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18 His spokesmen[a] shouted these things out with loud voices in the language of Judah to frighten and terrify the people of Jerusalem who were stationed on the city walls, to make it easier to conquer the city. 19 In doing so,[b] they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the nations of the earth that are made by the hands of human beings.

Sennacherib is Defeated and Killed(A)

20 Meanwhile, King Hezekiah and Amoz’s son Isaiah the prophet were praying about this and crying out to heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:18 Lit. They
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:19 The Heb. lacks In doing so

18 Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. 19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(A)

20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer(B) to heaven about this.

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