimonies, & His [mandates,] with all his heart & with all his soul & to perform the Words of the covenant [that] are written in this book.

And [king Josaiah] caused all [who] were present [from] Jerusalem & Benjamin to [stick] to it. And all [Jerusalem's] inhabitants did according to the Covenant of God, the God of their [forefathers.]

And Josaiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children [people] of Israel & made all [who] were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. And all [Josiah's] days, they [didn't] depart from following the Lord, the God of their [forefathers.]

2 Chronicles 33:1-25 After Much Wickedness, Manasseh Humbles His Heart Before God

 

After Much Wickedness, Manasseh Humbles His Heart Before God

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Manasseh, [Hezekiah’s son,] was 12 years old when he began to [rule & he ruled] 55 years in Jerusalem. But [Manasseh] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children [people] of Israel.

For he [rebuilt] the high places again [that] Hezekiah, his father, had broken down & he [put] up altars for Baalim & made groves & worshiped all the [stars & constellations] of heaven & served them.

Also, he built altars in the [Lord’s] house, [where] the Lord had said, My Name shall be [here] in Jerusalem forever. And [Manasseh] built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the Lord’s] house.

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom. He also observed times, [a.k.a. astrology & horoscopes] & used enchantments, [a.k.a. casting spells] & used witchcraft & dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. those who contact the dead] & with wizards.

He [did] much evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger. And he [put] a carved image, the idol [that] he had made, in the house of God, of which [the Lord] God had said to David & to Solomon, his son, In this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel & I will put My Name [here] forever.

Neither will I remove the foot of Israel from out of the land anymore, [that] I [had] appointed for your [forefathers,] so that they will [pay attention] to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole Law & the [mandates] & the [rules at] the hand of Moses.

So, Manasseh made Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem [to go astray] & to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord destroyed before the children [people] of Israel. And the Lord [spoke] to Manasseh & to his people, but they wouldn’t [listen & obey.] [For this reason,] the Lord brought the captains of [Assyria’s king’s army] upon them.

[They] took Manasseh [prisoner & put a hook in his nose] & bound him with [iron shackles] & carried him [captive] to Babylon. And when [Manasseh] was [distressed,] he [urgently appealed to] the Lord his God & humbled himself greatly before the God of his [forefathers] & prayed to Him.

[The Lord] was [moved by Manasseh’s earnest request] & brought [Manasseh back] again to Jerusalem, into his kingdom. Then, Manasseh knew the Lord was God. Now after this, [Manasseh] built a wall [outside] the city of David. [The wall was] on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even [up] to the [entrance of] the Fish Gate & [surrounded] Ophel & raised [the wall] up [to] a very great height.

[Manasseh] put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. And [Manasseh] took away the strange gods & the idol out of the [Lord’s] house & all the altars that he had built in the [mountain] of the [Lord’s] house & [threw] them out of the city.

And [Manasseh] repaired the altar of the Lord & sacrificed Peace Offerings & thank offerings [on it] & commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. [However,] the people still [sacrificed] in the high places, [but] only to the Lord their God.

Now, the rest of [Manasseh’s actions] & his prayer to [the Lord] his God & the words the seers [spoke] to him in the Name of the Lord God of Israel, are written in the Book of [the] Kings of Israel. [1 Samuel 9:9 ([Before this time,] in Israel, when a man went to [inquire] of God, he [said this,] Come, let’s go to the Seer. For he is now called a Prophet, was [before this time,] called a Seer.)]

Also, [Manasseh’s] prayer & how God [was moved by his earnest plea about] all his [sins & tresspasses by building] the high places & [putting] up groves & [carved] images, before he was humbled, [look,] they are [also] written among  the [records] of the seers.

So, Manasseh [died] & slept with his [forefathers.] They buried him in his own house & his son, Amon [ruled] in his [place.] Amon was 22 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 2 years in Jerusalem. But [Amon] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, [like] his father, Manasseh did.

For Amon sacrificed to all the carved images, [that] his father, Manasseh had made & served them. And [he didn’t] humble] himself before the Lord [God,] as Manasseh, his father had humbled himself. But Amon [sinned] more & more.

And [Amon’s] servants conspired against him & [killed] him in his own house. But the people of the land [killed] all [those who] had conspired against king Amon. And the people of the land made his son, Josiah, king in his [place.]

2 Chronicles 32:1-33 Hezekiah Prepares to Defend Judah Against Assyria

 

Hezekiah Prepares to Defend Judah Against Assyria

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After these things [were established,] Sennacherib, [Assyria’s] king, came & [invaded] Judah & [set camp near] the fenced cities & [planned] to [conquer] them for himself.

And when Hezekiah saw Sennacherib was [there] & that he [planned] to fight against Jerusalem, [Hezekiah consulted] with his princes, [a.k.a. officials] & his mighty men to stop [the flow of] the water of the [springs outside] the city & they helped him.

So, [many] people gathered together, who stopped all the [springs] & the brook that ran through the [middle] of the land. [They said,] Why should [Assyria’s] kings come & find [so] much water?

Also, [Hezekiah] strengthened himself & [rebuilt] the walls that were broken & raised up to the towers & another wall [outside] & repaired Milo, in the city of David & made [an] abundance of [spears] & shields.

And [Hezekiah appointed] captains of war over the people & gathered them together to him & [spoke kindly] to them, [on] the street of the gate of the city, saying, Be strong & courageous & [don’t be] afraid or [worried, because of Assyria’s] king & all the multitude with him. There [are] more [of] us, than [are] with him.

With [Assyria's] king is an arm of flesh, but with us, the Lord our God is with us to help us & to fight our battles. And the people [calmed down after] the words of Hezekiah, [Judah’s] king.

After this, Sennacherib, [Assyria’s] king, [sent] his servants to Hezekiah, in Jerusalem, (but he & all his [forces] with him, [planned an attack] against Lachish.) [His servants said,] Sennacherib, [Assyria’s] king, [says this,]. [On what] do you trust, that you [stay] in Jerusalem [when there’s an attack?]

Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you to die [of starvation] & thirst, saying, The Lord our God, shall deliver us out [of Assyria’s king’s] hand? [Hasn’t this] same Hezekiah taken away [the] high places & altars & [has] commanded Judah & Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar & burn incense upon it?

[Don’t] you know what my [forefathers] & I have done to all the people of other lands? Were the gods of those lands & nations able to deliver their lands out of [my] hand?

[What god] among all the gods of those nations that my [forefathers totally] destroyed [was able to] deliver his people out of [my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of [my] hand?

Now therefore, [don’t] let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this [matter.] [Don’t] believe him, [because if] no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people, out of my hand [o] the hand of my [forefathers,] how [can] your God deliver you out of [my] hand?

And [Sennacherib’s] servants [still said] more & wrote letters against the Lord God & against Hezekiah, [God’s] servant, saying, [Since] the gods of the nations of other lands haven’t delivered their people out of [my] hand, the God of Hezekiah shall not [be able to] deliver His people out of [my] hand.

Then, they cried [out loudly] in the Jew’s [language] to the people on the wall of Jerusalem to [frighten & worry] them, [so] that they might [capture] the city. And they [spoke] against the God of Jerusalem [like they did] against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of [men’s] hands.

[Psalm 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.] And for this [reason] Hezekiah, the king & Isaiah, the prophet, [Amoz’] son, prayed & cried [out] to heaven.

The Lord sent an angel, [who] cut off all of [Assyria’s] mighty men of valor, the leaders & captains in the camp of [Assyria’s] king. So, [Sennacerib] returned with shame to his own land.

And when he [came] into the house of his god, [those in his own family struck him down] there, with the sword. [By this,] the Lord saved Hezekiah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, [Assyria’s] king & from the hand of all [others & God] guided them on every side.

And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem & presents to Hezekiah, [Judah’s] king, so he was magnified in the sight of all [the] nations from [then on.] In those days, [when] Hezekiah was sick, [near] death & prayed to the Lord, [God spoke] to him & gave him a [miraculous] sign.

But [Hezekian’s] heart was lifted up [in pride & didn’t show God respect for all God had] done [for] him. Therefore, [God’s anger] was upon him, Judah & Jerusalem.

[However,] Hezekiah humbled his [prideful] heart & the inhabitants of Jerusalem, [as well,] so that the [Lord’s anger didn’t come] upon them [during Hezekiah’s life.]

And Hezekiah had honor & was [exceedingly rich] & made himself treasuries for: silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields & all [types] of [precious] jewels. [Hezekiah] also [made] store houses for the [extra grain,] wine & oil, and stalls for all [types of livestock & pens] for flocks.]

[Additionally, Hezekiah] provided [himself] cities & [an] abundance of flocks & herds, [since] God had given him [lots of property.] This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water [outlet] of Gihon & brought [the water] straight down to the west [side] of the city of David.

And Hezekiah, prospered in all [he did.] [But] in the [matter when] the ambassadors of [Babylon’s] princes, who [were] sent & [came] to [Hezekiah] to [ask about] the [miraculous] wonder done in the land, God left [Hezekiah,] to [test] him, to know all that was in his heart.

Now, the rest of [Hezekiah’s actions] & all his goodness, [look,] are written in the vision of the prophet, Isaiah, [Amoz’] son, & the Book of Kings of Judah & Israel.

Hezekiah [died] & slept with his [forefathers] & they buried him in the [best tombs] of [David’s descendants.] And all Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem [honored Hezekiah] at his death. And his son, Manasseh [ruled] in [Hezekiah’s place.]